Margaret Atwood

Get Tickets Main Stage (Building 11A) In-person tickets $20 Livestream Free, Advanced Registration Required If livestream viewing is interrupted due to technical difficulties, a recording of the event will be emailed to Livestream registrants within two business days following the event, and will be viewable for 48 hours once received. About Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood has long been a literary titan, and her words continue to resonate with every generation. Her landmark novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) was adapted into a fifteen-time Emmy Award-winning television series, and its sequel, The Testaments, won the 2019 Booker Prize. Her latest memoir, Book of Lives, recounts the life of one of the greatest storytellers of our time, unveiling both the workings of a once-in-a-generation imagination and the connections between real life and art. In talks, Atwood reveals hidden truths in our societies, inspiring us to speak out against injustice and preparing us for the battle ahead. Today, her sharp eye and characteristic wit are more crucial—and prescient—than ever. “Every totalitarian government on the planet has always taken a very great interest in women’s reproductive rights,” says Margaret Atwood: a disquieting insight at any time, but particularly in today’s portentous political landscape. Just as it did when it was first published, the story of The Handmaid’s Tale—a future where women are treated as property of the state, run by an authoritarian regime—is unearthing chilling patterns to an uneasy public. The book’s long-awaited sequel The Testaments performed so well it broke the record for best first-day sales of any Penguin Random House title that year. “With dry, ironic wit, a poetic sensibility and more than a hint of the Gothic, she has uncompromisingly observed the psychology of people in her society.” The New York Times With her work already producing two blockbuster television adaptations—first The Handmaid’s Tale, then Alias Grace—Atwood’s vision is…