Burning Questions

From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient which seek answers to Burning Questions such as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?

In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. This roller-coaster period brought the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trumpand a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.

Burning Questionsis available in March 2022.

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Margaret Atwood is the celebrated Canadian writer who has published fiction, nonfiction,poetry andcomics. Her acclaimed books includeThe Handmaid's Tale,Alias Grace,Oryx and CrakeandThe Edible Woman. She has won several awards for her work including the Governor General's Literary Award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize andthe Man Booker Prize. She is also a founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Writers' Trust of Canada.

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Interviews with Margaret Atwood

The Current23:38Margaret Atwood on her late partner Graeme Gibson, and their shared love of birds

Canadian author Margaret Atwood shared much with her late partner, the novelist Graeme Gibson, including a love of birds. In a conversation from March, she talks to Matt Galloway about the spring migration, the new edition of Gibson's Bedside Book of Birds and what nature can bring us, especially amid the pandemic.

Margaret Atwood describes a vivid dream about masks

4 years ago

Duration 0:24

Author Margaret Atwood tells The National's Adrienne Arsenault about a pandemic-related dream she had involving masks.

Margaret Atwood tells story of late partner Graeme Gibson and his pet parrot

4 years ago

Duration 2:35

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood talks with The Currents host Matt Galloway about her partner and fellow novelist Graeme Gibson. She shares a story about Gibsons pet parrot, Harold Wilson, named after the former British prime minister.

Margaret Atwood on politics and the pandemic

4 years ago

Duration 6:59

Renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood discusses getting through the COVID-19 pandemic, her eerie prediction about politics in the U.S. and staying hopeful in a virtual discussion with Adrienne Arsenault.

The Next Chapter18:30Margaret Atwood on "Hag-Seed"

Margaret Atwood on her novel that is a modern take on The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

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