With the continuing success of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale adaptation and the excitement over the forthcoming sequel The Testaments, arriving in September 2019, interest in Margaret Atwood’s books are at a fever pitch. And while the dystopian tale will undoubtedly be the book that defines Margaret Atwood’s life, she has written many more books of note—all of […]
September marks the release of new novels by such masters of the form as Jonathan Franzen, Jan Karon, Salman Rushdie, and Margaret Atwood, as well as relative newcomers like Meg Mitchell Moore (whose novel The Admissions is perfectly timed to the start of a new school year) and Lauren Groff, whose brilliant Fates and Furies […]
“If only the two of them could find some place where the prospects are better,” Stan thinks, as he tries to settle to sleep in the driver’s seat of a third-hand Honda. Stan and his wife Charmaine have bounced from parking lot to parking lot, trying to find a safe place to grab a few […]
Novelist, poet, inventor, activist: Margaret Atwood is already a (Canadian) national treasure, and she’s not letting up anytime soon. She has a new book out, and her MaddAddam series is being developed for HBO, but her latest venture takes her into an entirely new medium: she’s penned an original graphic novel series for Dark Horse Comics.
It might be surprising to know that authors such as Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot wrote stories for both adults and children. It is a rare treat when an author writes books for the whole family to read and love. Most writers stick to one genre, but these authors dish up reading opportunities for a […]