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We have 2 panels at #MLA26 today!

Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM in MTCC – 601B
Session 216 The Circle Game

Friday, 9 January 2026 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM in MTCC - 715B
Session 328 Now More Relevant Than Ever: Sharing Approaches to Teaching the Works of Margaret Atwood
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Tomorrow's Atwood session at #mla26:
Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM in MTCC – 601B
Session 216 The Circle Game
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Atwood's books are among the banned ones in Alberta:
Dozens of library books removed from Alberta schools as new laws take effect
New policy requires schools to remove books containing explicit images or illustrations of sexual content
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I really love the question Elizabeth Warren asks Margaret Atwood in this interview:
“All Dictatorships Do This”: Margaret Atwood on Trump & History
YouTube video by On with Kara Swisher
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January 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Checked the Atwood Society mail today. There were several emails from people congratulating Atwood on her memoir. They then said the book wasn't doing well but they could help, for a fee.

Oh, spammers. Margaret Atwood doesn't need your help.
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
A 30-minute with Atwood, who has won the Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Lifetime Achievement Honor:
Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards' Lifetime Achievement honoree Margaret Atwood in conversation with Joe Donahue
On October 11, The Eleanor Roosevelt Center in partnership with PEN America presented the 2025 Banned Book Awards at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, New York. This year’s Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achi...
www.wamc.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A little news story about Atwood at Wordfest:
Margaret Atwood makes appearance at Wordfest in Alberta
YouTube video by CTV News
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December 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's Margaret Atwood's birthday!
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Submissions for the Atwood Society awards are due 12/1! Categories are best undergraduate essay, best graduate MA piece, best graduate diss, best published article, best book, and best collection.
atwoodsociety.org/awards/
Atwood Society Awards – Margaret Atwood Society
atwoodsociety.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The 60 Minutes Interview with Atwood (she should have gotten the whole 60):
Margaret Atwood: The 60 Minutes Interview
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Guess what book dropped today?
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The New York Times, interviewing Atwood ahead of the publication of her memoir later this month:
For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Atwood will show solidarity for Edmonton in her book tour!

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Margaret Atwood to ‘show her solidarity’ in Edmonton for book tour
Legendary Canadian author Margaret Atwood will visit Edmonton in December for her book tour.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Our journal editor, Karma Waltonen, will be reading some of Atwood's poetry at @freethoughtday.bsky.social, Sunday, Oct. 12th at the CA state capitol. www.FreethoughtDay.org
www.FreethoughtDay.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I had the privilege of seeing a stage adaptation of this a couple of decades ago; I look forward to this series adaptation!
Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap To Produce The Series Adaptation Of Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Edible Woman’
Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap will now produce the series alongside eOne, Z Films and Shinawil.
www.nexuspointnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Atwood, whose graduate degree is from Radcliffe (Harvard), has added her signature to support Harvard from Trump's attacks:
Trump ‘just wants to make Harvard bleed,’ and these alumni are standing up to him - The Boston Globe
Harvard alumni step up to protect the university’s independence.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Atwood's Bluebeard's Egg, on the set of Elephant, in London
June 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A little message about what Atwood loves about Canada:
Our Country: Margaret Atwood on beavers and tolerance
YouTube video by Canadian Geographic
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June 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Escambia was my county, where a science teacher said there was no such thing as evolution & where my World History teacher was told he'd be fired if he mentioned anything that happened more than 6000 years ago. Sex ed was watching a movie in which a teenager who got pregnant killed herself. 1/2
UPDATE: Board gives Escambia County superintendent ability to remove books without review
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. --The escambia county school district's board is set to vote on a motion recommending the ban of eighteen books.The motion was added to t
weartv.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM