17 Jul 2019

Upcoming Event: Margaret Atwood In Conversation about The Testaments live! #atwoodlive

Margaret Atwood In Conversation about The Testaments live!

I am so excited to share about an upcoming event with you today: Margaret Atwood In Conversation about The Testaments live! On September 10th across North America and the UK, you can watch Margaret Atwood discussing her newest release, THE TESTAMENTS. Join the conversation online using #atwoodlive

I absolutely loved THE HANDMAID'S TALE and cannot wait to see how the next installment is going to continue the story and explore our current political climate.

Learn more below and check to see if it is playing at your cinema here: https://www.margaretatwoodlive.com/ 

Fane Productions presents Margaret Atwood live on stage and in cinemas on Tuesday, September 10th in celebration of the global publication of The Testaments, Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid’s Tale.

Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas will be broadcast to over 1,000 cinemas across the globe, including cinemas throughout the US, UK and Canada, with delayed screenings planned in Australia and New Zealand. Filmed live from the National Theatre in London, BBC journalist and New York Times best-selling author Samira Ahmed will interview Atwood about her remarkable career, her diverse range of works and why she has returned to her handmaid story, 34 years later. The event, presented in partnership with Equality Now, will include a number of special guests to be announced later this year.

Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas will be broadcast to Cineplex cinemas across Canada. Cinema tickets go on sale Friday, March 8 at 10AM ET at www.margaretatwoodlive.com.

I am delighted that the launch of THE TESTAMENTS will take place not only in London on September 10th, but also by live-streaming to over 1000 cinemas around the world. I can't be in all placed at once in my analogue body, but I look forward to being with so many readers via the big screen.

The publication of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985 and the current, Emmy Award-winning television series have created a cultural phenomenon, as handmaids have become a symbol of women’s rights and a protest of misogyny and oppression. In this brilliant sequel, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred’s future at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, readers had no way of telling what  lay ahead. Margaret Atwood’s sequel The Testaments picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. 

THE TESTAMENTS

Author: Margaret Atwood
Series: The Handmaid's Tale #2
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Publication Date: September 10, 2019

Summary
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In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades.



When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her—freedom, prison or death. 



With The Testaments, the wait is over. 



Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. 



"Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in." —Margaret Atwood
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Are you excited about the next installment to THE HANDMAID'S TALE? Are you going to check this out?

2 comments:

  1. Ooooh super fun! I need to read the first book, and also watch the show. Since you loved The Handmaid's Tale so much, I might need to move it up my TBR.

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