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Presented with the support of Penguin Random House Canada. |
Tickets for this Special Event go on sale with our October Festival tickets.
VWF Members: September 9 at 10am
General public: September 16 at 10am
How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? Internationally renowned literary legend Margaret Atwood joins us with her long-awaited autobiography, Book of Lives—a must-read for fans of her deeply influential body of work, and anyone who wants to learn more about the life of this Canadian icon. This event will also include a special musical element!
Beginning with her unconventional, nomadic childhood spent mostly in the wild forest of northern Quebec, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel year that spawned Cat’s Eye to the Orwellian 1980s Berlin where she wrote The Handmaid’s Tale. In pages bursting with bohemian gatherings, her magical life with the writer Graeme Gibson, and major political turning points, we meet poets, bears, and larger-than-life characters that seem to come straight from the pages of one of her own novels. She’ll share more about how her life has shaped her art, and vice versa, in this conversation spanning the entirety of her staggering career.
There will be no book signing at this event.