# Margaret Atwood

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Date with a Debut - Second Date - Lenny Robinson & Bryony McGuinness

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. The main show will return next week for the final two episodes of the main series before we finish 2026 with three Debut Revisited specials, b…

The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 40: What Really Happened Over the Garage? | Banned Books Podcast

At midnight, Serena Joy walks the handmaid out the kitchen door and sends her up the back stairs to Nick. The handmaid tells us what happened in that room. Then she tells us she made it up, and tells it again. This episode includes AI-voiced content, including our trusty fact-checking robot, Robot.…

Recode Decode: Behind the scenes of 'The Handmaid's Tale'

"The Handmaid's Tale" creator and showrunner Bruce Miller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new adaptation of the dystopian Margaret Atwood novel, which recently debuted on Hulu. Miller discusses the aptness of the show's political themes, and why he's excited to tell stories beyond the on…

Dispersing the Fog E83 - Margaret Atwood on Steven Galloway, NS Habeus Corpus Case at Supreme Court, Freeland Book, PEI RCMP Lose Murder Evidence, Guest Paul McNamara on CSIS Failings

This week, we welcome back Paul McNamara for an inside look at the Bill Macher acquittal and lawsuit, and the competency deficit at CSIS, the Canadian spy agency.Also covered in this episode;- Margaret Atwood defends due process again in speaking out on the Steven Galloway case, where the author, a…

The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 41: The Kitchen Door Clicks Shut Behind Her | Banned Books Podcast

In Chapter 41, the handmaid wishes her story were different, then tells us what she did next: she kept going back to Nick, on her own, without Serena Joy knowing. Dan and Jennifer try to work out whether the man over the garage is a lonely guy, a trap, or something else. The handmaid is risking a l…

Ep. 25: Her Dystopias Are Bonkers

This week Dave and Steve help Paper Street Theatre prepare for their upcoming show on Margaret Atwood by taking a journey through her science fiction novels. In a surprising turn of events, Dave is shocked that Steven does not self-identify as a whaler.

Survey of Canadian Literature, Week 8

The Journals of Susanna Moodie by Margaret Atwood

Tom Foley: Expert typographer on how to pair typefaces and why the best brand fonts go unnoticed

Tom Foley didn’t set out to design typefaces. As a postgraduate student at Central Saint Martins in London, he was researching why Ireland, unlike Switzerland, the Netherlands, or Germany, never seemed to have a confident typographic voice of its own. Find bonus content and more on our Substack: …

The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 42: The Wooden Stage on the University Lawn | Banned Books Podcast

In Chapter 42, the handmaid goes to a Salvaging, and it is nothing like a rummage sale. Dan and Jennifer try to figure out what the word even means, what the crowd is really there to see, and why the people running Gilead decided to stop saying out loud what the condemned did. Jennifer calls it the…