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    Other Websites

    O.W. Toad: The Margaret Atwood Reference Site is Atwood's personal official website. It features a lot of content straight from Atwood herself, including speeches, pictures, book jackets from all over the world, favourite links, and comic strips. (A warning: This site is graphics-heavy and a little difficult to navigate. I recommend using the table of contents or search features if you're looking for something specific.)

    Random House's official Margaret Atwood website is usually the most up-to-date source for information on current and upcoming publications, reading tour dates, news, reviews, and more. Bloomsbury's Atwood site is maintained by her British publisher.

    Official Oryx & Crake sites: Worth checking out if only to see the difference between the Canadian, British, and American versions.

    The Margaret Atwood Society is "an international association of scholars, teachers and students" who aim "to promote scholarly exchange of the writer�s work by providing opportunities for scholars to exchange information."

    Brittney Goodman's page of links, organized by book title.

    The following sites contain biographical and bibliographical material of varying length & quality:

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    Interviews
    • Margaret Atwood: Poet by Joyce Carol Oates. From The New York Times, May, 1978.

      • An early interview about Atwood's attitudes on poetry-- her own and others'.

    • Blood + Laundry by Laura Miller. From salon.com, January, 1997.

      • "Margaret Atwood on famous Victorian murderesses, her claim to Connecticut, and the deep satisfaction of a clean, folded towel..."

    • Interview with Margaret Atwood by David Wiley. From The Minnesota Daily, March, 1997.

      • In which Atwood talks about Susanna Moodie and Alias Grace.

    • Interview: Margaret Atwood by Marilyn Snell. From MotherJones.com, July/August, 1997.

      • "The activist author of Alias Grace and The Handmaid's Tale discusses the politics of art and the art of the con..."

    • January Interview: Margaret Atwood by Linda Richards. From January Magazine, November, 2000.

      • "Atwood has had a busy year. The furor following the publication of her fall 2000 novel, The Blind Assassin, has been intense..."

    • Atwood interactive by Sarah Cooper. Originally from The Globe & Mail, March, 2001.

      • "Margaret Atwood is arguably the most famous Canadian alive today. Okay, maybe Wayne Gretzky is bigger, but a lot of people think he's American, so he doesn't really count. [...] The Blind Assassin, her 10th novel and 37th book, is being published next week and the publicity machine is already overheated..."

    • An Interview with Margaret Atwood by Deborah Rozen. From boldtype.com.

      • "In this interview, Margaret Atwood shares some insights into her work on Alias Grace and the reaction it has received..."

    • She who laughs last by Catherine Keenan. From The Sydney Morning Herald, May, 2003.

      • "Margaret Atwood has gone back to the future with a novel full of gene-splicing, disease and disaster. The funny thing is that her apocalypse was inspired by a holiday in Cairns..."

    • Grave New World by Carolyn Clay. From The Boston Phoenix, March 2004.

      • "Margaret Atwood talks Oryx & Crake."

    • Margaret Atwood on Science & Writing. From National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation, April, 2004.

      • "We are joined by writer Margaret Atwood. Her latest book, Oryx and Crake is a dark, post-apocalyptic look at the future of humanity. We'll talk with her about the book and the role of science in her writing..."

    • Interview: Margaret Atwood. From buzzle.com, originally published by The Guardian, April, 2004.

      • "She is famously abrasive, sardonic and intellectually rigorous. Does it all stem from Margaret Atwood's upbringing in a family of self-sufficient scientists, or is she just a natural nit-picker?"

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    Reading & Study Guides

    Chapter-by-chapter companion to The Handmaid's Tale by Professor Paul Brians from Washington State University: features lots of interesting questions to guide reading & analysis by students.

    The Handmaid's Tale is also covered by sparknotes.com and bookrags.com.

    Random House's Book Group Corner features group discussion topics, reviews, interviews, as well as further reading suggestions and some exclusive content from the author:


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    Online poems

    A sampling of Atwood's poetry available for free online:

    		  
     
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