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Writing Tips from Margaret Atwood

July 29, 2019 by Melanie

Margaret Atwood has written a broad range of work over 60 years, even though she is now especially famous as the author of The Handmaid’s Tale (based on real events in Cambodia). She is prolific and thought-provoking in her writing. I first came across her in 1993 when she published The Robber Bride. Atwood has … Read more

Margaret Atwood Speaks

May 30, 2013 by Melanie

Listened in to an interview between Jennifer Byrne and Margaret Atwood. It was from last years Sydney Writer’s Festival. One thing she said struck me. She posited that when she began writing, one just wrote and it was difficult due to it being uncommon. These days. she said, you can do a Creative Writing course at … Read more