On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood

A brilliant, ambitious, insightful inquiry into the art of writing from the legendary Margaret Atwood.

What do we mean when we say that someone is a writer? Is he or she an entertainer? A high priest of the god of Art? An improver of readers’ minds and morals? Looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career, Margaret Atwood addresses the riddle of her own art.

Her wide-ranging reference to other writers, living and dead, is accompanied by personal anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer. The lightness of her touch is offset by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing. Wise, candid, informative, and engaging, On Writers and Writing provides an insider’s view of the writer’s universe, written by one of the most celebrated writers of our time.

Publication History: 9781400032600 / 9780385659840

MARGARET ATWOOD, whose work has been published in over forty countries, is the author of more than forty-five books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, her novels include Cat’s Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; and The MaddAddam Trilogy: the Booker Prize finalist Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam. Among her many other awards, she is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award, and lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson. www.margaretatwood.ca

Author Residence: Toronto