Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas

Broadcast in HD from London

Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale will be revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live cinema broadcast, as Fane Productions presents an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor.

The publication of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985 and the current, Emmy Award-winning television series have created a cultural phenomenon, as handmaids have become a symbol of women’s rights and a protest against misogyny and oppression. Live from the London stage, Atwood will be interviewed by broadcaster and author Samira Ahmed in a conversation spanning the length of Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works, and why she has returned to her seminal handmaid story, 34 years later.

Special Guests: Lily James (Downton Abbey, Cinderella), Ann Dowd (Aunt Lydia – Handmaid’s Tale) and Sally Hawkins (Oscar nominee The Shape of Water) will read selections from The Testaments.

“Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.”

Read the Time magazine article on Margret Atwood.

6-6:30 pm – Practicing the Future: Margaret Atwood’s Work in Text and on Screen:
Discussion and Q&A on recent TV adaptations of Atwood’s work with Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor’s Professor of English and Informatics, UCI School of Humanities.