Margaret Atwood

Dalkey Book Festival, The Killers and other events to see, shows to book and ones coming your way this week

June 8th-14th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Sat Jun 08 2024 - 05:00

Margaret Atwood postpones Bord Gáis theatre event after testing positive for Covid-19

Canadian author says she will try to reschedule event with Laurie Anderson and Mary Robinson for later in the year

Thu Jun 06 2024 - 17:26

The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Sat Jun 01 2024 - 04:45

I was first to read The Handmaid’s Tale, that’s my claim to fame: Valerie Martin on friendship with Margaret Atwood

American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker

Wed Apr 17 2024 - 05:00

Fourteen Days: Stories about pandemic shut-ins in New York from Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue

Big names such as Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue contribute

Sat Feb 24 2024 - 00:00

Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood: Wit and humanity in the darkest of places

Fifteen stories show Atwood’s range as a writer, her ingenuity, the ease with which she switches mode

Wed Mar 22 2023 - 04:31

‘Join the club’: Bestselling writers show support after just two people attend debut author’s book launch

Neil Gaiman, Stephen King and Margaret Atwood share their similar experiences with debut author

Wed Dec 07 2022 - 10:22

The book thief: He obtained hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, but nobody knows why

The FBI has arrested Filippo Bernardini, accusing him of stealing unpublished books

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 10:44

Over 40 complaints made about ‘unsuitable’ books on English curriculum

Complaints to department from parents, though some students defend novels

Mon Jul 26 2021 - 05:00

The Handmaid’s Tale, once an urgent parable for our times, has become merely adequate

Season 4 review: Elisabeth Moss is the best thing about an only occasionally gripping series

Sun Jun 20 2021 - 22:10

Jennifer O’Connell: Margaret Atwood is not the biggest threat to your children’s wellbeing

Yes, schools should be a safe place, as the callers to Liveline insisted. But safe does not mean sanitised

Sat May 29 2021 - 01:18

Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’

The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life

Fri May 21 2021 - 06:00

Another two weeks off school? How to keep children and teenagers entertained over Easter

If you need some ideas to keep children distracted and happy, here are some suggestions

Mon Mar 29 2021 - 15:05

Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for Shuggie Bain

Debut author is second Scot to win with very personal tale of poverty and addiction

Thu Nov 19 2020 - 19:55

Coney Barrett unfairly targeted in attacks over childcare

New US supreme court judge subjected to personalised attacks over family duties

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 02:00

Melatu-Uche Okorie: ‘In Ireland, you have to be mentally strong to survive’

The author and academic on art, self-expression, and overcoming obstacles through creativity

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

Nobel Prize in literature 2020: who will win after after years of scandal?

Experts are predicting a cautious choice this week after last year’s divisive award to Peter Handke

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 06:01

Nick Cave criticises cancel culture as ‘bad religion run amuck’

Political correctness has ‘asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society’, musician says

Thu Aug 13 2020 - 09:45

When I think it won’t hurt too much, I imagine the children I will not have

The biggest contribution anyone can make to the climate crisis is not to have a family

Thu Aug 06 2020 - 06:00

Web Summit claims its first event to be held remotely a big success

Company’s in-house software platform could prove to be very profitable if it makes online events work well

Sat Jun 27 2020 - 05:13

Book quiz: ‘A plague on both your houses’ is from which Shakespeare play?

Welcome to The Irish Times book quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Sun May 10 2020 - 06:00

The Irish Times view on literature in a time of crisis: If we winter this one out...

At this time of social isolation, books offer not just consolation but a portal to the most profound human connection

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 19:56

Exergaming: Fun and fitness from the comfort of your own home

These days, exercise video games disguise fitness routines in the form of role-playing, dancing or running from zombies

Sun Mar 22 2020 - 06:01

Winter in Sokcho: Enigmatic examination of a woman in stasis

Review: Élisa Shua Dusapin’s beguiling debut charts interior and exterior landscapes in South Korea

Fri Mar 06 2020 - 06:00

Elisabeth Moss: ‘Something is actually wrong here and I’m not going crazy’

Unlike many stars, she has hardly put a foot wrong since her career-making role

Sat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00

Galway 2020 opening ceremony cancelled due to weather warnings

Year as European Capital of Culture had been due to start with fire spectacle

Sat Feb 08 2020 - 10:58

Fintan O'Toole: The big question of the last decade is...

The Decade in Culture: t’s up to us to reclaim the private self from Google and Facebook

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00

Fifty Shades, Kanye, Love/Hate: The films, TV, books and music that defined the decade

The Decade in Culture: The most impactful books, series and performers of 2010-19

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 06:00

Keeping it in the family

Some of Ireland’s most successful family-run companies share the secrets of their success

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 00:00

The book I want for Christmas: Paschal Donohoe, Alison Spittle, Joseph O’Connor and more

Seven well known readers and writers share the books they'll be giving and getting this Christmas

Thu Nov 21 2019 - 05:00

Are Church of Ireland bishops about to fail their vast middle ground?

The General Synod and not Gafcon decides the policy and doctrine of the Church of Ireland

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 01:00

Margaret Atwood says Ireland is a ‘little point of light’ globally

Booker Prize winning author puts hope in young people in battle against totalitarianism

Sat Nov 02 2019 - 13:23

Booker Prize 2019: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo are joint winners

Evaristo is first black woman to win prize; Handmaid’s Tale sequel is second win for Atwood

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 21:54

Jennifer O’Connell: It was not just in Gilead that women were stripped of their names

It is time we remembered all Josephs and Marys whose dignity, freedom and lives were stolen

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 06:00