Margaret Atwood talk at the Southbank Centre - sponsorship, Shell & dystopias

Margaret Atwood talk at the Southbank Centre – sponsorship, Shell & dystopias

Chris Garrard is an activist and composer who was lucky enough to have a ticket to the sold out Margaret Atwood talk last night at the Southbank Centre. You can read Chris’ blog here and an interview with him about his chamber-opera version of The Handmaid’s Tale here. Last night, I went along to see...
Margaret Atwood says "we must talk" about Southbank Centre and Shell

Margaret Atwood says “we must talk” about Southbank Centre and Shell

The wonderful author Margaret Atwood is speaking tonight at the Southbank Centre about her new book MaddAdam, the highly anticipated trilogy, coming after Oryx and Crake, and After The Flood. The trilogy is an important work in the emerging field of climate change literature, with a dark, specualtive look at a dystopian future where the...