{"id":6861,"date":"2018-11-28T00:28:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/margaret-atwood-at-the-2009-texas-book-festival-austin-tx\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T00:28:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:28:11","slug":"margaret-atwood-at-the-2009-texas-book-festival-austin-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/social\/margaret-atwood-at-the-2009-texas-book-festival-austin-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Atwood at the 2009 Texas Book Festival &#8211; Austin, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/381hNeQlzUs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Author Margaret Atwood&#8217;s session at the 2009 Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX. Atwood is a Canadian  author, poet, critic, essayist, feminist and social campaigner.<br \/>\nHer novels include:<\/p>\n<p>The Edible Woman (1969)<br \/>\nSurfacing (1972)<br \/>\nLady Oracle (1976)<br \/>\nUp in the Tree (1978)<br \/>\nLife before Man (1979)<br \/>\nAnna&#8217;s Pet (1980)<br \/>\nBodily Harm (1981)<br \/>\nUnearthing Suite (1983)<br \/>\nThe Handmaid&#8217;s Tale (1985)<br \/>\nThe Labrador Fiasco (1986)<br \/>\nCat&#8217;s Eye (1988)<br \/>\nFor the Birds (1990) (with Shelly Tanaka)<br \/>\nThe Robber Bride (1993)<br \/>\nAlias Grace (1996)<br \/>\nThe Blind Assassin (2000)<br \/>\nOryx and Crake (2003)<br \/>\nThe Year of the Flood (2009)<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Margaret Atwood at the 2009 Texas Book Festival &#8211; Austin, TX<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Margaret+Atwood+at+the+2009+Texas+Book+Festival+-+Austin%2C+TX&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Margaret Atwood at the 2009 Texas Book Festival - Austin, TX - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=664978e0b78b434d88cdd7559908b6dd&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kut.org%2Flife-arts%2F2024-05-17%2Fi-want-to-be-a-part-of-this-texas-burlesque-festival-celebrates-the-art-and-community-of-burly-q&amp;c=12474475933936272119&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t'I want to be a part of this': Texas Burlesque Festival celebrates the art and community of Burly Q\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Arts Eclectic turns the spotlight on happenings in the arts and culture scene in and around the Austin area. 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