Author of The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood is returning to New Zealand this summer for a speaking tour.
The author, who celebrates her 80th birthday today, will be in the country this February to promote the global publication of The Testaments. The novel, published in August, is Atwood's sequel to her 1985 novel.
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The Testaments continues the main character Offred's story and is set fifteen years after the conclusion of The Handmaid's Tale.
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