The Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood is best known for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (1985) a dystopian tale of a patriarchal society where women are treated as property. In this 2020 interview, she discusses the sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ - ‘The Testament’, her surprise over the popularity of the character Aunt Lydia, who actively collaborates with the oppression of women, and her role in inventing a machine to allow writers to sign books remotely, and the difference between writing in her 80’s and her earlier decades.

The Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood is best known for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (1985) a dystopian tale of a patriarchal society where women are treated as property. In this 2020 interview, she discusses the sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ - ‘The Testament’, her surprise over the popularity of the character Aunt Lydia, who actively collaborates with the oppression of women, and her role in inventing a machine to allow writers to sign books remotely, and the difference between writing in her 80’s and her earlier decades.