Paper Boat

What a book of magic Paper Boat is . . . a bright and cornucopic life force of a book . . . It resounds with the acuteness of Atwood’s wisdom , the warmth of her cold eye, her uniquely lit courage

What a book of magic Paper Boat is . . . a bright and cornucopic life force of a book . . . It resounds with the acuteness of Atwood’s wisdom , the warmth of her cold eye, her uniquely lit courage

Atwood is celebrated for her entertaining and electrifying prose works… Now, with the magnificent Paper Boat … it’s time to take note of her uniquely fascinating poetic voice… Beguiling and unsettling

By turns deeply introspective and outward looking, Atwood’s poetry is as clear-eyed, uncompromising and masterly as her prose

Atwood at the height of her poetic powers : her imagery made tangible with sound

Read these poems aloud, read them carefully, read them with joy and tears

She’s one of the few contemporary writers whose poetry and prose receive equal amounts of praise

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace , The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic The Handmaid's Tale was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments , which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. Her most recent publications are the poetry collections Dearly and Paper Boat; Burning Questions , a selection of essays; Old Babes in the Wood , a volume of short stories; and Book of Lives , her memoir.

Atwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.