TORONTO 鈥� Margaret Atwood鈥檚 next book will be an autobiography.
Her Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart says it will peel back the curtain on Atwood鈥檚 writing and "the sparkling inner workings" of her imagination.
"Book of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts" is due for release Nov. 4.
Atwood says she 鈥渟weated blood over this book鈥� and that "there was too much life to stuff in."
McClelland & Stewart says the memoir covers seminal moments in the literary giant's past, including encounters with 鈥減oets, bears, Hollywood actors,鈥� major political turning points, and 鈥渉er magical life" with the late writer Graeme Gibson.
Atwood鈥檚 novels include "Cat's Eye," "The Robber Bride," and "Alias Grace." Her 1985 novel, "The Handmaid's Tale," was followed in 2019 by the sequel, 鈥淭he Testaments,鈥� which won a Booker Prize.
"A memoir is what you can remember, and you remember mostly stupid things, catastrophes, revenges, and times of political horror, so I put those in," Atwood said in a release Tuesday.
"But I also added moments of joy, and surprising events and, of course, the books."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 11, 2025.
Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press
