Upcoming Events: 2008:

August

• -  August 22-23:
  
  Edinburgh International Book Festival
  http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/
  
  
• -  August 27:
  
  The Poetry Prom, Aldeburgh UK, with Alistair Reid
  http://www.aldeburghpoetryfestival.org/html/poetry_prom08.htm
  
  

October

• -  October 1:
  
  Mel Hurtig Lecture, "The Future of Canada," Winspear Theatre, Edmonton, AB
  
  
• -  October 12-20:
  
  Oct. 12: Massey Lecture #1, Arts and Culture Centre, St. John's, NF
  Oct. 15: Massey Lecture #2, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, BC
  Oct. 17: Massey Lecture #3, Pantages Theatre, Winnipeg, MB
  Oct. 20: Massey Lecture #4, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, QU
  
  For more information on the Massey Lectures, visit: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey.html
  
  **Watch for Margaret Atwood's compiled Massey Lectures, published as Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (published in Canada with Anansi http://www.anansi.ca and abroad with Bloomsbury http://www.bloomsbury.com.) **
  
  
• -  October 24:
  
  Prince of Asturias Award Ceremony, Oviedo, Spain
  http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/index.html
  
  

November

• -  November 1:
  
  Massey Lecture #5, Convocation Hall, Toronto, ON
  
  
• -  November 6:
  
  Troy Lecture, University of Massachussets, Amherst, MA
  
  
• -  November 17:
  
  "A Precision of Language: An Evening with Margaret Atwood," Lecture at Michigan State University
  
  
• -  November 20:
  
  Signing and interview, A Different Drummer, Burlington, ON
  
  

Margaret Atwood is one of three judges for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize, along with politician and author, Bob Rae, and author Colm Toibin. For further details on events and nominees, check out http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/home.htm

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