Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
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