margaret atwood. one of the world s best selling critically acclaimed authors, she s published more than 60 books, and has won the booker prize twice. margaret atwood. the winner of the first booker prize of the 21st century, margaret atwood. cheering and applause. her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaid s tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved. now an emmy award winning television series. there s an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences. and how even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds # it makes them feeljust like new # plink plink, plink plink.# i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be he
a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like new. # plink plink, plink plink. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity. and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, they, um.were very innovative and able to improvise. because, of course, if you live in the woods and there aren t any shops, you have to be. and they were both very outdoorsy. but they also allowed us to make messes in our rooms and didn t make us clean them up. by messes, i mean projects. which always begin as messes. just to set the scene, this is rural quebec. because your father was an entomologist. he was studying. oh, yes. he was a forest entomologist. and his research station spring, summer and fall, was up in the woods north, north,
margaret atwood. one of the world s best selling critically acclaimed authors, she s published more than 60 books, and has won the booker prize twice. the winner of the first booker prize of the 21st century, margaret atwood. cheering and applause. her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaid s tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved. now an emmy award winning television series. there s an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences. and how even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds # # it makes them feeljust like new # plink plink, plink plink.# i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this pro
now on bbc news this cultural life: margaret atwood. margaret atwood. one of the world s best selling critically acclaimed authors, she s published more than 60 books, and has won the booker prize twice. the winner of the first booker prize of the 21st century, margaret atwood. cheering and applause her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaid s tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved. now an emmy award winning television series. there s an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences. and how even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds # it makes them feeljust like new # plink plink, plink plink. .. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural li
programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences. and how even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feeljust like new. # plink plink, plink plink. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity. and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, they, um.were very innovative and able to improvise. because, of course, if you live in the woods and there aren t any shops, you have to be. and they were both very outdoorsy. but they also allowed us to make messes in our rooms and didn t make us clean them up. by messes, i mean projects. which always begin as messes. just to