Atwood

[at-wood]

noun

1. Margaret (Eleanor), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist.

Atwood

/ ˈætwʊd /

noun

1. Margaret ( Eleanor ) born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist. Her novels include Lady Oracle (1976), The Handmaid's Tale (1986), Alias Grace (1996), the Booker Prize-winning The Blind Assassin (2000), and Oryx and Crake (2003)

Example Sentences

Canadian author Margaret Atwood has released a new short story that takes aim at a book ban implemented in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Ms Atwood said she wrote a short story for 17-year olds about two "very, very good children" named John and Mary, since her award-winning book was no longer suitable for some Alberta schools.

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Smith has been critical of some of the books certain school districts have removed from their shelves such as Ms Atwood's, saying they are not in line with the sexually-explicit books the ban is trying to target.

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This is not the first time Ms Atwood has been critical of the provincial book ban.

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The Edmonton Public School Board announced last week it was removing more than 200 books from school libraries including Ms Atwood's classic.

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