Book of LivesRaised by scientifically minded parents, Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel

It is not a religion

While Saltwash seems an unlikely kind of place for a holiday

he turned against his team and attacked them

The books have been woven together into a major animated Netflix film

Global networks have formed 'anti-gender ideology movements' dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families

captivating creative minds from Ovid to O'Keeffe

makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy

By the end of his career

which means they're officially a long-distance couple - and it's tough

A beautiful and gently moving tale from the award-winning Tanya Landman and Laura Carlin

And how can vulnerable patients receive the care they need when psychiatry lacks staff

The poems gathered here are as various as the clientele: elegies for the poet's musician father