Margaret Atwood is to mark the publication of her sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale with a midnight launch in London on 9 September followed by a live interview at the National Theatre broadcast around the world.
The rock-star arrangements reflect just how anticipated publication of her book, The Testaments, is.
Yasmeen Hassan, the global executive director of Equality Now, said when The Handmaid’s Tale came out “we thought the trend for women’s rights was upwards … towards greater equality.
Atwood said everything readers asked her about Gilead and its inner workings had provided inspiration for the new book.