{"id":10032,"date":"2019-12-03T14:52:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/nouvelles\/conversation-margaret-atwood-international-book-fair-quebec-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:21:39","slug":"conversation-margaret-atwood-international-book-fair-quebec-2020","status":"publish","type":"communiques","link":"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/en\/news\/conversation-margaret-atwood-international-book-fair-quebec-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"A conversation with Margaret Atwood to kick off Qu\u00e9bec City&#8217;s 2020 International book fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-media-text\"><div class=\"container\" >\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Atwood-Margaret-credits-Jean-Malek-2021-1-500x420-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10541 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Atwood-Margaret-credits-Jean-Malek-2021-1-500x420-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Atwood-Margaret-credits-Jean-Malek-2021-1-500x420-1-400x336.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Born in Ottawa in 1939, Margaret Atwood, whose books have appeared in 45 countries, is the author of over 50 works of fiction, collections of poems and critical essays, as well as graphic novels. In addition to <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>, now an award-winning and unanimously acclaimed series, she wrote C<em>at\u2019s Eye<\/em>, short-listed for the prestigious Booker Prize (England), 1989; <em>Alias Grace<\/em>, which took home the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; <em>The Blind Assassin<\/em>, winner of the Booker Prize, 2000; <em>Oryx and Crake<\/em>, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, 2003; The Year of the Flood; <em>MaddAddam; and Hag-Seed<\/em>. She has received the Los Angeles Times Innovator\u2019s Award and the Peace Prize from the German Publishers and Booksellers Association.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>In 2019, she was inducted into the Fellowship of Honour for her services to literature. In the same year, she and Nigeria\u2019s Bernadine Evaristo jointly won the Booker Prize for The Testaments and Girl, Woman, Other respectively, named the best fiction of the year written in English. It was the third time that two books tied for the award since it was created 50 years ago. Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>The executive director of SILQ proudly announced: \u201cThe appearance of Margaret Atwood at the next Salon international du livre de Qu\u00e9bec is a first signal of change for this event beloved by Qu\u00e9bec City residents. This first major announcement is proof that SILQ intends to surprise, please, and expand its presence beyond the Qu\u00e9bec City area.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Meanwhile Pierre-Michel Bouchard, president and CEO of the Qu\u00e9bec City Convention Centre, said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted whenever literature and culture take centre stage at the Qu\u00e9bec City Convention Centre. The presence of this great writer in Qu\u00e9bec City\u2014the result of a new kind of partnership with Le Salon international du livre de Qu\u00e9bec\u2014is a milestone event that will stay with us for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Qu\u00e9bec City mayor R\u00e9gis Labeaume also made a point of being present for the announcement. \u201cAs a UNESCO City of Literature, Qu\u00e9bec is responsible for bringing literature to life, promoting it, and unleashing its full potential,\u201d said mayor Labeaume. \u201cIt is an honour to be able to welcome great names in literature to our city and a unique opportunity for international dialogue. I am delighted to see the impact this designation is having on the vitality of our cultural and literary community. Qu\u00e9bec City\u2019s success is thanks to partners like you who make our city a lively, inspired, and inspiring literary capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Marie Laberge is overjoyed to host the event. \u201cWhat do I expect from this encounter? A chance to discuss, to bond, to unite our two voices to try to understand what it means to write. Without necessarily knowing where it comes from, to learn what keeps the flame to write alive. The passion, the need, and the patience that makes us write. Margaret Atwood wrote A word after a word after a word is power. That sentence alone makes me want to talk to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Born in Ottawa in 1939, Margaret Atwood, whose books have appeared in 45 countries, [&hellip;]","protected":false},"featured_media":10541,"parent":0,"template":"","categorie-communiques":[607,615],"class_list":["post-10032","communiques","type-communiques","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-communiques-events","categorie-communiques-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A conversation with Margaret Atwood to kick off Qu\u00e9bec City&#039;s 2020 International book fair | Qu\u00e9bec City Convention Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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