Libby Znaimer in "The Nutcracker"
Last night the New AM740′s very own Libby Znaimer made her debut as a Cannon Doll in the National Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. Since 1995 the Cannon Dolls have been played by a variety of...
View ArticleGROUP WANTS TO CHANGE VICTORIA DAY NAME
A group of certain Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day. The group which includes author Margaret Atwood, Green Party...
View ArticleSTEPHEN KING AND SON AND MARGARET ATWOOD AT I-F-O-A
Stephen King and Margaret Atwood are among the acclaimed writers set to appear at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto this fall. The 34th annual event runs Oct. 24 to Nov. 3 at...
View ArticleMARGARET ATWOOD’S LATEST IS HITTING BOOK SHELVES
There has been lots of buzz about the latest book by Canada’s Margaret Atwood. Madd Addam is the final installment in Atwood’s popular Oryx and Crake trilogy about a distopian future. It was released...
View ArticleThe Final Volume in Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Trilogy
This past Wednesday night, iconic author Margaret Atwood launched the final volume in her celebrated dystopian trilogy which began with Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. The New AM 740’s Libby...
View ArticleZoomer Week In Review Podcast – September 15th, 2013
On This Edition of The Zoomer Week in Review: We’ll hear a conversation Libby had with author and activist Margaret Atwood from the launch party for her new book MaddAddam. It’s the third and final...
View Article$50,000 GILLER SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
The shortlist has been announced for the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize andonce again, Lynn Coady and Lisa Moore are on it. Moore is from St. John’s Newfoundland. She’s been recognized for her novel...
View ArticleLYNN COADY WINS GILLER PRIZE
Best-selling author Lynn Coady has won the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her collection of short stories, Hellgoing. The 43-year-old Edmonton writer was chosen from a shortlist of five authors by a...
View ArticleATWOOD AND MUNRO DELIGHT NEW YORKERS VIA THE INTERNET
A large crowd of book-lovers packed New York’s Symphony Space lat night to hear two iconic Canadian authors. Neither one was actually there. But no one was disappointed. Margaret Atwood was scheduled...
View ArticleTHREE CANADIAN AUTHORS MAKE BAILEY’S PRIZE LONG-LIST
Three Canadian-born authors have made the long-list for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. Margaret Atwood, Eleanor Catton, and Claire Cameron have made the list of 20 writers for the $55,000...
View ArticleFIRST ATWOOD OPERA SET TO PREMIERE
Margaret Atwood’s first opera premieres in Vancouver tonight. Atwood wrote the libretto to the story about First Nations poet Pauline Johnston. It’s receiving its world premiere at City Opera...
View ArticleNEW ATWOOD BOOK HAS SLIGHT SCI-FI THEME
When Margaret Atwood was growing up in the ’40’s and ’50’s, science fiction was all the rage. Therefore, it’s no surprise that some of her best-know novels, like “The Handmaid’s Tale” and the...
View ArticleATWOOD STARS AT BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL
Canada’s legendary author Margaret Atwood is the headliner at this weekend’s Boston Book Festival. Atwood joins other writers like Claire Messud, Colum McCann and Bill Clegg, but it is clear Atwood is...
View ArticleATWOOD’S “ALIAS GRACE” TO BE A MINISERIES
The novel “Alias Grace”, by Zoomer legend Margaret Atwood is becoming a miniseries. Oscar nominated filmmaker Sarah Polley is writing and producing the six hour project which is scheduled to begin...
View ArticleATWOOD SAYS ‘HANDMAID” IS NOT A BLUEPRINT
Zoomer legend Margaret Atwood fears the United States is headed back to Puritan values under the Republican Administration of Donald Trump. Notable, because she says the puritanism and intolerance of...
View ArticleAUDIOBOOK AND TV ADAPTATION OF ATWOOD’S HANDMAID’S TALE ARRIVING SOON
Renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood hasn’t quite finished telling The Handmaid’s Tale. The 77-year old literary legend has provided additional material for an audio edition of her dystopian novel...
View ArticleATWOOD ENJOYING A CAREER RENAISSANCE
At the age of 77 the Queen of Can-Lit is enjoying a serious career renaissance that has her baffled. Margaret Atwood says it’s “very weird!” It’s what she calls a “moment.” After writing more than 40...
View ArticleNEW MONTHLY NEWSPAPER COMING TO ETOBICOKE
This fall, for the cost of $56.50, residents of Toronto’s west end can subscribe to the “West End Phoenix”, a monthly broadsheet community newspaper being published by writer and musician Dave Bidini....
View ArticleABORTION ACTIVISTS TAKE CUES FROM ATWOOD
Activists in Ohio are taking their cues from Can-Lit legend Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” in their protest against a bill placing more restrictions on abortion. Several women held a silent...
View Article“HANDMAIDS TALE” SPAWNS PROTEST GARB
Can Lit legend Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has not only spawned a TV series, it has also spawned the manner of dress many women in the U-S are using to protest women’s reproductive rights....
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