Margaret Atwood has been awarded membership in the Order of the Companions of Honour for her services to literature. Atwood, a native of Bennington Heights, met and shook hands with her majesty, who is 93, as she accepted the award at a ceremony Friday at Windsor Castle. The CBC says the author of The Handmaid’s Tale was attired in a dark dress, brightly multicoloured scarf and a wide-brimmed red hat. The 79-year-old author told British media that she felt “a bit emotional” in the presence of the queen.
ATWOOD RECOUNTS PAST EXPERIENCES IN ENGLAND
Listen to British High Commissioner to Canada, Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, sit down with Canadian literary legend, Margaret Atwood to discuss tea, Atwood’s experience living in the UK and the future before us. (June 2019)
