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A Joyous Exploration: Margaret Atwood

Cerys chats to Canadian poet and The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood about her writing, her influences, her love of music and her latest book Old Babes in the Wood.

Cerys chats to Canadian poet and The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood about her writing, her influences and her love of music. Ahead of the paperback release of Margaret's latest book Old Babes in the Wood, Margaret tells Cerys about the inspirations behind the collection of short stories which explore what it means to be human.

The author of over fifty books, poetry and critical essays, Margaret has won numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

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Sun 3 Mar 2024 10:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Charles Williams

    Chop! Chop!

    • Trees, Grass and Things.
    • Mainstream Records.

  • Ezra Collective & Fela Kuti

    Lady

    • Lady.
    • Partisan Records.
    • 1.

  • Bala Desejo

    Baile de M谩scaras (Recarnaval)

  • The Black Keys

    I Forgot To Be Your Lover

    • Digital Single.
    • Nonesuch Records.

  • X Ambassadors

    Ain't Got the Love (Of One Girl On My Mind)

    • Jamie Record Company.

  • Amanda Whiting

    Liminal

  • Stereo Naked

    Labour of Love

    • Upside Down.

  • Saint Saviour

    Be Gentle

    • Sunseeker.
    • VLF.

  • Aristides Ramirez

    Los Lanbones

  • Anton Karas

    The Third Man Theme

    • Forgotten Jukebox Hits: 1950 to 1959.
    • 45 RPM Records.
    • 6.

  • KOKOROKO

    Ti-de (6 Music Festival, 08 Mar 2020)

  • David Bowie

    Moonage Daydream

    • EMI.

  • Newen Afrobeat

    Es la vida (feat. Chico C茅sar)

  • Nadeem Din鈥怗abisi & Sampa the Great

    Energy

    • Sampa The Great, Universal Music Publishing.

  • Lina

    Se De Saudade Morrerei Ou Nao

  • Dana Gavanski

    Let Them Row

    • Full Time Hobby.

  • Club Kuru

    Gone Like A Flower

  • Za! & Perrate

    La Milonga

  • Tompall Glaser and Band

    Put Another Log on the Fire

    • Wanted! The Outlaws (Expanded Edition).
    • RCA Records Label Nashville.
    • 11.

  • Jimmy Durante

    I'll Be Seeing You

    • Jimmy' Durante's Way Of Life.
    • Warner Archives.
    • 5.

  • Les Stentors

    Le chant des partisans

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Motorcycle Emptiness

    • Ultimate... Drive (Various Artists).
    • Legacy Recordings.

  • Sex Pistols

    Did You No Wrong

    • God Save The Queen / Did You No Wrong.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 2.

  • Wet Leg

    Too Late Now

    • Wet Leg.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 12.

  • Anne Murray

    Snowbird

    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • Universal Music Canada.
    • 1.

  • Cynthia Gooding

    The Water Is Wide

    • Cynthia Gooding.
    • Vintage 2016.
    • 7.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth, Act I: Witches' Chorus - Che faceste

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Great Opera Choruses.
    • LSO Live.
    • 5.

  • Pratt & Moody & Cold Diamond & Mink

    Creeping Around

  • Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media

    Breeze

    • WaJazz Legends: Jiro Inagaki - Selected by Yusuke Ogawa.

  • Oisin Leech

    October Sun

    • Tremone Records.

  • Ahmad Jamal

    Time On My Hands

    • Happy Moods.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 6.

  • Oluko Imo

    Oduduwa

  • Petelo Vicka et Son Nzazi

    Sungu Lubuka

  • Eliza Carthy & Kae Tempest

    Rosebuds in June (6 Music Festival 2015)

  • Django Reinhardt

    Japanese Sandman

    • The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order - Volume 3.
    • JSP Records.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Mar 2024 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music