Imagining the future to read the present

Margaret Atwood, Booker Prize winner and one of the most influential writers of our time, has built a body of work that spans fiction, essay, and poetry.

Her writing explores power, technology, the body, and language, revealing how the future often reflects the present.

Without predicting, she constructs possible scenarios in which social and political structures are pushed to their limits.

A session on the role of literature in times of rapid transformation.

To access BABELL sessions, even with a ticket in hand, you must always bring a book with you.