Burning Questions

The mighty Margaret Atwood writes about everything from granola to Trump

Robbie Millen, The Times, *Books to Look Out For 2022*

With her bold imagination, calm insight, and wit, Atwood gathers diverse strands into a marvellous collection ranging from the history of forests to the nature of science fiction and beyond. Burning Questions is a delicious antidote to intellectual fragmentation that left me inspired

Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life

I drank in the book this past weekend, in two warm slugs

Jennifer Senior, Atlantic

If there's one person in the world from whom you'd want a hot take on the most pressing issues, it would surely be Margaret Atwood . . . She answers our burning questions on climate change, the rise of Trump and on to debt and tech

Joanna Taylor, Evening Standard

[Atwood's] intelligence shines off the page with such intensity it makes you blink

Rose Shepherd, Saga Magazine

Margaret Atwood was recently described in a Guardian interview as "arguably the most famous living literary novelist in the world", and she is undoubtedly the most venerable . . . It's fascinating to read Atwood's reflections on her own novels and their continued relevance . . . but equally striking to see how many pieces she has included here generously celebrating other writers

Stephanie Merritt, Observer

This isn't just a collection of essays for Atwood fans. Rather, this is an attempt to make sense of the world, taking in with characteristic verve everything from Anne of Green Gables to Donald Trump, zombies to censorship . . . While the tone skates from surreal off-kilter wit to impassioned gravity, Atwood always makes the idea of big questions a little more digestible . . . The collection is polyphonic, enthusiastic, illuminating

Sophie Macintosh, i News

Atwood's third collection of essays...does not fail to impress... This is one to dip into again and again, and is likely to remain relevant many years into the future

UK Press Syndication

Atwood...always...gets right to the heart of the matter... More than 50 pieces display her astonishing range... Each is written with her trademark wit

Erica Wagner, Harper's Bazaar

Atwood is generous and unguarded - exactly what you would hope of her... frank, honest and good company

Shahidha Bari, Guardian

A kaleidoscope look at life and literature from the perspective of one of our finest writers... Her humour and breath of knowledge make this a collection to open your mind - and make you laugh

Zoe West, Woman & Home

[Atwood's] prescience, her wicked sense of humour, her generosity and her appetite for work at all on flamboyant display in Burning Questions

Mary Norris, Times Literary Supplement

A compilation of essays that pick the brain of Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood, this is a wonderfully written insight into everything from zombies to the climate crisis

Stylist

Atwood's third volume of essays... [is] shot through with wisdom and wit

Guardian, *Summer Reads of 2022*

This week, the Supreme Court nominated Margaret Atwood for a Nobel Prize in Prescience

Washington Post