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*GIVEAWAY* Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood is going to be returning to Gilead this September with The Testaments, the sequel to her iconic dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale.

In anticipation of the publication of The Testaments, we’re encouraging readers across the UK to (re)read The Handmaid’s Tale by giving away 50 sets of the book (up to 10 copies per library), posters for display and a guide for reading groups.

‘Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in’ – Margaret Atwood

THE LITERARY EVENT OF THE YEAR’ Guardian

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