KVSC is honored to present an interview with Booker Prize winning, Canadian speculative fiction author Margaret Atwood. Ms. Atwood spent an hour with KVSC on November 19.

The first segment will be broadcast on Tuesday, November 24 from 12:30-1 p.m. during the Newswatch program. In part one, Ms. Atwood discusses the big themes of Oryx and Crake (moral controversies, scientific manipulation of species, loss of art and culture) as well as the key characters. We also learn about HBO’s production of her trilogy produced by Darren Aronofsky who directed Black Swan and recently the film Noah, the Future Library Project, victimless leather and so much more.

The second part of the interview will air on Wednesday, November 25 from 12:30-1 p.m. In part two, Ms. Atwood goes into detail about her invention called the long pen, which can be compared to “beam me up Scotty” of writing—now used in banking worldwide as well as writing tips for students, the creative use of our brains, why writing is a vocation, not a profession, and genetically modified salmon (which was just approved by the FDA).

KVSC thanks professor Christine Metzo, Director of Initiatives for University College for making this magic happen as part of the Common Read program at St. Cloud State University. Also, first-year students Kelsey Seiler and Megan Hetterick  are part of the interview.