Margaret Atwood confirms participation in the Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature

25 February 2009

The Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature organisers today confirmed that Margaret Atwood will be participating in the festival via video link from Toronto, Canada. She will be ‘In Conversation', as billed in the festival programme, on the morning of Saturday February 28th.

Additionally, Atwood will participate in a panel discussion arranged by EAIFL, in partnership with International PEN, also to take place on Saturday from 9am to 11am in the Al Ras Ballroom, InterContinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City. This session will be chaired by Eugene Schoulgin, International Secretary of International PEN.

Further participants in this event to be announced.