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cheering and applause. her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaid's tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved, now an emmy award—winning television series. there's an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like n...

cultural life, the radio 4 programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like new. # plink—plink, plink—plink. laughter. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped ...

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Is quite messy. so, craft work, then? oh, we didn't call it that, dear. that's a new—fangled term. did you call it anything, or was itjust the stuff...? making stuff. and we had the full...the full run of the tool set, you know. that was very handy. a few years later, when you self—published your first book... yes. a book of poetry, double persephone, um... a very limited run, and i think you made... you hand—printed and set... typeset... yeah. it was a flatbed press, so you had to set each page, and the fonts were a bit limited, and we had to set the poem, run it through and then disass...

Your mother allowed you to be messy at home, creating projects, so, what were you making? you were a practical child? usually i was either constructing something out of materials such as papier mache, or i was painting. or i was sewing, one or the other. sewing is not so messy. the papier mache is quite messy. so, craft work, then? oh, we didn't call it that, dear. that's a new—fangled term. did you call it anything, or was itjust the stuff...? making stuff. and we had the full...the full run of the tool set, you know. that was very handy. a few years later, when you self—published your fi...