'Handmaid's Tale' author Margaret Atwood on Canada postal stamp


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Atwood used the recent unveiling to advocate for causes, recounting a friend's vow to slap the stamps with her likeness on letters to lawmakers in Canada and the United States, calling for action on climate change and an end to gender discrimination. Photo: Reuters

Canada's postal service recently celebrated the 60-year writing career of The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood by featuring her image on a stamp.

At a ceremony at a Toronto library, Ottawa-born Atwood reacted with humour to the "unexpected honour," welcoming friends and family, and "those who intend to make fun of me for being on a stamp."

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