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Margaret Atwood goes green on tour

by catherinea | October 29, 2009
"First of all, the problem is huge so me individually making a difference? Doubtful. Getting some ideas out? Yes.""
- Margaret Atwood, author

Margaret Atwood, the Booker prize winner, is attempting a book tour with a difference for her latest novel The Year of the Flood.

As the 70-year-old travels to promote her latest work, she is using trains and boats rather than planes, getting local musicians involved at each location, serving local food and making donations to green charities.

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