Sudbury sings another Happy Birthday to Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is returning to Sudbury for her annual birthday visit.

The acclaimed Canadian author, critic and poet celebrates each year with a gala dinner and performance in her honour. This year, the event is scheduled for Nov. 13 at the Vale Inco Cavern at Science North, and will include a special reading from Atwood herself.

Tickets to the birthday celebration are now available for $70 from [email protected] or [email protected]. Partial proceeds will be donated to the building fund for Laurentian University's Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre.

“The birthday of Canada's most esteemed writer has become a seasonal fixture at Laurentian University, as the department of English has organized celebrations of Ms. Atwood and her work since 2004,” a media release from the university stated.

“In 2009, Ms. Atwood celebrated her 70th birthday at Laurentian while presiding over a staged dramatization of her novel The Year of the Flood. In 2011, proceeds from the birthday dinner helped to establish the Margaret Atwood Scholarship Fund, with awards for students in both the humanities and the sciences.

"A portion of the proceeds from this year's event will be directed toward the scholarship fund.”