Bidding on a special, fireproof copy of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale ends today, Tuesday, June 7 at 2 p.m. ET. Proceeds from the Sotheby's auction will go to PEN America's efforts to fight ...

Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale has been counted among the most banned books in America, and the characters' distinctive red and white uniform has been adopted by the pro-choice ...

Atwood and her publisher are auctioning off an unburnable copy of her bestselling dystopian novel this week. The move is a gesture of protest against book banning and censorship in the US. In the ...

To build a book that wouldn’t burn, Jeremy Martin and Doug Laxdal’s first idea was to use flame-retardant paper for the pages. Their graphic arts company ordered samples and got to work with a BIC ...

Canadian author Margaret Atwood has taken a flamethrower to the newest edition of her acclaimed dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale to demonstrate the special-edition book's "fireproof" quality.

Bidding on a special, fireproof copy of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale ended on Tuesday afternoon, when the book was auctioned by Sotheby's for $130,000. Proceeds from the auction will go to ...