?Where does a book come from? Margaret Atwood answers this and other pressing questions about the creative process in a long video interview on BigThink.com. The full footage runs over 30 minutes, but you can listen by segment to her speak on topics such as writing about the apocalypse, the challenge of speculative fiction, and the neurology of reading. She even tells a Canadian joke!
To find out more about Atwood’s latest novel, The Year of the Flood, visit her website. And be sure to follow her on Twitter, where she tweets regularly.