Margaret Atwood announces sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood has announced that she will be releasing a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.

The novel, titled The Testaments, will be released on September 10, 2019. The story in it will be conducted on behalf of three heroines, and the action will unfold 15 years after the events of the first part.

• The Handmaid's Tale was released in 1985 and has since become one of the most famous dystopian novels.
• In 2017, the book was made into a TV series of the same name, the first season of which was enthusiastically received by critics and received eight Emmy awards.