The Handmaid's Tale turns 40, and special events are being held around the world to pay tribute

Margaret Atwood's iconic novel The Handmaid's Tale is turning 40 this year.

To celebrate, the book's Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart is launching a number of commemorative events to pay tribute to the special anniversary.

In Canada, images of handmaids will be projected onto Toronto's City Hall from about 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday (Sept. 24).

The images will also be projected onto select public libraries across the world at the same local time.

Special anniversary editions of the novel will also be released later this fall. One version features Fred Marcellino's original 1986 cover art, available at independent stores, while another, exclusive to Indigo, features Noma Bar's jacket illustration and a previously unpublished 1986 essay written by Atwood called

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