Belong to a book club? Pick Oryx and Crake for your next book!

Buy your copy of Oryx and Crake at Paragraphs Bookstore on Main Street in Mount Vernon or the Kenyon College Book Store in Gambier.

This fall, community organizations and businesses throughout Knox County are inviting residents to participate in Knox Reads! This community reading event celebrates the work of Margaret Atwood, who will visit Gambier on November 10 for the Kenyon Review Literary Festival.

Read Margaret Atwood’s bestselling novel Oryx and Crake in the months leading up to the Festival and then join us for some very special events.

Tune in to WMVO 1300AM or check out the Mount Vernon News to find out how you can get a free copy of Oryx and Crake in September! (Supplies are limited.)

Acclaim for Oryx and Crake

“Atwood has long since established herself as one of the best writers in English today, but Oryx and Crake may well be her best work yet…Brilliant, provocative, sumptuous and downright terrifying.” —The Baltimore Sun

“Majestic…Keeps us on the edges of our seats.” —The Washington Post

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Knox Reads! is presented by The Kenyon Review and the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP), and supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County, the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, WMVO 1300AM, The Mount Vernon News, Paragraphs Bookstore, Sips, the Knox County Art League, and the Knox County Convention & Visitors Bureau.