Look To The Stars News: Margaret Atwood

Sting To Play At Earth Day Climate Rally

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Sting and John Legend are just two of the stars set to play at a special Earth Day event in Washington DC later this month.

On Sunday, April 25, the Earth Day Network and partner organizations will organize a massive climate rally at The National Mall to demand Congress enacts climate and clean energy legislation in 2010. The Climate Rally will capstone Earth Day Network’s nine-day event on The National Mall with speeches from environmental stewards Reverend Jesse Jackson, film director James Cameron, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong, producer Trudie Styler and author Margaret Atwood to bring the issue of climate change to an international stage.

Also appearing on stage at the event will be The Roots, Bob Weir, Patrick Stump, Mavis Staples, Passion Pit and more.

Harry Potter Prequel Casts Its Charity Magic

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:38:00 +0000

JK Rowling’s 800 word Harry Potter prequel has sold for $48,858, with the proceeds going to charity.

An absent bidder at the auction – held at Waterstone’s Bookstore in London yesterday – paid $59 per word for the short story, which was handwritten on both sides of an A5-size card. As reported earlier, the proceeds from the sale went to the English writer’s association, PEN, and Dyslexia Action.

Twelve other authors and illustrators also contributed stories to the auction, including playwright Tom Stoppard – whose short story raised $7,816 – Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing, and novelists Nick Hornby and Margaret Atwood.

Stars Deliver For Literacy Charities

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:43:34 +0000

Kate Winslet, Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Pryce and Phil Collins are among 40 celebrities who have donated their time and artistic skills to the UK Pitney Bowes Pushing the Envelope campaign.

The stars have each decorated an envelope in order to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust, and the unique framed art is available on eBay until the 20th of October.

This is the third year that the campaign has taken place, and organisers are hoping it will be as successful as last year’s auction, which raised over £11,000 for the Trust.