Irony in Margaret Atwood’s promotion of book tours

Because of the pandemic, Atwood, a Canadian novelist, has suggested that Canada replace in-person book tours with virtual book tours.

The irony, as noted in past posts, is Atwood has written that writers have two distinct selves, the one who handles public life and the one who writes the books. And, she has said, since it is the former who handles public events like book tours, people attending such events never actually get to see the one who wrote the book.