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One thousand trees have been planted in Nordmarka, a forest just outside Oslo, which will supply paper for a special anthology of books to be printed in one hundred years time. Between now and then, one writer every year will contribute a text, with the writings held in trust, unpublished, until the year 2114.

Future Library Donate Margaret Atwood Manuscript Scribbler Moon 2014 “How strange it is to think of my own voice — silent by then for a long time — suddenly being awakened, after a hundred years. What is the first thing that voice will say, as a not-yet-embodied hand draws it out of its container and opens it to the first page?” Margaret Atwood ( Writer ) “It is my dream that Margaret Atwood is writing for Future Library . I imagine her words growing through the trees, an unseen energy, activated and materialized, the tree rings becoming chapters in a book.” Katie Paterson ( Artist ) Margaret

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