Margaret Atwood and Elisabeth Moss reunite, have words in Toronto

Margaret Atwood spoke of the power of the spoken word at Toronto's Union Station on a busy Wednesday morning, as she and her friend, actress Elisabeth Moss, helped promotethe Canadian launch of Audible.

The audio giant, owned by Amazon,is now producing and offering a string ofaudiobooks of Canadian novels, and it's hoping attract new customers byplaying off the buzz surroundingAtwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale and the subsequent TV series, which nabbed 13 nominations at the upcomingEmmy Awards.

To that end, AudibleCEO Don Katz, along with Atwood and Moss, took over a section of Union Station, and passersby paused to hear Moss, who plays main character Offred in the television series, read out a passage fromthe dystopiannovel.

"I slice the top off the egg with a spoon, and eat the contents," Moss ended her recitation from the book's 19th chapter,as the assembledcrowd broke out intoloudapplause. "It's not bad, Margaret," she said to Atwoodwith a laugh.

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Atwoodpraised theaudiobookas a popular option for today's busy world, while noting it is essentially the past coming full circle.

"You can think of Audible possibly as the return of radioor possibly as the return of the voice,which never really went away," the author said.

Moss was pleased to have the opportunity to read one of the many "delicious" passagesfrom the iconic book.

"To read it in front of Margaret Atwoodis an incredibly weird, surreal experience," the 35-year-old actress confessed.

"Iwas like, is that okay? Did I do all right?"

'We feel loved and protected'

The event was also another step inMoss' gradual return to Toronto, ahead of filming set to resume next week on The Handmaid's Tale's much-anticipated second season.

"It feels very safe," Moss told CBC News about how it feels to shoot the series in Canada.

"We feel loved and protected. Margaret is such a beloved figure here," she added.

"I feel really lucky that we ended up in Toronto."

As for the second season, Moss warns fans to expect the unexpected. In fact, she says even Atwood was surprised when she saw the script for the first episode of the new season.

"She said 'I didn't see that coming,'" the actress revealed.

"That's the greatest endorsement you can get from the author, who has clearly thought about what would happen next and if she hasn't thought of it, we're in the right place.

"But she loves it, so it's good," Moss concluded.