Students tackle what injustice means to them
14 March 2019
Is not England notoriously two nations, the rich and the poor? (George Orwell, England, Your England) Today 60 sixth form students from 10 schools and colleges in the North East will gather at the Great North Museum to tackle some of the most pressing in… find out more
The One Show: When George Met George
12 March 2019
UPDATE: OWING TO THE BREXIT MEANINGUL VOTE IN PARLIAMENT, THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. On Tuesday 12th March (today) the BBC's The One Show will be screening a short film about when George Orwell met George Garrett, in February… find out more
George Orwell censored (again)
07 February 2019
Seventy years on from the original correspondence, the British Council has offered its apologies to George Orwell for declining to publish an essay which they had commissioned from him on British cookery. By way of amends the Council has published the or… find out more
Revealed: The Orwell Prize 2019 Book Judges
17 December 2018
Tulip Siddiq MP will chair the judges’ panel for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing which from this year is only open to non-fiction. She is joined by Ted Hodgkinson, Head of Literature and Spoken Word at Southbank Centre; Robbie Millen, Literary … find out more
We Are Proud to Be Supporting The Race Beat!
17 December 2018
The Orwell Foundation is delighted to be supporting the Race Beat's crowdfunder. The Race Beat is a new, nationwide media network for, and led by, people of colour. Watch this video for more information about the project, and find out more and support … find out more
Judges of The Orwell Prize for Journalism and The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2019 announced
12 December 2018
The Orwell Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for The Orwell Prize for Journalism and The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2019. The Prizes are open for entry and will close 14th January 2019. Journalists may self-nominate, o… find out more
PQ Launches New Series of Exclusive Interviews With Female Orwell Prize Winners and Shortlistees
28 November 2018
The Political Quarterly and the Orwell Foundation have teamed up to produce a series of exclusive interviews with female Orwell Prize winners and shortlistees. In the first interview, Anya Pearson speaks to the Observer and Guardian reporter Carole Cadwal… find out more
Orwell Prizes for Journalism, Political Fiction and Exposing Britain’s Social Evils Open for Entries
19 November 2018
The Orwell Prizes for Journalism and for Exposing Britain's Social Evils 2019 as well as the inaugural Orwell Prize for Political Fiction are now open for entries. The Orwell Prize for Journalism is one of the UK’s most prestigious prizes for journal… find out more
Orwell Foundation To Launch Political Fiction Prize
25 October 2018
The Orwell Foundation will launch a political fiction prize in November, to be awarded for the first time in June 2019. The new prize will reward outstanding novels and collections of short stories first published in the UK that illuminate major social an… find out more
Kamila Shamsie To Give the Orwell Lecture 2018
11 October 2018
"In the last few years the line ‘citizenship is a privilege not a right’ has been heard increasingly from the mouths of Home Secretaries and Prime Ministers. Alongside this statement we’ve seen the increasing expansion in - and use of - the govern… find out more
