At the Buxton Festival, 13th July
17 June 2011
We’re thrilled to be returning to the Buxton Festival for a third year this July. To mark the 65th anniversary of Orwell’s famous essay, ‘Politics and the English Language’, Nick Cohen, Linda Grant and previous winner Matthew Parris will be answe… find out more
Anniversary of 1984’s publication
10 June 2011
Welcome back, after a few weeks away – including a trip to the first ever Orwell in Asia conference, organised by Tunghai University in Taiwan (more on that soon). This Wednesday 8th June saw the 62nd anniversary of the publication of Nineteen Eighty-… find out more
Orwell Prize 2011 winners announced
17 May 2011
The late Tom Bingham wins Book Prize for The Rule of Law Jenni Russell wins Journalism Prize for Sunday Times and Guardian columns Graeme Archer wins Blog Prize for posts at ConservativeHome The winners of the Orwell Prize 2011, Britai… find out more
Invitation to this year’s Awards Ceremony
13 May 2011
This year’s Orwell Prize awards ceremony is taking place next Tuesday, 17th May, and it would be wonderful if you could join us. This year’s winners – of the Book Prize, Journalism Prize and Blog Prize – will be announced from 7pm, with dr… find out more
Orwell Prize 2011 Shortlists Announced
26 April 2011
6 books, 7 journalists and 7 bloggers remain in contention for £3000 prizes Winners to be announced on 17th May Shortlists revealed at debate, ‘is it time to make monarchy history?’ The shortlists for this year’s Orwell Prize, Britain’s most… find out more
Video from the Oxford Literary Festival
08 April 2011
We took two events to this year’s Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, and videos of both are now available on our website and YouTube Channel. On Sunday, we held an Orwell vs Kipling debate, 75 years after Kipling’s death. Orwell wrote a brief ob… find out more
2011 Longlists Announced
31 March 2011
This year’s Orwell Prize longlists were announced last night – the details are summarised in the press release, or you can see the longlisted books, read the longlisted journalism and browse the longlisted blogposts on our website. As well as announc… find out more
Orwell Prize 2011 Longlists Announced
30 March 2011
18 longlisted books range from Soviet Russia to modern Britain, from the rule of law to feminism, and from ceramics to the Caucasus 15 journalists make extended longlist 22 bloggers include Tory MEP, mainstream journalists and a prisoner The longlist… find out more
Newsletter: Invitation to this year’s Longlist Announcement and Debate
23 March 2011
This year’s Orwell Prize longlists will be announced next Wednesday, 30th March – and we’re delighted to be organising an event to celebrate it for the first time. As well as announcing this year’s longlists, we’ll be running a panel discussion… find out more
Newsletter: Barnsley, Boys’ Weeklies and Amateur Tramping
18 March 2011
We’ve got lots of exciting new Orwelliana for you this week. First, while Orwell writes about Barnsley (and goes to hear a speech by Oswald Mosley) in the Wigan Pier diary, we’ve now added Orwell’s notes on Barnsley to our website. We’ve previou… find out more