April 27, 2012
2012 Shortlists Announced
The shortlists for the Orwell Prize 2012 were revealed on Tuesday at our annual shortlist announcement and debate hosted by the University of Westminster. On our website you can read the full list of 6 shortlisted books and an extract, Read more
April 24, 2012
Orwell Prize 2012 Shortlists Announced
6 books in contention include themes of murder, opium and urban underworld; 6 journalists in the running include pieces on 9/11 jumpers, reading the riots and welfare war; 7 bloggers still competing for the prize include those on broken bureaucracy, Read more
April 20, 2012
Debate: Our overwhelmingly white media are inevitably delivering ‘white news’.
On Tuesday evening The University of Westminster in Regent Street will host The Orwell Prize 2012 shortlist announcement and debate. Director of the Orwell Prize, Jean Seaton, will first announce the 2012 shortlists then a panel will debate the issue: Read more
April 13, 2012
Shortlist announcement and debate on 24th April
The Orwell Prize 2012 shortlist announcement and debate will take place in less than a fortnight at the Boardroom, University of Westminster, Regent Street W1B 2UW. As Jean Seaton highlighted in a recent press release, we are concerned by the Read more
April 6, 2012
Happy Easter
Aged eight a young George Orwell wrote to his mother Ida while studying at boarding school during Easter break 100 years ago. “Thank you for that letter you sent me, but I couldent read it somewon tore it up before Read more