May 11, 2012
23rd May Awards Ceremony
The winners of this year’s Orwell Prize awards ceremony will be announced on Wednesday, 23rd May, and it would be wonderful if you could join us. The 2012 winners – of the Book Prize, Journalism Prize and Blog Prize – will Read more
May 4, 2012
An Invitation
This year’s Orwell Prize awards ceremony is taking place on Wednesday, 23rd May, and it would be wonderful if you could join us. The 2012 winners – of the Book Prize, Journalism Prize and Blog Prize – will be announced from Read more
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
March 30, 2012
2012 Longlists Announced
The much anticipated longlists for the Orwell Prize 2012 were announced on Wednesday. Read the full list of 18 longlisted books here Read the full list of 12 longlisted journalists here Read the full list of 18 longlisted bloggers here, Read more
March 29, 2012
Orwell Prize 2012 Longlists Announced
18 books: from Tokyo to Glasgow, from cybercrime to the Saville Inquiry 12 journalists: on the riots, the courts, the Westminster village 18 bloggers: Rangers, Sluggers and benefit scroungers The longlists for this year’s Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize Read more
March 23, 2012
Longlists to be announced on Wednesday
We received a record number of entrants for the 2012 Prize; 264 authors, 140 journalists and 226 bloggers submitted work. Our judges have been busy reading since the New Year and the longlists are due to be announced at midday Read more
March 16, 2012
Orwell and poetry
With next Wednesday, 21st March, designated World Poetry Day by UNESCO – why not take a look at Orwell’s poems in our poetry section? Orwell’s poetry may not be among his best known work, but according to biographer D.J. Taylor, Read more
March 9, 2012
Anniversary of The Road to Wigan Pier’s publication
This Thursday, 8th March, saw the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Road to Wigan Pier. To mark the anniversary, why not listen to Stephen Armstrong, author of The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited, and Professor Stephen Ingle, a Read more
February 24, 2012
The Lion and the Unicorn
One of Orwell's most famous essays was first published this week in 1941 Read more
February 17, 2012
Orwell on Stage
This week’s newsletter is full of drama, with a number of theatrical productions based on Orwell (and the Prize) to tell you about. Next week, the drama society of UCL’s student union will be presenting a version of 1984 at the Bloomsbury Read more
February 10, 2012
Press release: Record number of entries for Orwell Prize 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Full list of entries for Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing published Record 263 264 books, 140 journalists, 226 bloggers entered Prize advertises for new administrator as deputy director leaves The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious Read more