Shortlists announced
19 April 2013
The Orwell Prize, Britain's most prestigious prize for political writing, is supported by the Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, AM Heath and Richard Blair (Orwell's son). The shortlists for the 2013 Orwell Prize were announced on Wednesday even… find out more
Orwell Prize 2013 Shortlists Announced
17 April 2013
• The shortlists of seven books and six journalists expose grooming, torture and taxes; they probe the state of the NHS and the church; reporting the front line from Iran in the eighties to Aleppo now • Winners of £3,000 prizes for the 20th annual … find out more
Will Self in Wigan
05 April 2013
The Orwell Prize, Britain's most prestigious prize for political writing, is supported by the Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, AM Heath and Richard Blair (Orwell's son). Yesterday the Prize joined Will Self for a Wigan Pier Workshop at Sunsh… find out more
2013 Longlists Announced
21 March 2013
The Orwell Prize, Britain's most prestigious prize for political writing, is supported by the Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, AM Heath and Richard Blair (Orwell's son). The longlists for the 2013 Orwell Prize were announced online at midday y… find out more
Orwell Prize 2013 Longlists Announced
20 March 2013
14 journalists: take on Starbucks and the NHS, expose grooming in Rochdale, atrocities in Aleppo and the UKs complicity in torture 12 books: journey from Mexico to Romania, examining the lives of the super rich and prisoners on death row, confessing doubt… find out more
Another record breaking year for the Journalism Prize
06 March 2013
Here’s your reading list for the next few months: we’ve published a full list of entries for the Orwell Prize 2013. Yet again, we’ve received a record number of submissions for the Journalism Prize, with 210 books and 155 journalists put forward. … find out more
Press release: Taking Orwell back to Wigan
25 February 2013
In January 1936 George Orwell journeyed to Wigan to report on poverty in the North of England. His book The Road to Wigan Pier was instrumental in raising public awareness of issues that contributed to a shift in policy of the minors and unions across the… find out more
We’re going to Wigan
22 February 2013
Next week The Orwell Prize and Stephen Armstrong (author of The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited) will go to Wigan to run a series of workshops for local teens at Sunshine House Community Centre. The writers going to teach include Rosie Boycott, Meg Rusoff, J… find out more
The Orwell Prize in Burma
14 February 2013
Last week The Orwell Prize returned from Burma where we hosted panels and took books to the Irrawaddy Literary Festival, the first international event of its kind in the country. The festival attracted crowds of around 10,000 over three days who came to … find out more
Taking Orwell back to Burma
30 January 2013
The Orwell Prize goes to Burma Leads panels and a lecture at Burma's first international literary festival Aung San Suu Kyi, Timothy Garton Ash, Rory Stewart and Fergal Keane to speak Gives out hundreds of copies of Burmese Days, Animal Farm … find out more