Newsletter: Cigarettes and Alcohol
11 February 2011
Two famous Orwell essays celebrated their 65th anniversaries this week. ‘Books vs. Cigarettes’ was first published in Tribune on 8 February 1946. In the essay, Orwell examines the widespread ‘idea that the buying, or even the reading, of books is… find out more
Newsletter: ‘Did not want to spend night in streets’
04 February 2011
We’re now a few days into our project of blogging Orwell’s Wigan Pier diaries from 1936, 75 years to the day after each was written. Orwell is currently in Manchester, and will be heading for Wigan itself shortly. Granta Magazine carried a couple of … find out more
Orwell Prize to blog George Orwell’s Wigan Pier diaries
31 January 2011
Diary entries to be posted 75 years after they were written Orwell Prize 2011 receives record number of entries The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing, is to blog George Orwell’s diary from his journey to Wigan Pi… find out more
Newsletter: Blogging Orwell’s Wigan Pier diary
31 January 2011
We’re delighted to announce that from today, Monday 31st January, we’ll be ‘post-blogging’ Orwell’s 1936 Wigan Pier diaries. Between 31st January and 25th March 1936, Orwell travelled around the Midlands and the north of England, keeping a diar… find out more
Newsletter: Orwell on Kipling
21 January 2011
Rudyard Kipling died 75 years ago this week (on 18th January 1936). Orwell wrote an essay on Kipling (for Horizon in 1942), which you can now read on our website. Both writers were born in India, and wrote about the British Empire – although from rathe… find out more
Newsletter: Entries close 19th January
14 January 2011
Happy New Year – and with the start of the new year comes the end of the submission period for the Orwell Prize 2011. If you would like to enter this year’s Book Prize, Journalism Prize or Blog Prize, submissions close on Wednesday 19th January … find out more
Newsletter: Merry Christmas!
17 December 2010
We’d like to wish you a very merry Christmas, and best wishes for a prosperous 2011. Many thanks for supporting us this year! But before this newsletter takes a break over the festive season, we have a few Christmas gifts for you from the pen of George… find out more
Newsletter: Orwell’s Christmas Pudding
10 December 2010
With Christmas only a couple of weeks away, your thoughts may be turning to preparations for the big day. And if you’re still in need of a Christmas pudding, Orwell may be able to help. In 1946, Orwell was commissioned to write a piece on British Cooke… find out more
Taiwan Orwell conference calls for papers
08 December 2010
A call for papers from 'George Orwell: Asian and Global Perspectives', a conference to be held at Tunghai University, Taiwan on 21st May 2011. If you'd like any furhter information, please contact Dr Henk Vynckier, chair of the conference. George Orwell: … find out more
Newsletter: Orwell and the Oligarchs – watch the Orwell Lecture
03 December 2010
We’ve now uploaded the full video of this year’s Orwell Lecture, ‘Orwell and the Oligarchs’, given by Ferdinand Mount. Ferdy – a former Orwell Prize judge (2009), former head of the Downing Street Policy Unit, former editor of the Times Literar… find out more