The Orwell Prizes for Political Writing and Political Fiction 2021 shortlists, released last month, highlight the finest politically engaged books published in 2020. Throughout June, we will be sharing Q+As with the shortlisted writers from both lists, here on our blog. To see the lists, visit our website here.…
The Orwell Prizes for Political Writing and Political Fiction shortlists, released last month, highlight the finest politically engaged books published in 2020. Throughout June, we will be sharing Q+As with the shortlisted writers from both lists, here on our blog. To see the lists, visit our website here. Today…
George Orwell’s “Some Thoughts on the Common Toad” was first published 75 years ago in Tribune, on 12 April 1946. A special edition was produced by The Orwell Foundation to celebrate this year's Orwell Prize longlists. D. J. Taylor has generously allowed us to republish the introduction below, where…
The town sleeps. The streets snooze. The lampposts flicker out one by one, heralding the arrival of morning. In the distance, a cycle approaches. The metallic chime of its bell slices through the crisp cold air. Its wheels rotate rhythmically. The rider atop the cycle rounds a corner now. He…
With 72% of voting-age Americans active on some form of social media, it was hardly surprising when both the Republicans and Democrats fully utilised these sites in preparation for the 2020 US Election. However, each party used a very different set of tactics to promote their agendas and hide their…
The following is an excerpt from Prof. Rosinka Chaudhuri's 'Introduction' to Burmese Days (Oxford World's Classics, 2021). If you would like to read the introduction in full, you can purchase a copy of Burmese Days on Oxford University Press's website. Only what does not fit in can be true. --…
Because my blood will never be water until my body is returned to the earth the earth which is not owned but shared and so: I demand a share of power, of control, of freedom. First performed at the Royal Court in 2019, acclaimed playwright Sabrina Mahfouz’s form bending…
Rosaleen Tite Ahern, a previous Orwell Youth Prize winner, responds to this year's theme.…