Author of From Class War to Cold War: Orwell’s Enduring Socialism, forthcoming from Athabasca University Press, summer
2026. Editorial Board, George Orwell Studies. Joint editor of forthcoming (2026) reissue of Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain.
Latest episode of my 'Reading Orwell' podcast is on its way soon. This one considers Orwell and Aldous Huxley, and how each thought they'd outdone the other in imagining the future. The text is here: drnjwaddell.co.uk/26_orwell-an...
Applications for our Irish Studies Summer School remain open until March 31. We run June 15-July 3, with a week introducing Northern Ireland, followed by two weeks exploring key themes in Irish history, the language revival and Irish literature. Info at www.qub.ac.uk/Study/intern...
What a way to end publication day! For the Guardian, I’ve written a piece on navigating the weird and wonderful word of Muriel Spark.
Read it, and do give my book a read, too.
LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is out right now! 🐈⬛
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
Connal Parr will be talking about his book on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement on Monday 26 January at 4.30
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Martin Tyrrell
Martin Tyrrell
Martin Tyrrell
Applications for the inaugural Irish Writers Centre John Hewitt International Summer School Bursary close on Wednesday!
The bursary includes full accommodation as well as access to all events during the week.
🔗 irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
From Class War to Cold War traces George Orwell’s political evolution from the mid-1930s to his death in 1950 through his engagement with three defining conflicts: the Spanish Civil War,...
From Class War to Cold War traces George Orwell’s political evolution from the mid-1930s to his death in 1950 through his engagement with three defining conflicts: the Spanish Civil War,...
From Class War to Cold War traces George Orwell’s political evolution from the mid-1930s to his death in 1950 through his engagement with three defining conflicts: the Spanish Civil War,...
From Class War to Cold War traces George Orwell’s political evolution from the mid-1930s to his death in 1950 through his engagement with three defining conflicts: the Spanish Civil War,...
It’s mortifying to be scrambling to fill a bookstore event but that’s the reality. I’m in Scotland and England next week. There are tix left for these events. The London one will be cancelled if I don’t sell some tickets soon so all pre-bookings and help with getting the word out is appreciated.
Clear-sighted book by Connal Parr confirms even the noblest political campaigns can get a little prickly
