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The Orwell Prize
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"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."
Orwell's 1984 was first published on this day in 1949.
Watch our 2016 live reading, with actors, writers and members of the public on location at Senate House, the original Ministry of Truth, back on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrSk...
The Orwell Prize
We're shining a spotlight on the finalists for The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2026 - and we've got exclusive extracts from each one waiting for you on our website.
Do you have a winner yet?
Explore this year's shortlists: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...
What does it take to write about political upheaval from the inside? 9 June, join Orwell Prize finalists Tahmima Anam, Karen Bartlett & Sam Dalrymple at Libreria London with chair Rohan Silva.
Register free: libreria.io/an-evening-w...
Can we develop a shared sense of nationhood beyond what populism offers?
Using Orwell's work as a starting point, join @politicalquarterly.bsky.social and The Orwell Foundation for a debate on Englishness, Britishness & the populist challenge.
Free | 17 June | 6:30 PM | @ucl.ac.uk
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