Very excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 @orwellprize.bsky.social in Political Writing, chaired by Rohan Silva, alongside Katie Prescott, Sam Bowman and Lawrence Freedman. Looking forward to reading and discussing—get your submissions in now! www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." Subscribe to Orwell Daily for curated highlights from Orwell's legendary journalism, delivered "on the day": orwell.substack.com/p/every-nati...

The Orwell Youth Prize gives every UK student the chance to: ✍️ Write creatively and critically, inspired by Orwell 📢 Make their voice and ideas heard 💡 Receive tailored feedback to make their work shine Our 2026 theme? TRUTH. Find out more: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...

Entry is now open for the 2026 Orwell Prizes in six categories, with new judging panels revealed. Thanks to prize sponsors @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social & founding sponsor @politicalquarterly.bsky.social. Find out more: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Richard Blair, Orwell's son, in action on Islay, as we launch the 2026 Orwell Youth Prize!

"To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden... has created the world’s first double-bound book: a special unreadable edition of George Orwell’s 1984." lbbonline.com/news/George-... #Orwell #BannedBooks @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social

"The best books of any one age have always been written from several different viewpoints, some of them palpably more false than others." Politics vs. Literature, October 1946 #Orwell #OrwellQuotes #OrwellDaily orwell.substack.com

The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals to volunteer as Readers for the Orwell Youth Prize. Help give young people without strong academic support networks the chance for constructive advice on their writing.

"Our society is not only so arranged that if you have money you can buy luxuries with it. After all, that is what money is for. It is also so arranged that if you don’t have money you pay for it at every hour of the day with petty humiliations and totally unnecessary discomforts..." 6 October 1944

"Orwell's values are a light in the darkness of these troubled times." We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees. Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

"Orwell's values are a light in the darkness of these troubled times." We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees. Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

Big congratulations to Kim Darroch on his appointment as new Chair of @orwellprize.bsky.social. Kim takes over from Ken Macdonald who has been a superb Chair over the last decade. www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

Volunteer as a Reader for the Orwell Youth Prize! The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals across publishing, literature, academia, civil society (and more) to provide personalised feedback as part of their judging process.

"Fairly much a leftist, George Orwell is a defender of freedom, even though most of the time he violently disagrees with the people beside whom he is fighting." - Allene Talmey for Vogue, 15 September 1946

It's always a good time to read Notes on Nationalism! Thanks for sharing @samanthaasumadu.substack.com.

"It all made such shockingly perfect sense." With Animal Farm turning 80, we asked some friends of the Foundation to share their first encounters. Our thanks (and an extra helping of apples) to all who took part! orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...

Isn't this a brilliant read...and there's so much more to come. Thank you. @orwellprize.bsky.social @theguardian.com @jomcmillan.bsky.social @waterstonesoxf.bsky.social orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...

📢 Teachers & educators! The Orwell Youth Prize gives students: ✍️ Freedom to write about their world 💡 Individual support to improve 📣 A platform for their ideas 🏆 The chance to win for themselves & their school Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and resources 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/the-...

Animal Farm at Eighty “I took it out of the library, and read it quietly, in bed, under the covers.” On the 80th anniversary of its publication, read my first encounter with Orwell’s Animal Farm: orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad... @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social

"We need Animal Farm by our side more than ever now." Read Richard Blair, George Orwell's son, on eighty years of Animal Farm. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

"War not only shatters linear stories but also destroys those writing them." Julian Evans for the Royal Literary Fund on Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina - winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. www.rlf.org.uk/posts/ukrain...

"In this country we are not troubled by lack of water. If anything we have too much of it, especially on Bank Holidays. As a result water hardly enters into our consciousness." - George Orwell, #OTD 1944

📰 In this month’s Orwell News: The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils returns for 2026, supported by @prospectmagazine.co.uk Meet the 2025 Orwell Youth Prize winners! Sam Hill in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: Can we all belong? 👉 orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/journalism...

"We lack not only a clear sense of who we are, but we are also devoid of policy which makes Britain feel fairer... and which dignifies those that come to this country in search of a new life." politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/can-we-... Sam Taylor Hill from @orwellprize.bsky.social

ICYMI, the winners of @orwellprize.bsky.social have been announced: fivebooks.com/books/the-or...

Thanks to the Orwell Foundation for a fantastic awards ceremony; to the judges for choosing The Accidental Immigrants as a finalist; to every writer there for deciding to write about things that matter. And many congrats to Donal Ryan. Cheers! @orwellprize.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

We're thrilled to be awarding The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils again in 2026, sponsored by @prospectmagazine.co.uk. This prize - for social reporting that shines a light on injustice and drives public understanding of complex issues - will open for entries in November.

Prospect is delighted to announce we will become the sponsor of the @orwellprize.bsky.social for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils! This new sponsorship reflects Prospect’s commitment to supporting fearless reporting that shines a light on injustice. www.prospectmagazine...

Donal Ryan speaks to @rte.ie on his 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction win - for Heart, Be at Peace "When you write about ordinary people and ordinary lives, or so-called ordinary people... it is going to have political resonance." @doubledayuk.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Totally bowled over by this.

Victoria Amelina's husband, Alex, accepted the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing on her behalf last night. The £3,000 prize money will support the New York Literary Festival, which Victoria founded in the Ukrainian village of New York. Her work lives on.

Victoria Amelina, killed in the Ukraine war, wins the Orwell Prize for Political Writing posthumously for Looking at Women Looking at War. The prize will go towards the literary festival which she started in Donetsk @orwellprize.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Congratulations @jennykleeman.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Journalism! 🎉 "Her writing brings out the humanity of her subjects with emotional intelligence and great sensitivity." - @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social, Chair of Judges Read more: www.orwellfoundation.com/journalist/j...

Thrilled to have won the Orwell Prize for reporting homelessness among such an impressive group of finalists. Thank you to the judges, @orwellprize.bsky.social, my brilliant @mirror.co.uk colleagues & editors, charities who helped with our coverage & to those who trusted us to tell their stories.

The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness is Simon Murphy, for his work in the Mirror. Congratulations @simon-murphy.bsky.social, thank you to all our judges and to Reporting Homelessness prize sponsors @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social.

Many congratulations to James Hampshire, who has been awarded the 2025 Bernard Crick Prize for his article ‘“Full-Fat, Semi-Skimmed or Skimmed?” The Political Economy of Immigration Policy since Brexit’ @orwellprize.bsky.social Read the winning article now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian missile in Ukraine on 1 July 2023, has posthumously won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing for Looking at Women, Looking at War. "An unforgettable picture of the human consequences of war." Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social

The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is Donal Ryan, for Heart, Be at Peace. "For its clarity. For its perfectly pitched voices. For its humanity and kindness." - Jim Crace, Chair of Judges Congratulations, Donal! 🎉 @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

"My starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice." George Orwell, real name Eric Blair, was born in India #OTD in 1903. We're celebrating his legacy tonight at the 2025 #OrwellPrize Ceremony together with year's finalists and judges. Stay tuned to your telescreens!

Last night, Helen Lewis & Nathan Waddell closed the Orwell Festival with a fascinating event exploring art, morality & "the genius myth". Nathan's back in London this Thursday at Waterstones Hampstead, discussing his pioneering biography, A Bright Cold Day 👇 www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Tonight! Grab a last minute ticket: t.co/wClohODe7W

“Filled a black hole in official data… and led to change.” – Robert Booth, judge Katharine Swindell's crucial @insidehousing.bsky.social investigation is shortlisted for our 2025 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social www.homelessnessimpact.org/news/kathari...

The wait is almost over! The winners of the 2025 Orwell Prizes are announced this Wednesday, 25th June. Over on our newsletter, 12 finalists - from Political Fiction to Political Writing - introduce their books in their own words. 📚 orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/12-orwell-...

Should great art excuse monstrous artists? Orwell didn't think so... Over on our newsletter, the brilliant @helenlewis.bsky.social digs into one of George Orwell's most incendiary essays. Read on - then join us live in London next week! orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/should-gre...

Edward Wong's epic reading list - sparked by his Orwell Prize-shortlisted memoir At the Edge of Empire - takes in Tolstoy, Proust, Joan Didion, Hisham Matar and more. 📚 Browse the books and read @ewong.bsky.social's reflections on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/empi...

Nearly twice as many women are sleeping rough as official stats show. @simon-murphy.bsky.social’s Mirror investigation into hidden homelessness is shortlisted for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. 🔗 www.homelessnessimpact.org/news/simon-m... @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social

Sill a few tickets left for tomorrow's shortlist event at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social, Charing Cross! 📚 Mishal Husain & @simonparkin.bsky.social will be in conversation with @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social to discuss their moving, evocative books. 🎟️ Tickets: www.foyles.co.uk/events/orwel...

In a weeks time I'll be at Conway hall in London for the @orwellprize.bsky.social Awards ceremony. I've bought 2 new T shirts. @thebookseller.com @newwritingnorth.bsky.social @beelitmag.bsky.social @northernfiction.bsky.social

"I never tire of solace." Read @jomcmillan.bsky.social's wide-ranging reading list, sparked by her Orwell Prize-shortlisted novel The Accidental Immigrants. One of these books is not like the others. From @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-ac... @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

I’m honored to be among these 12 Orwell Prize finalists for “At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China.” Here, we each try to explain why we write: lithub.com/making-sense...