Archive - The Orwell Foundation

Emma Larkin on Burmese Days

George Orwell's first novel was published 90 years ago today

Oct 25 •

The Orwell Foundation

August 2024

"It shook me to my core." Elif Shafak on Nineteen Eighty-Four

Read an extract from Elif Shafak's introduction to the Folio anniversary edition of Orwell's "cautionary novel"

Aug 29 •

The Orwell Foundation

June 2024

May 2024

The Orwell Prizes 2024: Finalists

Winners in four categories announced 27th June

May 28 •

The Orwell Foundation

April 2024

The Orwell Youth Fellows interview Sandra Newman

Apr 4 •

The Orwell Foundation

February 2024

Conversations with the Orwell Youth Fellows

Hear from the past winners and runners up of the Orwell Youth Prize...

Feb 6 •

The Orwell Foundation

December 2023

'Coming Up For Air' with Richard Blair

A conversation with Orwell's son, Richard Blair, in Marrakech.

Dec 25, 2023 •

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Sandra Newman reflects on her feminist 'retelling' of 1984

Dec 20, 2023 •

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Following in Orwell's footsteps...

Dec 18, 2023 •

The Orwell Foundation

July 2023

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