The Orwell Prize Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Sally Hayden's 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' - the winner of The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2022 - has just picked up the Royal Irish Academy Michel Déon Prize. Find out more about the book and why it matters: https://t.co/3gdFu3cc3c

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A reminder that you can read Ilona Mannon's book review of 'Radio Empire' on our blog. If you are a postgraduate student or an early-career researcher and would like to review a book for us, please get in touch! https://t.co/Z6kReKdxjF

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George Orwell's proposed preface to #AnimalFarm is the source of many of his most well-known quotations (including the one outside the #BBC). Yet it wasn't published until 1972, two decades after his death. We delved into the story here... https://t.co/4BEDeCtmFk https://t.co/dwMfXKV1RK

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Discover the latest book, 'Companion Piece', by last year’s Orwell Prize winner. Set in lockdown, what do you do when you’re feeling lonely and someone from years ago gets in touch, needing help? Ali Smith in conversation with Sarah Wood, 6 July, 6.30pm: https://t.co/TtMuwld4Jd https://t.co/f6z9KvRAPK

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A big congratulations to @praddenkeefe, whose 'Say Nothing' won the Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2019, for winning the @BGPrize 2021 for his book, 'Empire of Pain'! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/16/baillie-gifford-prize-empire-of-pain-patrick-radden-keefe

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"Orwell perfectly encapsulates how people can destroy their own relationships through their stubbornness and refusal to let people help them." A great review of a great book (and often underappreciated, we think) - George Orwell's early novel 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying'. https://t.co/f5eBHORJDP

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Congratulations to the winner of this year's #OrwellPrize for Political Fiction, Colson Whitehead (@colsonwhitehead), whose 'The Nickel Boys' (@FleetReads) was chosen for its convincing character portrayal and unsparing depiction of corruption and racial brutality https://t.co/JHMrpGrcYj

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David Graeber and David Wengrow's #orwellprize shortlisted #TheDawnofEverything reviewed here by @natalieben. https://t.co/szteSgYG4p

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Today we're celebrating 90 years since the publication of George Orwell's first full-length work, 'Down and Out in Paris and London'. Find out more about our plans for the anniversary year, including our new #OrwellPrize for Reporting Homelessness: https://t.co/naiCLcSkOz https://t.co/WUxyJKAfef

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Fab to see two previous finalists for The #OrwellPrize for Political Fiction on there - Audrey Magee's THE COLONY and - our winner - Claire Keegan's SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (both @FaberBooks).