After his time as as bookseller George Orwell wrote his "Bookshop Memories". We asked our friends at Scarthin Books of Cromford how they display books by and about George Orwell. They let us have these photographs. A celebration of Independent Bookshop Week June 16th - 23rd 2018 Some of the books available…Read more Bookshopping Today
Within the London section of Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell described a visit to ‘Romton’: he was 'on the tramp' and his intention was sleeping in a casual ward he had heard about. Recently, Dr Luke Seaber (author of Incognito Social Investigation in British Literature: Certainties in Degradation, an academic exploration of…Read more Romford Re-visited
Some recent titles inspired by or about George Orwell Click each linked title to read a longer description on each publisher's website. Young Adult Fiction: Truth Sister by Phil Gilvin (Impress) International Fiction: 2084: The End of the World by Bouelem Sansal (Europa Editions) Political Analysis: Hope Lies In The Proles: George Orwell…Read more 2018 Orwell Inspired
As part of the Liverpool WoWfest 2018 Richard Blair and Sean Garrett joined Ros Wynne-Jones and Mike Morris to talk about the two Georges, Orwell and Garrett, who met in February 1936. Orwell had intentionally travelled from Wigan, where he was deep in the research for The Road To Wigan Pier, to meet his fellow…Read more Two Georges
The Third George Orwell Conference At Goldsmiths, University of London Wednesday May 30th LGO2 10 am to 4 p.m. Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, Lewisham Way, New Cross, SE14 6NW Long Brochure 3rd George Orwell Studies Conference Conference Schedule 10.00 Conference opened by the Warden of Goldsmiths, Pat Loughrey 10.05 Orwell, Art…Read more Orwell and the Arts 2018
To commemorate the renewal of the plaque on Montague House, High Street, Southwold, the family home of the Blair family ('George Orwell' was Eric Arthur Blair) until World War II forced a relocation for war-work, the Orwell Society and its friends made a journey from Wallington in Hertfordshire (where Orwell and Eileen, his first…Read more Southwold Plaque Renewed
The Orwell Society's presentation, on long-term loan, of the library of Orwell scholar Professor Peter Davison coincided with Richard Blair's unveiling of a plaque commemorating his father's use of Wigan Reference Library (now within the Museum of Wigan Life). This will make Wigan one of the leading centres for Orwell studies in the United…Read more Wigan Library Presentation
