MacGregor, Phillips and McCrum to judge 2014 Orwell Prize

Broadcasters Sue MacGregor and Trevor Phillips and Robert McCrum, associate editor of the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Orwell Foundation to launch political fiction prize

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Orwell Prize-winner McGarvey strikes two-book deal with Ebury

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McGarvey's 'heart-rending' poverty tale takes £3,000 Orwell prize

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Scottish rapper Loki wins prestigious Orwell book prize

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Smith, Penny and Eddo-Lodge make Orwell Prize longlist

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Nick Clegg to chair Russian Book Prize judging panel

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Crace, Shukla and Summerscale to judge Rathbones Folio Prize 2018

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