Orwell prize to blog "hop-picking" stories

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 25/08/2011 - 07:00 The Orwell Prize is to blog George Orwell’s “hop-picking” diary entries, which went on to form part of his novel A Clergyman’s Daughter. Starting today, the political writing award will post a daily blog 80 years to the day that Orwell wrote his diary entries while he went hop-picking in Kent between August and October 1931. Penguin Classics publishes Orwell’s Diaries. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff Pick: 'The Rim of Morning' by William Sloane

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Baileys Women's Prize launches Best of the Best celebration

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is to mark 20 years with two weeks of programming with BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour” and a partnership with Waterstones. The Best of the Best celebration will also include an event on 2nd November at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, with award-winning... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Get to Know the 2015 German Book Prize Shortlist

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