Orwell wrote an autobiographical essay, Why I Write, in 1946, in which he pointed out four reasons why writers write. The first is sheer egoism—to express oneself, to be known to all, and to be ...

Le Guin’s relationship with cats is the subject of a new posthumous release, the aptly named “Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of ...

I’ll reveal our new champion in a moment, but first, a little background. The Bulwer-Lytton contests challenge participants ...

One example I highly recommend focuses on the work, not the life, of its subject. This is an edition of the Books Briefing, ...

Reflection on Easton's career and techniques with a focus on his ferry journey to Hebridean island of Jura. The post See the remote Scottish island where George Orwell wrote his dystopian masterpiece, ...

A trailer has dropped for acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5, which had its premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Damian Lewis narrates the film as Orwell, the film examining the ...

It's lauded as one of the most effective ads ever made, it stunned viewers, but on January 22, during the Super Bowl, "1984" launched the Macintosh without even showing the product once. It almost ...

George Orwell's quote highlights the difficulty of recognizing obvious truths obscured by habits and power. He believed intellectual honesty was a moral duty, urging us to question complacency and ...

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his ...

Is art replicating life when it comes to Orwell’s most influential novel? Emrah Atasoy and Jeffrey Wasserstrom investigate ...