The Orwell Prize (Long List)
The Orwell Prize Long List has been announced… Bingham, Tom The Rule of Law (Allen Lane) Bullough, Oliver Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus (Penguin) Butcher,...
View ArticleOrwell Prize Shortlist, 2011, announced…
The Orwell Prize shortlist has been released… The nominees are: Tom Bingham – The Rule of Law Oliver Bullough – Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus Helen Dunmore –...
View ArticleGeorge Orwell on writing: Six little rules…
George Orwell provides some tips on writing, from his book 'Politics and the English Language.' These are good rules to write by for everyone, including Waubonsee students.
View ArticleBanned Books Week, 2013: George Orwell’s 1984 banned as “gloomy and depressing”
1984 by George Orwell has been banned at various schools throughout the U.S. for being both anti-government and too communist. And it's considered too "gloomy and depressing" for children to read at...
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