Events

Buxton Festival - Monday 12th July 2010

Buxton Festival Event

• Buxton Festival
• Orwell Prize at Buxton 2009: What makes a good political novel?
• Orwell Prize at Buxton 2009: Andrew Brown in conversation with David Blunkett
• Orwell Prize at Oxford 2009: Orwell vs Dickens
• More information on Orwell Prize-winning Keeper by Andrea Gillies

The Orwell Prize is delighted to be returning to the wonderful Buxton Festival for a second year, with two events - a debate in the morning, and this year's Book Prize winner in conversation in the afternoon.

To watch video of the events, click on the titles below.

The greatest political writer: Orwell vs Dickens

Monday 12th July | 10.30am | Palace Hotel | £10

• Chaired by Dame Janet Smith
• Dickens: Lucinda Hawksley (author, great-great-great-granddaughter of Dickens), Michael Slater (Dickens biographer, academic)
• Orwell: David Aaronovitch (Orwell Prize-winning journalist), D. J. Taylor (Orwell biographer, author and critic)

Orwell Prize winner in conversation

Monday 12th July | 3pm | Lee Wood Hotel | £6

• Chaired by Rebecca Nicolson (founder, publisher, Short Books) 
• Andrea Gillies (Orwell Prize-winning author of Keeper)