From their first time reading Orwell's "1984" to what the term "Orwellian" means, five authors share thoughts on censorship and book bans in the US.

George Orwell is a widely read and taught dystopian novel, dealing heavily with themes of censorship and government ...

George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” first published in 1949, anticipated our present moment all too well. As part of Winston Smith’s harrowing “re-education” process at the euphemistically named ...

In an interview, Raoul Peck explains why he interspersed the writer’s story with footage of current events, including footage of President Donald Trump and his supporters.

The current political climate in the world today has me thinking about the books of George Orwell, especially Nineteen Eighty ...

Americans still read George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. At the time, the year 1984 was far in the future; now it's 40 years in the past. Yet ...

A new film argues that, in an era of rising authoritarianism, audiences have become too numb to the speculative force of ...

Author George Orwell’s estate has reportedly given the green light to allow an author to "retell" the classic novel "1984" from a feminist perspective. The estate, according to the Guardian, will ...

August 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just a month after the attacks ...