The Orwell prize for Political writing: 2022 shortlist
Artemis
The Orwell Prize for Political Wrting shortlist for 2022 was announced this week (May 18th) and it's full of tremendous writing to stir, inspire, critique and empower.
Here's your Lighthouse guide to the shortlist, with links to related goodies around the website:
Behind Closed Doors by Polly Curtis
Do Not Disturb by Michela Wrong
My Fourth Time We Drowned by Sally Hayden (watch Sally speak about the book and her work in this recording of our event from earlier this year HERE. and check out her recommended list of books on seeking refuge in Europe)
Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
Shutdown by Adam Tooze
Spike : The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story by Jeremy Farrar
The Dawn of Everything : A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow
The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller (our virtual event with Kei to celebrate the publication of ths collection is available to watch HERE)
Uncommon Wealth : Britain and the Aftermath of Empire by Kojo Koram (watch Kojo talk about the book at our recent event in the shop HERE)
Linked Books
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- Do not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
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- Michela Wrong
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- Behind Closed Doors : Why We Break Up Families - and How to Mend Them
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- Curtis, Polly
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- Things I Have Withheld
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- Miller, Kei
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- Shutdown : How Covid Shook the World's Economy
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- Tooze, Adam
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- Spike : The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story
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- Farrar, Jeremy, Ahuja, Anjana
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- Uncommon Wealth : Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
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- Koram, Kojo
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- The Right to Sex
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- Srinivasan, Amia