George Orwell Studies
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Overview
George Orwell Studies is a biannual, paperback, academic, peer-reviewed journal. It aims to carry a range of scholarly articles:

  • on Orwell’s life and works and related Orwellian themes (fully referenced and of roughly 6,000 words);
  • shorter articles (of, say, 3,000 words);
  • polemical pieces (where appropriate);
  • interviews with Orwell scholars and others;
  • a reviews section looking at biographies and studies of his work, at new editions of his work – and stage, TV, radio and film adaptions;
  • news items.
The journal aims to have at least one paper every issue looking at Orwell from an international perspective.

Editors
Joint editors
Richard Lance Keeble, Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln, chair of the Orwell Society, editor of two books on Orwell and author of a number of essays on his life and writings.
Tim Crook, Professor in Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Production editor
Paul Anderson, Visiting Fellow, University Campus Suffolk
Reviews editor
Megan Faragher, Associate Professor at Wright State University's Lake Campus

Editorial board
Kristin Bluemel (Monmouth University, New Jersey)
Tim Crook (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
Peter Marks (University of Sydney)
Marina Remy (Paris Sorbonne)
John Rodden (University of Texas at Austin)
Jean Seaton (University of Westminster)
Peter Stansky (Stanford University, US)
D. J. Taylor (author, journalist, biographer of Orwell)
Florian Zollmann (Newcastle University)

Contact:
Professor Richard Lance Keeble rkeeble@lincoln.ac.uk
Professor Tim Crook T. Crook@gold.ac.uk
Dr Megan Faragher megan.faragher@wright.edu

Style for contributors
Style guidelines for papers (GOS_style.pdf)
Style for reviews (GOS_BookReviews_style.pdf)