Live webchat with Orwell biographer DJ Taylor

The novelist and author of a ‘definitive’ biography of the Nineteen Eighty-four author will be joining us from 1pm on 28 November. Post your questions now

More about this month’s Reading group

If this month’s Reading group investigation of Nineteen Eighty-four has proved one thing, it’s that George Orwell is still of burning interest. Opinions may vary about his quality as a novelist, but there’s little doubt of the importance of what he said. He still matters - and there is still a great deal to say about him. So it’s a great pleasure to announce that on Friday 28 November at 1pm we’ll be running a Q&A with one of the foremost authorities on Orwell’s life and work.

DJ Taylor is a novelist, biographer and journalist. He recently told the Guardian that it wasn’t his original intention to fill all these roles. “’Never be a novelist and a critic,’ I was told. ‘Never be a novelist and a biographer.’ It’s actually very good advice and 30 years ago I indeed set out with every intention of just being a novelist. But then I got diverted … ’”

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