The Orwell Prize will be at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival, Burma’s first international literary festival, with three panel discussions.
Friday 1st February
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3.30pm Writing Under Censorship and the Future of Free Speech
- Timothy Garton Ash (journalist, author, historian, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and winner of the 2006 Orwell Prize for Journalism)
- Pe Myint (Burmese politician, writer, journalist and editor of Myanmar Weekly)
- U Ba Myint (writer and critic)
Saturday 2nd February
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4.30pm The Orwell Lecture
- Timothy Garton Ash (journalist, author, historian, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and winner of the 2006 Orwell Prize for Journalism)
- Pe Myint (Burmese politician, writer, journalist and founder of The Botataung)
- Jean Seaton (Director of The Orwell Prize, Professor of Journalism at the University of Westminster, official historian of the BBC)
Sunday 3rd February
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12.30pm Witness of Violence
- Timothy Garton Ash (journalist, author, historian, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and winner of the 2006 Orwell Prize for Journalism)
- Fergal Keane (Burmese politician, writer, journalist and founder of The Botataung)
- Rory Stewart (MP and author)
- Ma Thida (Burmese writer and critic)