Each year, our independent panels award prizes to the writing and reporting which best meets the spirit of George Orwell’s own ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’. There are currently four Orwell Prizes, The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, The Orwell Prize for Journalism, and The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils. This is a brilliant book, powerful and emotional – Sally Hayden is a superb journalist and through her incredible courage and eyewitness testimonies, paints a compelling picture of the poignant and horrific lives endured by so many refugees and migrants. A must read for anyone with a conscience”. — Miriam O’Callaghan, presenter RTE Prime Time Hayden beschrijft hier de Afrikaanse migratie via Ethiopische en Libische smokkelroutes, de oversteek van de Middellandse Zee naar hoofdzakelijk Italië. Ook de verdragen die de EU met de Libische kustwacht afgesloten heeft en wat de gevolgen hiervan zijn komen ruim aan bod. a b c "War Journalist Sally Hayden receives 2020 Law Alumni Award". Sutherland School of Law . Retrieved 22 April 2022– via UCD.ie.

Sally Hayden (28 September 2017). From Our Own Correspondent (radio). BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 22 April 2022. En toch, nu het hier allemaal zo heel expliciet en goed uitgelegd staat, komt het toch weer binnen.My Fourth Time, We Drowned casts light on a dark world that would be only too visible if we cared to look. These are stories that should be heard by everyone.” — Geographical My Fourth Time, We Drowned is compassionate, brave, enraging, beautifully written and incredibly well researched. Hayden exposes the truth about years of grotesque abuse committed against some of the world’s most vulnerable people in all of our names. After this, none of us can say we didn’t know.” — Oliver Bullough, author of ‘Moneyland’ Your book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned, has now won Irish Book of the Year , the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the Michel Déon Prize . For those who haven’t read it, can you describe its subject, explain how it came about and where the title comes from? If you are interested in learning about this topic, search for Sally Hayden online and read a few articles.

Irish journalist Sally Hayden describes one of the great tragedies of our era, the story of the thousands of refugees bent on starting new lives in the West, who instead spend years rotting in Sudanese refugee camps, trappedin Libyan prisons, clinging to sinking dinghies in the Mediterranean. Her harrowing portrait captures the voices of theEritreans, Somalis, Ethiopians, Gambians and Sierra Leoneans caught up in this pitiless modern slave trade, whoconstantly remind us that the desire to better yourself is the most fundamental of human impulses. This is a remarkable and important book.” — MichelaWrong, author of ‘Do Not Disturb’ Intrepidly reported and vividly written, this sobering account shines a spotlight on an underreported tragedy.” — Publishers Weekly Hayden uses Essey’s case to discuss the political situation in Libya, the position of the EU in funding Libyan coastguards, so that refugees will not make it to EU waters, where they would have refugee status and the work done by the various UN bodies involved with refugees, partially funded by the EU. We thought this was outstanding journalism, bringing humanity and empathy to the unfolding crisis of suffering and destitution that was deepened and extended by the pandemic. As readers we are invited to experience the world through the eyes of the people Ed met in Burnley, and his skillful journalism managed to bring home the depth of the crisis without sensationalising it. While the pieces were focused on Covid, the poverty Thomas’ work revealed is an issue we know is not going away, as destitution continues to rise and the cost of living crisis bites deeper every week. The panel were blown away by Ed’s reporting and we hope this award will encourage journalists to continue to shine a light on to the long shadow that poverty is casting across communities up and down the country. What is the most beautiful book that you own?: A first edition of David Copperfield, which was a gift from my grandmother.Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 11 October 2022 . Retrieved 17 October 2022. The painful themes from this formidable book are skillfully written about by Sally Hayden…” — New Lines Magazine A powerfully written amalgamation of narrative nonfiction and investigative journalism, My Fourth Time We Drownedis compelling reading for a wide audience.”— Mail & Guardian Small Things Like These takes the reader to an Irish town in the weeks leading up to the Christmas of 1985, and into the life of Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant confronted with an ethical dilemma that has lain dormant in the town for years. With great tenderness, skill and poise, Claire Keegan asks questions of huge moral and political importance: what should we do when we encounter what we know to be wrong? Where, and to whom, do we owe the greatest loyalty? And when does collective silence become complicity? Through its screen she saw horrors that Europe was intent on ignoring, disappearing photos and videos from disappearing people. “What is it like,” she reflects, “to watch innocent people being shot through Facebook Messenger?” Jarring messages interject in Hayden’s text the way they must have flashed as notifications on her phone. “They are beating and shooting us. There’s no food, no water. The children are crying, starving. Please.”

Intrepidly reported and vividly written, this sobering account shines a spotlight on an underreported tragedy.” —Publishers Weekly A clandestine migrant boat at Lampedusa harbor, Italy Journalist Sally Hayden documents the poignant stories of migrants crossing the Central Mediterranean Route, the most dangerous migrant crossing in the world Claire Keegan accepts the 2022 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in Irish literature, worth €20,000, last month at Listowel Writers' Week Hayden’s powerful book relays the harrowing stories migrants have shared with her from their experiences in various Libyan migrant detention centers, from enduring near-starvation conditions to torture and even death…an accessible, critically reported account…” – – The Washington Post A brilliant, unparalleled investigation of one of the most underreported scandals and monstrous crimes of our time.” — Responsible Statecraft

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Without proper reporting we know nothing of our circumstances, yet journalism and journalists are now under threat as rarely before. So treasure this great journalism – forensic, decent and beautifully crafted. An immensely powerful account… one of the most important and eye-opening books that I read last year.” — Johanna Thomas-Corr, Sunday Times literary editor. A wrenching account of what people will endure in search of a better life.” - The Washington Independent Review of Books Akkoorden tussen Libië en EU met betrekking tot terugname van bootvluchtelingen zijn voorbij, heb ik begrepen.

I first watched the movie for this, which I also highly recommend, but even so, this book was a must-read. Szpilman toed the line with death so so so closely for four years. And he grew too familiar with death, among strangers on the street, in his family, and most of his friends, community, and city. He survived, out of forced resilience, and his story is one to be honored and remembered. The 75th anniversary edition also shares diary entries from the German soldier who helped Szpilman in his final days before Germany's retreat from Poland. Wilm Hosenfeld's entries ring true even today, in light of the devastation happening in Gaza, except instead with the "appalling mass murder" of Palestinians today:

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A deeply researched and harrowing chronicle of the experiences of many refugees fleeing dictatorships, violence, persecution, and war. The book is the culmination of a one-woman fact-finding mission to uncover the myriad abuses faced by migrants hoping to make a better life for themselves in Europe.” — Foreign Policy My Fourth Time, We Drowned’is a veritable masterclass in journalism… The mostriveting, detailed and damning account ever written on the deadliest of migration routes” — ChristinaLamb, chief foreign correspondent Sunday Times The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2022: My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden (Harper Collins) Hayden introduces her story with her receiving a Facebook message from a Libyan jail in August 2018, going on to briefly describe the situation for refugees/asylum seekers/economic migrants in Libya. Your most treasured possession?: My laptop and camera, and various gifts from people I’ve met across the world.