Sex and the City star says being asked ‘felt very daunting’, as she signs up to pick the year’s best novel with Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Sarah Jessica Parker is on the judging panel of the 2025 Booker prize, it has been announced today.Though on the face of it, the American... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-10 11:48:06 UTC ]
Six groups will be chosen to read a shortlisted book, with the most ‘original and engaging’ readers to be invited to the prize ceremony Book clubs across the UK are being invited to take part in the inaugural Booker prize book club challenge, with seats at the prize ceremony dinner up for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-07-12 12:21:35 UTC ]
After 50 years, the prize has been scrapped. How did it change Britain’s literary landscape? And what happened at the awards when Margaret Drabble was seated next to Theresa May?Margaret Drabble was a bright young star with five novels to her name in 1971, when she was talked into joining her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-06-23 05:00:38 UTC ]
Writer and poet Derek Owusu is to chair the judging panel for the National Centre for Writing's (NCW) £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for debut novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-20 01:09:43 UTC ]
Author and journalist Mary Ann Sieghart will chair the judging panel for the Women’s Prize for Fiction for 2022, with fellow judges including writers Dorothy Koomson, Anita Sethi, Pandora Sykes and Lorraine Candy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 15:25:38 UTC ]
The judging panel for the David Cohen Prize for Literature 2021, to be chaired by scholar Hermione Lee, has been unveiled. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-10 03:14:31 UTC ]
Bernardine Evaristo will chair the judging panel for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 13:08:29 UTC ]
The International Booker Prize has revealed its judging panel for next year's award, to be chaired by cultural historian and novelist Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-06 15:40:24 UTC ]
The judging panel has been announced for this year's Royal Society Science Book Prize, featuring professor Anne Osbourn as the chair of judges. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 18:41:17 UTC ]
Booker shortlisted author and former Blackwell's bookseller Daisy Johnson has joined the judging panel for the Vintage Independent Bookseller of the Year Award 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 22:21:00 UTC ]
TV presenter and children's author Dermot O'Leary will join Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon and children's book consultant Jake Hope on the judging panel of Oscar’s Book Prize for 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-13 06:24:18 UTC ]
Illustrator Mini Grey and 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize winner Jessica Love will join the judging panel for the 2020 award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 03:40:36 UTC ]
TV presenter and EastEnders actor Meryl Fernandes has joined the judging panel for the 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 09:23:36 UTC ]
The Booker Prize has remained tightlipped over speculation that Lee Child will join the judging panel for the 2020 prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 09:45:34 UTC ]
Submissions have opened today for the 2020 International Booker Prize, with a judging panel to be chaired by the Southbank Centre’s Ted Hodgkinson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 19:52:26 UTC ]
The inaugural Primadonna Festival has revealed the judging panel for its literary prize will include author Joanne Harris, Agent of the Year Cathryn Summerhayes and HQ executive publisher Lisa Milton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-07 22:39:11 UTC ]
The Staunch Book Prize has returned for a second year with a new judging panel of Baroness Lola Young, academic Dr Dominic Willmott and US editor Elaine Richard. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2019 Women’s Prize’s judging panel has been unveiled, featuring author and historian Kate Williams, writer Dolly Alderton, and Unbound’s Arifa Akbar among others. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Sarah Perry is to chair the judging panel for the 2018 Desmond Elliott Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Television presenter Mel Giedroyc will chair the BBC National Short Story Award’s judging panel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]