South Bank London

Booker Prize Shortlist announcement

Find out the authors up for this year’s Booker Prize, as the shortlist is announced live on stage!

Opening Hours

The event starts at 7:30pm and lasts approx 1 hour 15 minutes

Dates

23 Sept - 23 Sept 2025

Ticket Information

Tickets from £20

Location Info

Address
Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London, UK

The prestigious Booker Prize Shortlist Announcement returns to the Royal Festival Hall.

The Booker Prize is the world’s most significant award for the best-sustained work of fiction written in English by authors from anywhere in the world, and published in the UK and/or Ireland.

Join the judges this year, Chair Roddy Doyle and his fellow Panellists Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Power and Kiley Reid in announcing the shortlist live on stage. They are in conversation with booker prize foundation Chief Executive Gaby Wood.

The winner will be announced on Monday 10 November

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