Events: What’s on and dates for your diary
From intimate gatherings to bustling festivals, we celebrate the best in contemporary fiction at these UK events and pop-ups featuring our prizes’ authors and books
Booker Prize judge Raymond Antrobus’ reading life
The Booker Prize returns to Latitude for the second year with an exclusive event featuring award-winning poet, writer and 2026 judge Raymond Antrobus in conversation with Booker Prize Foundation chief executive and journalist Gaby Wood. They’ll discuss his reading journey; his wide-ranging work, which investigates themes of sound, language, family and memory; his memoir The Quiet Ear, a groundbreaking exploration of deafness; and his experience judging the Booker Prize ahead of this year’s longlist announcement on 28 July.
Where: The Listening Post, Latitude Festival
When: 3pm on Sunday, 26 July
Tickets: On sale now via Latitude Festival
Booker Prize 2026 judge Raymond Antrobus.
© Neo Gilder for Booker Prize FoundationThe Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist Announcement
Join the judges of the Booker Prize 2026 – Chair Mary Beard and fellow panellists Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood – as they announce the shortlist for this year’s prize live on stage.
Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
When: 7:30pm on Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Tickets: £22 plus £4 booking fee; on sale now via the Southbank Centre
Iris, the Booker Prize trophy
© David Parry for the Booker Prize Foundation