From intimate gatherings to bustling festivals, we celebrate the best in contemporary fiction at these UK events featuring Booker Prize and International Booker Prize authors

International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist readings

Join the six authors and their translators shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize as they read from and discuss their books, in conversation with Shahidha Bari, at the Southbank Centre in London. southbankcentre.co.uk

Where: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX

When: Sunday 18 May 2025, 7.45pm

Tickets: from £17, available here

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