Events: What’s on and dates for your diary
From intimate gatherings to bustling festivals and unique installations, we celebrate the best in contemporary fiction at these UK events and pop-ups featuring our prizes’ authors and books
Edinburgh International Book Festival
International Booker Prize Administrator Fiammetta Rocco will be joined by Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, winners of the 2025 prize, as well as one of the judges, writer and Publishing Director of Wasafiri, Sana Goyal, as they discuss the winning book, Heart Lamp, and the art of translation.
Where: Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EF
When: Friday, 15 August 2025, 12:15pm
Tickets: on sale from 21 June via the Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq, winners of the International Booker Prize 2025 for the short story collection Heart Lamp
© David Parry for the Booker Prize FoundationThe Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist Announcement
Get a glimpse behind the judging room doors of the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction, with live readings by special guests.
Join the judges of the Booker Prize 2025, Chair Roddy Doyle and his fellow panellists Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Power and Kiley Reid, as they announce the shortlist for this year’s prize live on stage.
The judges are in conversation with Booker Prize Foundation Chief Executive Gaby Wood for this unique evening, which marks the first announcement of the shortlist at a public event.
Where: Royal Festival Hall, London, SE1 8XX
When: Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets: from £20, on sale now via the Southbank Centre
The Booker Prize 2025 judges: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Chris Power, Roddy Doyle, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kiley Reid, photographed at Fortnum & Mason in London
© Neo Gilder for Booker Prize Foundation