The Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist Announcement: Live Stream

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.

This unique evening, which marks the first announcement of the shortlist at a public event, also features actors Louise Brealey (Sherlock, Such Brave Girls) and Alfred Enoch (Miss Austen, How to Get Away with Murder) reading unpublished judges’ correspondence from the Booker Prize archives, as well as short excerpts from the six shortlisted books.

This year’s judges, in conversation with Booker Prize Foundation Chief Executive Gaby Wood, reveal what it’s like to judge the Booker and share why each book earned its place on the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist.

The shortlisted authors also appear at the Southbank Centre for the Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist Readings on Sunday 9 November 2025, the night before the Booker Prize ceremony, where they read from and discuss their shortlisted books with award-winning novelist and literary critic, screenwriter, broadcaster, podcaster and Booker Prize 2024 judge Sara Collins.