Overview
- The Booker Prize Foundation named poet Raymond Antrobus, musician Jarvis Cocker, critic Rebecca Liu and Booker-shortlisted novelist Patricia Lockwood to serve alongside Beard.
- The prize will unveil its longlist on 28 July 2026, with a six-title shortlist in September and the winner announced in November.
- Publishers can now enter eligible titles released in the UK or Ireland within the stated window.
- Reports say the judges will read more than 150 novels over the next seven months to compile the Booker Dozen and the shortlist.
- Gaby Wood praised the lineup as a stellar group with varied perspectives and noted that last year Sarah Jessica Parker declared a potential conflict and commented only after other judges.