Booker Prize announces reader competition to name trophy

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In news exclusively shared with The Independent, the Booker Prize Foundation has invited readers to submit suggestions for the trophy’s official title, drawing upon inspiration from the Prize’s history. As well as being part of the Booker Prize’s legacy, the winner will also receive prizes from The Folio Society and Montegrappa worth more than £700. Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 Booker Prize winner for his novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ After entrants submit suggestions by Friday 27 January, a judging panel will select a shortlist of six names, and then ask the public to pick the final title via the Booker Prizes website. We’d like readers everywhere to be part of that.” Wood sits on the panel of shortlist judges, along with Shehan Karunatilaka, last year’s Booker Prize winner for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida; Margaret Busby, Britain’s first black female publisher and Chair of the Booker Prize 2022 judges; Gabriel Schenk, PH Newby’s grandson; and David Walser, partner and frequent collaborator of the late Jan Pieńkowski.