Sarah Jessica Parker gets a ‘golden ticket’ to the judging panel of 2025 Booker prize Sex and the City star says it is ‘the thrill of a life’ to be appointed to 2025 panel alongside Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ to pick year’s best novel.
She added that “an ideal Booker judge was someone who was extremely well-read and passionate about novels, and open to a wide range of original voices and different cultures.” Gaby Wood, the chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, described Parker this week as an “incredible supporter of contemporary fiction” whose reading recommendations were frequently “ahead of the game or ahead of the Booker”.
Now Sarah Jessica Parker has an unexpectedly cerebral new role, as a judge on next year’s Booker Prize.
The actor, who earlier this year appeared on the London stage in the play Plaza Suite, has been quietly embedded in the literary world since becoming an editorial director at Hogarth in 2017, launching her own imprint, SJP Lit, with the independent publisher Zando in 2022.
A wardrobe that includes custom-made Chanel, vintage Vivienne Westwood and a towering Dolce & Gabbana golden crown featuring a miniature nativity scene, worn to the Met Ball, will up the ante at a ceremony not generally known for its fashion moments.
