The Judges, 2025
MANDY AL-SAYEGH
Mandy El-Sayegh is an artist based in London, whose practice is rooted in assemblage. Executed in a wide range of media—including densely layered paintings, sculpture, and installation, as well as … Continued
KATHARINE KILALEA
Katharine Kilalea is a South African writer who lives in London. She has published a novel, OK, Mr Field (Faber and Faber), and a book of poetry, One Eye’d Leigh … Continued
SADIE HARRISON
Sadie Harrison is a composer and performer known particularly for the socio-political aspects of music-making with several works challenging stereotypes of marginalised peoples – refugees, Afghan women, the deaf, the … Continued
The Advisory Board
LISA APPIGNANESI
Lisa Appignanesi OBE is a prize-winning writer, novelist and cultural commentator. A former President of English PEN and Chair of the Freud Museum London, she is currently Chair of the … Continued
DEXTER DALWOOD
Dexter Dalwood lives and works in London. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2010 for his first major solo survey exhibition at Tate St Ives, which travelled to … Continued
JULIAN FORRESTER
Julian Forrester was born in Lanarkshire and read English at McGill University in Montreal. From the mid-1970s he was Producer for the Clarence Brown Company, a touring theatre based at … Continued
DEBORAH LEVY
Deborah Levy has been described as ‘the master of the contemporary psychological novel’ (Darian Leader). Her books include: the Man Booker longlisted Hot Milk, the Man Booker shortlisted Swimming Home, … Continued
STEPHEN ROMER
Stephen Romer is a poet, critic, anthologist and translator. He has published five collections of poems and two anthologies of French poetry in translation including Faber’s 20th Century French Poems. … Continued
