How the Booker Prize Is Judged: Panel Expands Beyond Novelists and Critics

The Booker Prize has widened its panel of judges to include people outside traditional literary circles, such as the musician Cocker and actor Sarah Jessica Parker. The change reflects an effort to broaden the perspectives involved in selecting the winning novel. The article focuses on how the months-long selection process works, as explained by the judges themselves. It draws on comments from the panel to describe how the choice of winner is reached. The piece is published by NDTV.