The Booker Prize 2026 - printed and digital display packs

The Booker Prize 2026 - printed and digital display packs
  • Free promotional materials for libraries to celebrate the Booker Prize 2026 longlist
  • Sign up for a display pack for your chance to win two tickets to the Booker Prize ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London

 

The Booker Prize is the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction. It has rewarded and celebrated world-class talent for over 55 years, shaping the canon of 20th and 21st century literature.

The Booker Prize 2026 longlist, announced at 2pm BST, Tuesday, 28 July 2026, will showcase the 12 or 13 best sustained works of fiction written in English and published in the UK and/or Ireland, as chosen by this year’s judging panel.

The Booker Prize 2026 campaign is rooted in the idea of our individual reading lives – how our personal histories, interests and locations influence the role that books play in our lives and help us connect with others through great fiction. This year's series of video shorts and photography will showcase Booker Prize judges, books and readers out and about, with the aim of encouraging everyone to delve into this year's selection in their favourite spot and share their experience with readers around the world. 

 

Free library display materials  

The Booker Prize Foundation team is creating printed and digital display packs to encourage readers to get involved and borrow one of the Booker Prize nominated books from their library. The materials will guide readers to further online resources including extracts, judge interviews and comments, author interviews, a quiz and more.

Printed materials include A4 posters and bookmarks featuring this year’s longlist. Digital packs contain a suite of assets including images, social media graphics, shelf talkers, and synopses.

To sign up to receive a free display pack, please order below by midday Wednesday, 29 July (packs may sell out before this). If you select a printed pack you will also receive a digital pack. 

Digital packs will be automatically delivered to your email after the announcement of the Booker Prize 2026 longlist at 2pm BST on Tuesday, 28 July and printed packs should be with you by Wednesday, 12 August. All materials are printed on FSC-certified paper.  

  • Option 1 - Printed pack (2 x A4 posters, 50 x bookmarks) + digital pack 

  • Option 2 - Digital pack only 

 

WIN TWO TICKETS TO THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026 CEREMONY 

What’s more, the Booker Prize Foundation will select one UK-based librarian to win two tickets to the ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London on the evening of Monday, 9 November along with an overnight stay and travel expenses, and one set of the 2026 longlisted books (terms & conditions apply). 

To be in with a chance, please send a photo of your display to campaigns@readingagency.org.uk by 5pm BST, Friday 11 September. Where entrants have social media accounts, we’d also encourage them to upload their display photos on Instagram or Facebook tagging @TheBookerPrizes and @ReadingAgency.  

The Booker Prize Foundation will choose a librarian who has, in their opinion, used the materials to put together a particularly creative and original display. The winning librarian will be notified by 5pm BST, Friday, 18 September.

For more information about the Booker Prize, visit the Booker Prizes website, or join in the conversation on social media using @TheBookerPrizes and @ReadingAgency. 

If you have any questions, please email campaigns@readingagency.org.uk.

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