The Booker Prize Foundation, the charity that awards the Booker Prize and International Booker Prize, recently announced a partnership with BookKind, the new online bookshop that donates 10% of every sale to charity.
Through the partnership, customers shopping at BookKind can now choose to support the Booker Prize Foundation directly, helping fund its work to ensure that literature is a vital and inclusive part of the cultural landscape. Through the Booker Prize and International Booker Prize – two of the world’s most significant literary awards, which transform the careers of authors and translators – as well as through scholarships and outreach in prisons, the Foundation aims to foster a love of reading, and to support readers and writers worldwide.
In addition to the prizes themselves, the Booker Prize Foundation’s charitable initiatives include: the prison reading programme, Books Unlocked, delivered with the National Literacy Trust, which takes Booker-nominated titles, authors and resources into prisons; the UEA Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship, awarded annually to a candidate for the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia; PEN Presents x the International Booker Prize, which supports and funds translators from the Global Majority; the funding of Braille and audio editions of Booker Prize books through the RNIB; and a wealth of online editorial content to help people discover their next great read.
Together, the Foundation and BookKind will showcase Booker and International Booker Prize-nominated books past and present, while raising awareness of the Foundation’s charitable work. The partnership will also feature special collaborations, including exclusive Booker Prizes shortlist bundles, the first of which will go on sale from Wednesday, 24 September, following the announcement of the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist. The six books on the shortlist will be revealed by this year’s judging panel at a public event for the first time, taking place at the Southbank Centre in London from 7.30pm on Tuesday, 23 September. Information on the Booker Prize 2025 longlist, including extracts, author interviews, judge comments and a longlist quiz, can be found here. Readers can also explore and shop the Booker Prize longlist at BookKind here.
Gaby Wood, Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation said:
‘The Booker Prize Foundation’s purpose is to inspire people to read the world’s best fiction, driven by a simple belief – that great fiction not only brings joy to millions, it has the power to change the way we think about the world. At a time when access to books is arguably more important than ever, we are thrilled to have been selected as a charity partner by BookKind, an invigorating new purpose-driven online bookshop, and we look forward to working together to support and nurture an expanded global community of readers, writers and translators of the future.’
Sara Montgomery, Founder of BookKind, said:
‘We founded BookKind with the belief that buying books can be more than just a transaction, but can be a powerful force for good. Partnering with the Booker Prize Foundation, whose contribution to and support of literary culture is unparalleled, is a natural extension of our mission. Together, we aim to create a meaningful sales platform for Booker-nominated authors and translators, while directly supporting the vital work of the Booker Prize Foundation itself with every sale.’