Londoner’s Diary
Sarah Jessica Parker may be a self-professed bibliophile, but how did she score the highest gig in lit land, as a judge of the Booker Prize? It was a simple case of ask and you shall receive. It started in 2022 when the Booker posted a video of their judges from that year to their Instagram. SJP commented “Oh let me try!!!!”, to which the Booker responded: “Shall we get our people to talk to your people?”. And just like that (three years later), her wish was granted. Parker was in town for the ceremony at Old Billingsgate and described the winning book, Flesh by David Szalay, as “singular, exciting, propulsive, emotional”.
