Susie Dent to chair Women's Prize for Non-Fiction judges

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Lexicographer Susie Dent will lead the five-judge panel for the 2027 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.

Susie Dent, an Oxford-based lexicographer, writer and broadcaster, has been named chair of the judging panel for the 2027 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction. She will lead a panel of five judges that also includes historian and journalist Shrabani Basu, BBC journalist and novelist Reeta Chakrabarti, writer and disability advocate Sophie Morgan, and psychotherapist and author Emma Reed Turrell.

Dent said she considered it 'an enormous privilege' to chair the panel, calling non-fiction by women a category that has been 'a constant source of joy and learning' throughout her career. She added that 'women's non-fiction writing is all too often overlooked and undervalued' and that the judges would work to 'amplify the voices of those whose experience, wisdom, and expertise can enrich us all'.

The prize, which celebrates outstanding narrative non-fiction written by women, will announce its longlist on 10 February, followed by the shortlist on 7 April. The winner will be revealed on 17 June at the charity's summer party in Bedford Square Gardens, London, and will receive £30,000 and a limited-edition artwork known as the 'Charlotte'.

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Oxford's Susie Dent to chair Women’s Prize judging panelOxford-based lexicographer, writer, and broadcaster Susie Dent will lead a panel of five for the annual literary prize.Oxford Mail · 25 Oct, 12:30
Oxford's Susie Dent to chair Women’s Prize judging panelOxford-based lexicographer, writer, and broadcaster Susie Dent will lead a panel of five for the annual literary prize.Oxfordshire Guardian · 25 Oct, 12:30

In this story: Susie Dent · Shrabani Basu · Reeta Chakrabarti · Sophie Morgan · Emma Reed Turrell · Women's Prize Trust · Oxford

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