AA Council Member Mark Damazer has been announced as the new chair of the Booker Prize Foundation, the charity that awards the Booker Prize for literature every year. Damazer commented “the two Booker prizes are joyous celebrations of the finest fiction. For more than 50 years the Booker has generated excitement, energy and debate and it matters to those who have a love of literature – readers, writers, publishers and booksellers. I hope the Booker can become even more influential and important for all who believe in the power of brilliant storytelling.”

Damazer has previously served as Controller of BBC Radio 4, Master of St Peter’s College, Oxford and senior Non-Executive on the board of the Victoria & Albert Museum. He was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011 for his services to broadcasting. He now serves on the AA Council and chairs the examination board at Trinity College London.

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