Gaby Wood, head of books at Daily Telegraph, appointed as new literary director of Booker prize foundation

Wood promises to build on the work of predecessors Ion Trewin and Martyn Goff and to raise the profile of new fiction

Gaby Wood, currently head of books for the Daily Telegraph, has been appointed as the new literary director of the Booker prize foundation, following the death of Ion Trewin earlier this month.

Trewin, a widely respected literary journalist and publisher, had held the role since 2006, taking over from the late Martyn Goff, who had run the prize for over three decades, and who died shortly before his successor. Wood, who is also an author, will leave her Telegraph position at the end of June, taking over full responsibility for the award at the conclusion of this year’s prize and continuing to write for the paper.

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