David Beckman will be a judge for the 2006 British Book Awards, also known as the Nibbies. He earned the position because his 2004 autobiography was the best-selling biography that year.
The England captain won't likely be getting any help from his wife, Victoria ''Posh Spice'' Beckham, who last summer admitted in an interview with Spanish magazine Chic that she'd never read a book:
''I don't have the time. I prefer listening to music, although I do love fashion magazines.''
Last year's Book of the Year winner was Dan Brown's ''The Da Vinci Code'' while ''Gazza: My Story,'' by Paul Gascoigne with Hunter Davies won Sports Book of the Year.