Why the novel matters
Against the “imperialism of the absolute” – a personal manifesto on the art of fiction.
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Goldsmiths Prize
The Goldsmiths Prize for fiction is a literary award established in 2013 in association with the New Statesman. The annual prize of £10,000 is awarded for “fiction at its most novel”. The winner for the 2024 prize will be announced on 6 November.
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Mona Arshi: “We unexpectedly stumble over memories like trip wires”
The author of the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel Somebody Loves You discusses Antigone, Michaela Coel and putting language over a Bunsen…
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Helen Oyeyemi: “My favourite stories leave me looking like a shocked face emoji”
The author of the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel Peaces on mongooses, Korean drama and “discipline in the pursuit of chaos”.
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The Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist: “creative daring” and political activism
In its tenth year, the award for “fiction at its most novel” presents a politically charged shortlist dominated by female…
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Karl Ove Knausgård to launch tenth anniversary celebration of Goldsmiths Prize
The Norwegian author’s lecture on “why the novel matters” will mark a decade of the groundbreaking fiction prize.
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Why Isabel Waidner won the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize
In Sterling Karat Gold the author writes with incandescent rage and surreal humour.
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Isabel Waidner wins the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize with Sterling Karat Gold
Described as “Kafka’s The Trial written for the era of gaslighting”, Waidner's third novel has won the £10,000 prize for…
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Natasha Brown: “It’s important to celebrate difficult novels”
The author on her Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted debut, health inequality, and the influence of bell hooks and Jane Austen.
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