Kamila Shamsie and Nell Stevens to judge 2021 Goldsmiths Prize
Fred D’Aguiar and Johanna Thomas-Corr complete the panel for the £10,000 prize for “literature at its most novel”.
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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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Anakana Schofield: “I’m glad to be confused by literature”
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DBC Pierre: “Novels are free spaces, just about the only ones left”
The Australian novelist on fifth novel Meanwhile in Dopamine City, surveillance capitalism and why Beowulf deserves a retrospective Goldsmiths Prize.
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