Xiaolu Guo: “The way we read has changed radically in the digital age”
The Chinese novelist on her Goldsmiths-shortlisted book A Lover’s Discourse, her love of Roland Barthes, and why fragmented narratives best represent…
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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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Veteran science fiction writer makes the 2020 Goldsmiths shortlist
M John Harrison is one of two septuagenarian authors nominated for the prize for “literature at its most novel”.
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Will Eaves and Frances Wilson to judge the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize
Chris Power and Sarah Ladipo Manyika complete the panel for the £10,000 prize awarded to fiction that “breaks the mould”.
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Lucy Ellmann wins the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize with Ducks, Newburyport
The Illinois-born author wins this year’s prize for “fiction at its most novel” with her 1,000-page epic.
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The 2019 Goldsmiths shortlist in reviews
Before the announcement of the winner this evening, read our verdict on the six books shortlisted for this year's prize.
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Why Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport won the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize
Lucy Ellmann has been awarded this year’s Goldsmiths Prize, in association with the New Statesman, for her 1,000-page novel Ducks,…
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Isabel Waidner: “There is huge, under-explored potential in ‘innovative’ literature”
Isabel Waidner on their Goldsmiths-shortlisted novel We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff, marginalised writers, and the Isle of Wight.
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Mark Haddon: “I like people to like me. Is that a weakness?”
Mark Haddon on his Goldsmiths-shortlisted novel The Porpoise, the beauty of Ordnance Survey maps, and why Shakespeare’s Pericles is “a pretty dreadful…
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