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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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Books of the year
Our friends and contributors choose their favourite reading of 2019.
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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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Lucy Ellmann: “You’re on your own with this book, no nursemaid”
Lucy Ellmann on her Goldsmiths Prize-winning novel Ducks, Newburyport, the female experience and scaring “the shit out of” her readers.
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