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2023 Winner News
Cuddy wins 2023 Goldsmiths Prize
Good Reading Magazine, 9 November 2023
Benjamin Myers wins 2023 Goldsmiths Prize
Book Brunch, 9 November 2023
Myers wins Goldsmiths Prize for Cuddy
Books+Publishing, 9 November 2023
Benjamin Myers wins 2023 Goldsmiths prize for ‘vital’ novel Cuddy
The Guardian, 8 November 2023
Benjamin Myers wins the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize for “virtuosic” novel Cuddy
The Newstatesman, 8 November 2023
Myers wins £10k Goldsmiths Prize for 'bold and experimental' book Cuddy
The Bookseller, 8 November 2023
2023 Shortlist News
Goldsmiths Prize shortlist revealed with northern authors dominating
The Lagos Review, 17 October 2023
The Goldsmiths Prize shortlist 2023
Readings.com, 5 October 2023
A Saint, A Sinner And A Sprog: Goldsmiths Book Prize Shortlist Announced
Quick Telecast, 5 October 2023
A saint, a sinner and a sprog: Goldsmiths book prize shortlist announced
The Guardian, 4 October 2023
The 2023 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist celebrates northern fiction
The New Statesman, 4 October 2023
Milward, Thirlwell and Myers shortlisted for the £10k Goldsmiths Prize 2023
The Bookseller, 4 October 2023
2022 Winner News
Soobramanien, Williams win Goldsmiths Prize for “Diego Garcia”
The Lagos Review, 4 January 2023
Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams win Goldsmiths Prize 2022
Times of India, 11 November 2022
Soobramanien, Williams win Goldsmiths Prize for “Diego Garcia”
Books + Publishing, 11 November 2022
Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams: a gripping and grounding book, both in style and substance
The Irish Times, 11 November 2023
Goldsmiths prize goes to collaborative duo Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams
The Guardian, 10 November 2022
Soobramanien and Williams become first duo to win Goldsmiths Prize
The Bookseller, 10 November 2023
2022 Shortlist News
The 2022 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist Is Announced
Library Journal, 7 October 2022
Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Books + Publishing, 6 October 2022
Goldsmiths Prize 2022 Shortlist
Locus Magazine, 6 October 2022
Goldsmiths Prize unveils ‘exhilarating’ shortlist in 10th anniversary year
The Bookseller, 5 October 2022
Goldsmiths prize shortlist features a first: twin-authored novel Diego Garcia
The Guardian, 5 October 2022
2021 Winner News
Read Your Way Through London
The New York Times, 25 October 2022
Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, review: surrealist satire – with toreadors and spaceships
The Telegraph, 19 December 2021
Waidner wins Goldsmiths Prize
Locus Magazine, 12 November 2021
Queen Mary’s Isabel Waidner wins Goldsmiths Prize
Queen Mary, University of London website, 12 November 2021
Isabel Waidner wins the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize with Sterling Karat Gold
The New Statesman, 10 November 2021
Waidner wins £10k Goldsmiths Prize with Sterling Karat Gold
The Bookseller, 10 November 2021
Isabel Waidner wins Goldsmiths prize for ‘mindbending’ Sterling Karat Gold
The Guardian, 10 November 2021
Isabel Waidner wins the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize with Sterling Karat Gold
Love Reading, 11 November 2021
2021 Shortlist News
Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlist: The six most cutting-edge novelists writing today
The New Statesman, 6 October 2021
Debuts by Brown and Watson make Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Bookseller, 6 October 2021
Keith Ridgway and Claire-Louise Bennett on Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlist
The Irish Times, 6 October 2021
Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Books + Publishing, 7 October 2021
Mathematician and journalist among authors vying for Goldsmiths Prize
East London Lines, 8 October 2021
Goldsmiths Prize 2021 Shortlist
Locus Magazine, 7 October 2021
Rebecca Watson: “A person is multitudinous, but also paradoxically, impossibly and perfectly one thing”
New Statesman, 3 November 2021
Keith Ridgway: “There is an instinct in people for solidarity, connection and laughter”
New Statesman, 5 November 2021
Natasha Brown: “It’s important to celebrate difficult novels”
New Statesman, 10 November 2021
2020 Goldsmiths Prize Winner
M. John Harrison wins the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize with The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
New Statesman, 11 November 2020
'A literary masterpiece': M. John Harrison wins Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction
The Guardian, 11 November 2020
Goldsmiths Prize won by Harrison for 'literary masterpiece'
The Bookseller, 11 November 2020
M. John Harrison wins Goldsmiths Prize for tale of broken life in Brexit Britain
The Bookseller, 11 November 2020
Queer fish, no water: This year's Goldsmiths prizewinner
Times Literary Supplement, 20 November 2020
2020 Shortlist News
Veteran science fiction writer makes Goldsmiths Prize 2020 shortlist
New Statesman, 14 October 2020
DBC Pierre's smartphone era novel leads Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Guardian, 14 October 2020
Guo and Pierre make Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Bookseller, 14 October 2020
Bina by Anakana Schofield shortlisted for £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize
The Irish Times, 14 October 2020
Goldsmiths Prize shortlist is revealed
Kirkus Review, 14 October 2020
Anakana Schofield shortlisted for $17K Goldsmiths Prize for Bina
CBC News, 14 October 2020
The weird, the wonderful and the man-mermaid sex scene
The Irish Times, 8 November 2020
2019 Goldsmiths Prize Winner
One long sentence, 1000 pages: Lucy Ellmann 'masterpiece' wins Goldsmiths prize
The Guardian, 13 November 2019
Lucy Ellmann wins the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize with Ducks, Newburyport
New Statesman, 13 November 2019
Lucy Ellmann 'masterpiece' wins Goldsmiths Prize
The Bookseller, 13 November 2019
Lucy Ellmann wins the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize for Ducks, Newburyport
The Irish Times, 13 November 2019
Ducks, Newburyport wins 2019 Goldsmiths Prize
Books + Publishing, 14 November 2019
Humour too relies on chaos, says Lucy Ellmann with her new book Ducks
The New Indian Express, 3 November 2019
2019 Shortlist News
Small presses dominate the Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
New Statesman, 2 October 2019
Lucy Ellmann's long sentence leads to Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Guardian, 2 October 2019
Ellmann, Haddon and Levy make Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Bookseller, 2 October 2019
South Lakes author shortlisted for prestigious award for debut book
The Westmoreland Gazette, 2 October 2019
2018 Goldsmiths Prize Winner
Robin Robertson wins Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction with The Long Take
The Guardian, 14 November 2018
Why we chose Robin Robertson The Long Take as winner of the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize
New Statesman, 14 November 2018
Cape publisher Robertson takes £10K Goldsmiths Prize for 'convention-defying' noir narrative
The Bookseller, 14 November 2018
Robin Robertson wins Goldsmiths Prize 2018 for The Long Take
The Irish Independent, 14 November 2018
2018 Shortlist News
2018 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist revealed
Times of India, 28 September 2018
The Goldsmiths Prize shortlist 'breaks the mould'
The Mancunion, 27 September 2018
Cusk, Laing and Robertson vie for £10k Goldsmiths Prize
The Bookseller, 26 September 2018
Novel senses of new: the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize for fiction shortlist
The Guardian, 26 September 2018
Rachel Cusk makes Goldsmiths Prize shortlist for third time
New Statesman, 26 September 2018
2017 Goldsmiths Prize Winner
Nicola Barker interview: 'I was broke so the Goldsmiths Prize came at the right time'
iNews, 30 November 2017
Nicola Barker: 'Each novel has its own specially designed notebook. These are sacred objects to me.'
The Guardian, 18 November 2017
Best of Books and Art: Nicola Barker, Red Room Poetry, Bangaroo Project, Book to Film
RN Australia, 18 November 2017
A h(a)ppy ending for Nicola Barker - a true experimentalist
The Spectator, 17 November 2017
Barker wins Goldsmiths Prize for H(a)ppy
Books + Publishing, 16 November 2017
Nicola Barker wins Goldsmiths Prize for her novel H(a)ppy
The Guardian, 15 November 2017
Barker wins Goldsmiths Prize with 'experimental' and 'defiant' novel
The Bookseller, 15 November 2017
"A gloriously mad extrapolation": Nicola Barker's Goldsmiths Prize-winning novel H(a)ppy
New Statesman, 15 November 2017
Nicola Barker becomes first English author to win Goldsmiths Prize for 'fabulous, innovative' novel H(a)ppy
Evening Standard, 15 November 2017
Nicola Barker wins Goldsmiths Prize with H(a)ppy
The Irish Times, 15 November 2017
Illuminated manuscript wins Goldsmiths Prize
The Irish News, 15 November 2017
Illuminated manuscript novel wins the Goldsmiths Prize
Belfast Telegraph, 15 November 2017
Barker wins Goldsmiths Prize
Locus Mag, 15 November 2017
2017 Shortlist News
Dewi Uridge on the process of making this year's Goldsmiths Prize Trophy
Goldsmiths Design Blog, 25 November 2017
Goldsmiths Prize shortlist 2017: The New Statesman's author Q&As
New Statesman, 14 November 2017
Self and McGregor on Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Bookseller, 27 September 2017
Modernist masters and oddball challengers: the Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
New Statesman, 27 September 2017
Will Self's novel with no paragraph breaks is up for Goldsmiths Prize
Evening Express, 27 September 2017
2016 Goldsmiths Prize Winner
Mayo author longlisted for Man Booker Prize
The Connaught Telegraph, 27 July 2017
Mike McCormack says awards "cut away some of the loneliness"
RTE, 23 March 2017
Mike McCormack secures major publishing deal
The Irish Times, 9 February 2017
Canongate buys rights to Goldsmiths Prize winner
The Bookseller, 9 February 2017
Irish author Mike McCormack wins €11.5k for one-sentence book Solar Bones
The Irish Examiner, 11 November 2016
Goldsmiths Prize: Single Sentence Novel wins £10,000 award
BBC News, 10 November 2016
Shock winner of £10,000 Goldsmiths book prize is only ONE sentence long
Express, 10 November 2016
Mike McCormack wins the Goldsmiths Prize 2016 for his novel Solar Bones
New Statesman, 10 November 2016
Mike McCormack wins Goldsmiths Prize for Solar Bones
RTE, 10 November 2016
Mike McCormack says Goldsmiths Prize win is ‘payback’ for his publisher Tramp
The Irish Times, 10 November 2016
Irish author wins prestigious prize after writing an entire novel using just one sentence
The Irish Independent, 10 November 2016
McCormack's Solar Bones wins the Goldsmiths Prize
The Bookseller, 9 November 2016
Single sentence novel wins Goldsmiths prize for books that 'break the mould'
The Guardian, 9 November 2016
Mike McCormack talks to BBC Radio 4 Front Row live from the Goldsmiths Prize award ceremony
BBC Radio 4, 9 November 2016
Mike McCormack: “British fiction is dominated by an intellectual conservatism
The New Statesman, 7 November 2016
2016 Shortlist News
Why it matters that Sarah L. Manyika is on the Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist
Brittle Paper, 10 October 2016
Goldsmiths Prize 2016: Women dominate the shortlist
New Statesman, 28 September 2016
Goldsmiths Prize shortlists novels 'that break the mould'
The Guardian, 28 September 2016
Cassava Republic title shortlisted for Goldsmiths Prize
The Bookseller, 28 September 2016
Three Irish authors on £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Irish Times, 28 September 2016
2015 Goldsmiths Prize Winner
John Lennon book wins Goldsmiths Prize
BBC News, 12 November 2015
Irish author Kevin Barry wins £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize
The Irish Times, 12 November 2015
Kevin Barry wins the Goldsmiths Prize 2015 for his novel Beatlebone
New Statesman, 11 November 2015
Novel about John Lennon and primal screaming wins Goldsmiths prize
The Guardian, 11 November 2015
Kevin Barry talks to BBC Radio 4 Front Row live from the Goldsmiths Prize award ceremony
BBC Radio 4 Front Row, 11 November 2015
Barry's Beatlebone wins Goldsmiths Prize 2015
The Bookseller, 11 November 2015
Barry shocked at 'wet week' prize for Beatlebone
RTE Radio1, 11 November 2015
Irish author Kevin Barry wins Goldsmiths prize for ‘Beatlebone’
RTE News, 11 November 2015
2015 Shortlist News
Goldsmiths book prize shortlist: Lennon, Jesus and life at the edges
The Guardian, 1 October 2015
The Goldsmiths Prize 2015 shortlist
New Statesman, 1 October 2015
The Cape shortlisted twice for Goldsmiths Prize
The Bookseller, 1 October 2015
2014 Goldsmiths Prize Winner
Ali Smith talks to BBC Radio 4 Front Row live from the Goldsmiths Prize award ceremony
BBC Radio 4, 14 November 2015
On this week’s New Statesman podcast: Episode Sixty-Eight Miliband's next move, the Goldsmiths Prize and landing on a comet
New Statesman, 14 November 2014 (Podcast)
Ali Smith wins Goldsmiths Prize for How to be Both
BBC News, 13 November 2014
'The new novel' by Francis Spufford
The Bookseller, 13 November 2014
Ali Smith takes Goldsmiths Prize for How to Be Both
The Telegraph, 12 November 2014
Ali Smith wins Goldsmiths prize for bifurcating marvel How to Be Both
The Guardian, 12 November 2014
Ali Smith wins the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize for her novel “How To Be Both”
New Statesman, 12 November 2014
Ali Smith wins the Goldsmiths Prize 2014: a judge’s view
New Statesman, 12 November 2014
2014 Shortlist News
Goldsmiths book prize shortlist includes crowd-funded first novel
The Guardian, 1 October 2014
All must have prizes! How the Goldsmiths and Folio awards are changing the literary landscape
New Statesman, 1 October 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize has been announced
New Statesman, 1 October 2014
Goldsmiths Prize 2013 winner
Prize-winning first novelists Eimear McBride and Nathan Filer on BBC Radio3's Free Thinking
BBC Radio 3, 12 June 2014
A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing review – Eimear McBride's daring and dazzling novel
The Guardian, 18 May 2014
Baileys Women's Prize 2014: A thriving longlist announced
The Telegraph, 7 March 2014
Irish author’s debut novel shortlisted for second major prize
The Irish Times, 11 February 2014
Eimear McBride shortlisted for the £40,000 Folio Prize
New Statesman, 10 February 2014
Books review of the year 2013
The Telegraph, 21 December 2013
Eimear McBride talks to BBC Radio4 Front Row's Kirsty Lang about her remarkable novel
BBC Radio4, 9 December 2013
Tom Sutcliffe & guests discuss the 'really talented' Eimear McBride's 'brilliant' A Girl is a Half-formed Thing on BBC Radio4's Saturday Review
BBC Radio4, 30 November 2013
Eimear McBride’s books of the year
The Irish Times, 29 November 2013
Eimear McBride talks about A Girl is a Half-formed Thing on RTE's Sunday with Miriam
RTE Radio1, 24 November 2013
Irish literature's books of the dark
The Guardian, 21 November 2013
"I suppose this is some kind of masterpiece": how a prize-winning novel was rejected by the publishing industry
New Statesman, 15 November 2013
Debut novelist Eimear McBride wins first Goldsmiths prize
BBC, 14 November 2013
Eimear McBride wins £10,000 Goldsmiths prize for literature
The Guardian, 14 November 2013
Eimear McBride wins inaugural Goldsmiths Prize
The Telegraph, 14 November 2013
Irish author scoops prize for ‘boldly original fiction’
The Irish Times, 14 November 2013
Debut novelist Eimear McBride wins £10,000 prize
Evening Standard, 14 November 2013
Irish novelist wins £10,000 award for book first rejected nine years ago
Irish Independent, 14 November 2013
Debut Irish novelist Eimear McBride wins literary prize
RTE, 14 November 2013
McBride wins first Goldsmiths Prize
The Bookseller, 14 November 2013
Debut novelist Eimear McBride wins Goldsmiths Prize for literature
News Shopper, 14 November 2013
2013 Shortlist news
The end of realist stories
The Guardian, 12 November 2013
Man Booker 2013: Top 25 literary prizes
The Telegraph, 15 October 2013
Jim Crace makes Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
BBC, 1 October 2013
Irish novel shortlisted for prize after years of rejections
The Irish Times, 1 October 2013
The Goldsmiths Prize: Where the boundaries of fiction and non-fiction cede to creativity
New Statesman, 1 October 2013
'Creative daring' celebrated on first Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
The Bookseller, 1 October 2013
Goldsmiths Prize launch
Blake Morrison discusses the prize and considers what being experimental and innovative means for 21st century novelists with Alex Preston and Mariella Frostrup
BBC Radio 4’s ‘Open Book’, 10 February 2013
Who dares wins
The Times Higher Education, 31 January 2013
Goldsmiths launches £10,000 literary prize
The Bookseller, 23 January 2013
A new literary prize celebrating boldly original fiction
The New Statesman, 23 January 2013
Goldsmiths launch £10,000 literature prize
The Telegraph, 23 January 2013