The Goldsmiths Prize shortlist 2021

The shortlist for this year’s Goldsmiths Prize has been announced! This prize was established in 2013 to celebrate the qualities of creative daring and to reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form. You can learn more about the history of the prize here.

The six titles shortlisted for the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize are:

The winner of the Goldsmiths Prize will be announced on 10 November. Find out more about this year’s shortlist here.

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Checkout 19

Claire-Louise Bennett

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The Goldsmiths Prize shortlist 2021

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Little Scratch

Rebecca Watson

Little Scratch tells the story of a day in the life of an unnamed woman, living in a lower-case world of demarcated fridge shelves and office politics;

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A Shock

Keith Ridgway

An unsparing and slippery, but thrilling and memorable novel from the fringes of urban life by cult writer Keith Ridgway.

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Assembly

Natasha Brown

Over the course of twenty-four hours, the whip-smart young narrator of Assembly receives a cancer diagnosis, decides not to tell her posh white boyfriend, accepts a long-awaited promotion from her…

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