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Missouri Williams and China Miéville among writers on ‘adventurous’ Goldsmiths shortlist

China Miéville Doireann Ní Ghríofa Francis Spufford Polly Barton New Statesman

Goldsmiths prize 2026 shortlist. Top to bottom: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway, Attention-Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-Van Warmelo, The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams, Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa and The Rouse by China Miéville. — On the shortlist … top to bottom: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway, Attention-Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-Van Warmelo, The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams, Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa and The Rouse by China Miéville, Goldsmiths prize 2026. Photograph: PR

Missouri Williams, China Miéville and Polly Barton are among the writers shortlisted for this year’s Goldsmiths prize.

The £10,000 award recognises fiction that “breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form”.

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