"CD Rose has won the 2025 Goldsmiths prize for his novel We Live Here Now, praised by judges as hilarious and deeply haunting. The 10,000 award, now in its 13th year, honours mould-breaking fiction. The winner was announced at a ceremony in central London on Wednesday evening. Born in Manchester and now based in Hebden Bridge, Rose is the author of four previous books. We Live Here Now is his first to be shortlisted for the Goldsmiths prize."
"Amy Sackville, judging chair and senior lecturer in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, described the winning title as a book about what art is and what it does (or doesn't do). Author and fellow judge Simon Okotie called We Live Here Now a dizzying, encyclopaedic series of stories linked by texture, resonance and suggestion. He said the book traces the invisible circuits and networks of love, capital and war that shape our contemporary lived experience."
CD Rose won the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize and the £10,000 award at a ceremony in central London. The prize, in its 13th year, honours mould‑breaking fiction. Rose, born in Manchester and based in Hebden Bridge, has published four previous books. We Live Here Now is his first Goldsmiths shortlist. The book comprises linked short stories about the after‑effects of visitors disappearing from an art installation. Judges described the novel as hilarious and deeply haunting, and as a book about what art is and what it does (or doesn't do). Commentary called the collection dizzying, encyclopaedic, and tracing invisible circuits of love, capital and war.
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