Centre for New Writing青瓜视频檚 Gareth Gavin named in Goldsmith Prize shortlist
Congratulations to University of Manchester Senior Lecturer Gareth Gavin who has been recognised in the shortlist for this year青瓜视频檚 Goldsmiths prize.
Published in April 2023, Gareth青瓜视频檚 Never Was: A Novel Without a World has made this year青瓜视频檚 six-book shortlist from 107 entries.
Director for Creative Manchester青瓜视频檚 Professor John McAuliffe wrote:
The Goldsmiths Prize always uncovers great books, and we're delighted that Gareth's brilliantly original and affecting novel has been recognised by the judges.
Never Was takes the reader from a limbo of lost dreams to a small salt-mining town in the North, exploring transness alongside class, addiction and grief, and examining the way identity is both inherited and re-invented.
Judge Ellen Peirson-Hagger, assistant culture editor at the New Statesman, the prize青瓜视频檚 partner, said:
A feat of imagination [...], Never Was is a great trans novel, queering and querying expectations of character, type and truth itself.
The Prize, which celebrates 青瓜视频渇iction that breaks the mould青瓜视频�, carries a prize of 青瓜视频10,000.
The Goldsmith青瓜视频檚 Prize winner will be announced on 8 November 2023.