The author has won the experimental literary fiction prize for his ‘dizzying, encyclopaedic’ fifth book, We Live Here Now
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. Through a series of short stories, the novel looks at the after-effects of the disappearances of visitors to an art installation.
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)”.
