Photo by Tom TurnerThe Goldsmiths Prize has announced its much-anticipated shortlist of six works of fiction judged to be at the cutting-edge of contemporary literature. The £10,000 award, run in association with the New Statesman, celebrates fiction from Britain and Ireland that “breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form”. In what the judges call her “riveting first foray into fiction” Yrsa Daley-Ward conjures a kaleidoscopic multiverse of daughterhood, while exploring the sacrifices black women must make to fulfil their potential. The Goldsmiths Prize, co-founded by Goldsmiths University and the New Statesman in 2013, is awarded annually to a ground-breaking novel by a British or Irish writer. The winner of this year’s Goldsmiths Prize will be announced on 5 November in London at a ceremony at Foyles bookshop, London.