Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking

Han Smith

Han Smith Shortlisted for Glut Short Prose Prize

5 August, 2026

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Award-winning translator and writer Han Smith has been shortlisted for the inaugural Glut Short Prose Prize organised by experimental journal Glut Press. Han’s work, Skafandrbody, made the cut from...

Han Smith

Han Smith Featured in Asymptote Journal

5 August, 2026

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Han Smith, author of the “extraordinary” (Adam Zmith) Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, has been featured in the latest issue of Asymptote Journal for a translation of...

Join Han Smith at Queer Britain

27 August, 2025

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Han Smith, author of the ‘kaleidoscopic and beguiling’ (Andrew McMillan) Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, will be a speaker at Visualising Queer Spaces and Utopias: A...

Join Han Smith at St Hugh’s College, Oxford

1 May, 2025

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Han Smith, author of the ‘kaleidoscopic and beguiling’ (Andrew McMillan) Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, will be in conversation with Seth Insua at St Hugh’s College...

Praise for Han Smith on Auraist Substack

24 February, 2025

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Han Smith, author of the “extraordinary” (Adam Zmith) Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, has been selected as the best-written work on the Goldsmiths Prize shortlist by Sean...

Join Han Smith at Waterstones, Islington!

9 January, 2025

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Han Smith‘s ‘tender and merciless’ (Abigail Shinn) debut, Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, will be the topic of discussion in an evening of literary conversation at Waterstones,...

Portraits in Guardian’s Best Fiction of 2024

10 December, 2024

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Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, Han Smith‘s Goldsmiths prize-shortlisted debut, has been featured in The Guardian‘s best fiction of 2024 list! The full list can be read...

Han Smith: Goldsmiths Prize-Shortlisted Author Interviewed by The New Statesman

5 November, 2024

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Han Smith, whose “ambitious” (A K Blakemore) debut novel Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking has been shortlisted for the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize, has been interviewed by The...

Catch Han Smith at Goldsmiths Prize 2024 Shortlist Readings

7 October, 2024

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Han Smith, whose “unforgettable” (Ruby Cowling) debut novel Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking has been shortlisted for the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize, will be taking part in...

Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking Shortlisted for 2024 Goldsmiths Prize

4 October, 2024

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Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, the “unforgettable” (Ruby Cowling) debut novel by Han Smith has been shortlisted for the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize. The winner will be...

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