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Lucian Childs

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Author of Dreaming Home (Fred Kerner Book Award winner, Rakuten Kobo Prize shortlist). Contributing editor of Lammy Award finalist, Building Fires in the Snow. Work in Grain, The Ex-Puritan, Prairie Fire and more. www.lucianchilds.com

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 20d

More news about the novel I wrote with my late husband, Alex Turner. Toward Another Shore—to be published next fall by Arsenal Pulp Press—and its co-writing process are the subjects of an article by Alex’s alma mater, Emily Carr University of Art + Design. bit.ly/3VAIowY @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Alex Turner Novel to be Published by Arsenal Pulp Press | Emily Carr University of Art + Design | Vancouver, Canada

Emily Carr University of Art + Design is a learning community devoted to excellence and innovation in visual arts, media arts, design and research.

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 5d

After seeing The History of Sound, a movie that holds its cards very close to its chest, a friend posed this question: [is the movie a] legitimate entertainment for an audience more interested in what happens than in what doesn't happen? My answer on my website.
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The History of Sound — LUCIAN CHILDS | author

Narrative distance in the short story and movie adaptation

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 6d

My Hungarian friends should be pleased. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

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Nobel Prize in Literature

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to fiction writer, Tommy Orange, on receiving a MacArthur Foundation 2025 ‘Genius Grant’.
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MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 7d

Kate Cayley’s launch of her novel, Property, last night was phenomenal. The readings and lively discussion with Steve Beattie (www.shakespeareanrag.com) were wonderful. Kudos to Kate, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social and #TorontoLitUp for a wonderful evening.

Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 9d

Huge Congrats to all the shortlisted authors!

Giller Prize @gillerprize.bsky.social · 9d

We are pleased to share the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist! Learn more here: gillerprize.ca/the-giller-p... #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature

The Giller Prize Proudly Presents its 2025 Shortlist

October 6, 2025 (Toronto, ON) – Five remarkable Canadian writers have been named to the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist. Representing the boldness, inventiveness, and transformational power of Canadian li...

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 12d

My dear friends Tom Miller and Philip Ottenbrite have created a beautiful tribute to Tom’s partner: Louis de Niverville: Pentimenti. This impeccably made book celebrates the significant career of a great Canadian artist.

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Louis de Niverville • Figure 1 Publishing

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 20d

Alex Turner Novel to be Published by Arsenal Pulp Press | Emily Carr University of Art + Design | Vancouver, Canada

Emily Carr University of Art + Design is a learning community devoted to excellence and innovation in visual arts, media arts, design and research.

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · 28d

New book coming Fall 2026!!! Arsenal Pulp Press has acquired Toward Another Shore—the novel I co-authored with my late husband, Alex Turner. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social is a top Canadian indie press, whose titles are fixtures during awards season. More at: www.lucianchilds.com or www.alexjturner.ca.

Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Sep 2

Huge congrats to the Kirkus Prize finalists.
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The 2025 Kirkus Prize Finalists | Kirkus Reviews

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jul 29

So thrilled to have Alex’s and my story in this amazing literary journal. Thanks for believing in this project!

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Prairie Fire Magazine @prairiefiremag.bsky.social · Jul 23

Check out "Sea Change" a short story about living as a gay man in Canada in the 1960s by Alex Turner with Lucian Childs in our summer issue!

You can snag an issue in bookstores across the country or on our website at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

Photo credits: Alex Turner

Text on black background of quote from “Sea Change” by Alex Turner with Lucian Childs.

Text: Just then, the buzzer blares. The lights go up, the music cuts off. Everyone knows the deal. Couples quickly disengage, snug contraband into crumpled paper sacks, which are hurriedly stashed in dark corners. The room then breaks into a sort of manic fire drill, women swapping out with the odd man at the booths and tables. Men tag-teaming with women to loiter in mixed company along the walls. All quietly eyeing the cops as they thump in.

PF’s summer issue on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca

Alex Turner (left) and friends on the beach in 1962. Three men are in bathing suits and one man is fully dressed.

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congrats to the winners of the 2025 Bronwen Wallace Award @writerstrust.bsky.social. Dora Prieto for poetry, Jess Goldman for fiction, Phillip Dwight Morgan for CNF. bit.ly/4nN2q41 #canlit

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jul 11

If you can remember the ’60s, you weren’t there. Luckily, we have the fiction of my late husband, Alex Turner, to remind us. His story “Sea Change” is out now in @prairiefiremag.bsky.social‬. It’s a funny and touching read. Available at bit.ly/40dZP9r and at many Canadian bookstores.

Photo: Puddle Moon, Alex Turner, Vancouver c. 1970

Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · May 8

Huge congrats to @thenewquarterly.bsky.social for their National Magazine Awards - gold and silver in the essay category and a gold in the fiction category! @canadamediaawards.bsky.social‬

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Mar 17

Congratulations to the @publishingtriangle.bsky.social awards finalists. An especial shout-out to books from Canadian publishers: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @metonymypress.bsky.social, Annick Press, and their excellent authors! bit.ly/3DNXbza

2025 Publishing Triangle Awards Finalists Announced | The Publishing Triangle

The Publishing Triangle, the association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, today announced forty-one finalists for the 37th annual Publishing Triangle Awards, honoring the best LGBTQ+ books published in...

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Mar 13

If you are free tonight, I'll be reading from my new novel, one I wrote with my late husband, Alex Turner. This is a sneak peak. The complete story will be published this summer in the Canadian literary journal, Prairie Fire. www.youtube.com/@bgsqd/streams

Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Mar 4

While I'd very much like to be in NYC for this reading, I'll be joining these amazing authors digitally. You can do that as well over at YouTube: March 13 at 7pm EST. I’ll be reading from my second novel, which I plan to get back to soon! www.youtube.com/@bgsqd/streams

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Feb 25

Back at my writing desk - at last!

Projects are lined up like planes at an airport. Traffic control: 1. essay, 2. short story, 3. second novel.

Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Feb 22

It’s a Chabon kind of day! Lazy morning reading. Finally getting around to this and loving the story and humorous style.

Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Feb 4

A bookseller’s recommendation at Tucson’s Antigone Bookstore. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. What a novel should be, in my opinion. Lyrical, earthy, self assured. The back cover calls it “the greatest novel in Native American literature.” #fiction #amreading

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jan 19

Writers check out my craft essay at WritersDigest.com. Strategies to avoid sentimentality and oversimplification when using personal history in your fiction.
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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jan 16

Back in sun-drenched Tucson. A great town with a deep literary tradition. Just picked up these beauties at Antigone Books by Leslie Marmon Silko and Stacie Denetsosie-Mitchell.

Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jan 13

Congrats to all The Story Prize Finalists!

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Announcing the 2024/25 Finalists for The Story Prize!

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jan 8

Love this. Short stories paired with their authors personal histories of how they became writers. I’m a big fan of Caroline Adderson, Kathy Page, Kristyn Dunnion. #canlit #amreading #shortstories @biblioasis.bsky.social

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Lucian Childs @lucianchilds.bsky.social · Jan 4

In 2024, I broke a reading record. 61 books. Fiction titles that grabbed me: A Way to be Happy by Caroline Adderson, The Cosmopolitans by Sarah Schulman, Cocktail by Lisa Alward, Another Country by James Baldwin, Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. More at www.lucianchilds.com/blog2/my-202...

My 2024 in books — LUCIAN CHILDS | author

In 2024, I broke a reading record. 61 books. Mostly fiction. I had to read a lot of titles last year for comps on Toward Another Shore , the novel I wrote with my late husband, Alex Turner. Quite...