Lucian Childs
@lucianchilds.bsky.social
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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It’s Cover Reveal Day for Confluence, the novel I co-wrote with my husband Alex Turner. (That's him on the cover, age 22!) It’s out next fall with @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, CA’s top publisher of queer books! Pre-orders for this coming-of-age story set in the Upper Fraser Valley begin in February.
I am so grateful to fellow author @edseaward.bsky.social for creating this beautiful profile of my personal and artistic journey. He is a great interviewer and writer. His new novel will be out next year and I can't wait to read it. His debut, Fair, was astounding. edseaward.com/2026/01/07/l...
Lucian Childs: Grief As A Creative Force
The first time Lucian Childs escaped his Texas life was in 1972 when, after graduating Southern Methodist University, he travelled to Leadville, Colorado and embraced the counter-culture by becoming p...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I am so grateful to fellow author @edseaward.bsky.social for creating this beautiful profile of my personal and artistic journey. He is a great interviewer and writer. His new novel will be out next year and I can't wait to read it. His debut, Fair, was astounding. edseaward.com/2026/01/07/l...
More 2025 book acquisitions I can’t wait to dig into. I picked these up at the Toronto International Festival of Authors and the @gillerprize.bsky.social #BookTalk series at the Union Hotel. Souvankham recently won her 2nd #GillerPrize!!!! Gallant is one of my short story gods! #shortstories #CanLit
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
More 2025 book acquisitions I can’t wait to dig into. I picked these up at the Toronto International Festival of Authors and the @gillerprize.bsky.social #BookTalk series at the Union Hotel. Souvankham recently won her 2nd #GillerPrize!!!! Gallant is one of my short story gods! #shortstories #CanLit
Book acquisitions in 2025 I can’t wait to dig into. I picked these up at the amazing reading venue, Drunk Fiction, run by the equally amazing Emily Weedon. Radioland by @mattcahill.bsky.social and Emily’s Hemo Sapiens. #CanLit
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December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Book acquisitions in 2025 I can’t wait to dig into. I picked these up at the amazing reading venue, Drunk Fiction, run by the equally amazing Emily Weedon. Radioland by @mattcahill.bsky.social and Emily’s Hemo Sapiens. #CanLit
emilyweedon.com/drunk-fiction
emilyweedon.com/drunk-fiction
More books that made an impression in 2025. Steven Heighten is a short story master, along with Matthew J. Trafford. “Sacred Rage” and “Runs in the Blood,” great titles from @biblioasis.bsky.social and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social . #CanLit #shortstory
December 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
More books that made an impression in 2025. Steven Heighten is a short story master, along with Matthew J. Trafford. “Sacred Rage” and “Runs in the Blood,” great titles from @biblioasis.bsky.social and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social . #CanLit #shortstory
Books I’ve been excited about this year, starting with Kate Cayley’s “Property”. None other than Brett Josef Grubisic says: “Cayley’s portrayal of a day in a neighbourhood... dazzles.” Plus, Kate gets the award for best launch of 2025!
@coachhousebooks.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Books I’ve been excited about this year, starting with Kate Cayley’s “Property”. None other than Brett Josef Grubisic says: “Cayley’s portrayal of a day in a neighbourhood... dazzles.” Plus, Kate gets the award for best launch of 2025!
@coachhousebooks.bsky.social
quillandquire.com/review/prope...
@coachhousebooks.bsky.social
quillandquire.com/review/prope...
It’s Cover Reveal Day for Confluence, the novel I co-wrote with my husband Alex Turner. (That's him on the cover, age 22!) It’s out next fall with @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, CA’s top publisher of queer books! Pre-orders for this coming-of-age story set in the Upper Fraser Valley begin in February.
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It’s Cover Reveal Day for Confluence, the novel I co-wrote with my husband Alex Turner. (That's him on the cover, age 22!) It’s out next fall with @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, CA’s top publisher of queer books! Pre-orders for this coming-of-age story set in the Upper Fraser Valley begin in February.
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TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm
host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social
talks to @danilabotha.bsky.social “A Place For People Like Us” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social - @hollay.bsky.social talks to poet Lorne Daniel about his book “What Is Broken Binds Us” (University Of Calgary Press) TUNE IN TONIGHT!
host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social
talks to @danilabotha.bsky.social “A Place For People Like Us” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social - @hollay.bsky.social talks to poet Lorne Daniel about his book “What Is Broken Binds Us” (University Of Calgary Press) TUNE IN TONIGHT!
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm
host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social
talks to @danilabotha.bsky.social “A Place For People Like Us” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social - @hollay.bsky.social talks to poet Lorne Daniel about his book “What Is Broken Binds Us” (University Of Calgary Press) TUNE IN TONIGHT!
host @valentinoassenza.bsky.social
talks to @danilabotha.bsky.social “A Place For People Like Us” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social - @hollay.bsky.social talks to poet Lorne Daniel about his book “What Is Broken Binds Us” (University Of Calgary Press) TUNE IN TONIGHT!
Drunk Fiction at The Caledonian with my writing group last night! @edseaward.bsky.social, @stephaniewyeld.bsky.social @kenharvey.bsky.social. Plus Peter Small. Thanks to Emily Weedon for putting the event together and being the consummate host. Drunk Fiction has become my favorite writer hang!
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Drunk Fiction at The Caledonian with my writing group last night! @edseaward.bsky.social, @stephaniewyeld.bsky.social @kenharvey.bsky.social. Plus Peter Small. Thanks to Emily Weedon for putting the event together and being the consummate host. Drunk Fiction has become my favorite writer hang!
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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October 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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.
www.lucianchilds.com/blog2/the-hi...
www.lucianchilds.com/blog2/the-hi...
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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October 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
Congratulations to fiction writer, Tommy Orange, on receiving a MacArthur Foundation 2025 ‘Genius Grant’.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Congratulations to fiction writer, Tommy Orange, on receiving a MacArthur Foundation 2025 ‘Genius Grant’.
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www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
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.
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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.
Huge Congrats to all the shortlisted authors!
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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October 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Huge Congrats to all the shortlisted authors!
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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October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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.
www.figure1publishing.com/book/louis-d...
www.figure1publishing.com/book/louis-d...
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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September 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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
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.
September 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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.
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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September 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Huge congrats to the Kirkus Prize finalists.
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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
You can snag an issue in bookstores across the country or on our website at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
Photo credits: Alex Turner
July 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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
You can snag an issue in bookstores across the country or on our website at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
Photo credits: Alex Turner
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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July 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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
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.
July 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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.
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
May 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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
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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March 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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
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
March 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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
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
March 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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
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.
Projects are lined up like planes at an airport. Traffic control: 1. essay, 2. short story, 3. second novel.
February 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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.
Projects are lined up like planes at an airport. Traffic control: 1. essay, 2. short story, 3. second novel.