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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Lucian Childs
@lucianchilds.bsky.social
· Sep 25
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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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
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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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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Reposted by Lucian Childs
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.
It’s a Chabon kind of day! Lazy morning reading. Finally getting around to this and loving the story and humorous style.
February 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s a Chabon kind of day! Lazy morning reading. Finally getting around to this and loving the story and humorous style.
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
February 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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
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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January 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Writers check out my craft essay at WritersDigest.com. Strategies to avoid sentimentality and oversimplification when using personal history in your fiction.
www.writersdigest.com/write-better...
www.writersdigest.com/write-better...
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.
January 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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.
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
January 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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
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...
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January 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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...