Confluence—co-written by me and my late husband Alex Turner—is now an audiobook from Bespeak! Narrated by Dan Abramovici, it is available at most audiobook retailers. Kudos to Bespeak for producing audiobooks of titles by CA indie publishers. @ecwpress.bsky.social ecwpress.com/products/con...

Confluence: A Novel

An intimate, deeply moving queer coming-of-age novel that evokes '50s small-town life and the surprisingly wild pre-Stonewall '60s.

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Thrilled that Confluence is first out the gate on the fall reading list of BC Creates. I’m so glad our book is gaining traction in BC. My late husband was a BC boy, through and through, and Confluence is his love letter to the province. From @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. bccreates.com/your-fall-re...

Your Fall Reading List from B.C.'s Book Publishers | BC Creates

It may be the back-to-school atmosphere, or the return of cool weather that makes us want to hunker down with a good book while the rain taps at the window. Either way, fall is synonymous with books, ...

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A wonderful evening at Toronto's Flying Books celebrating M. Jay Smith’s Cantaloupe! Great conversation about writing this wonderful collection, plus a terrific Q&A. Thanks to Jay for inviting me to moderate and to Basil and the rest of the Flying Books staff for being so welcoming!

Excited to talk tonight to M. Jay Smith about her terrific new story collection, Cantaloupe!. TONIGHT! Flying Books, 784 College Street, 6:30–8:30pm.

I’m very excited to talk with M. Jay Smith about her amazing new story collection from Freehand Books, Cantaloupe! And to explore similar Western Canadian themes in my and my late husband’s book, Confluence. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/cantaloupe...

Cantaloupe! book launch at Flying Books

M. Jay Smith will be at Flying Books on College Street on October 14 to celebrate the launch of Cantaloupe! with Lucian Childs!

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What a month of friendship & laughter! AND events for Confluence, the novel I co-authored with my late husband Alex Turner. Nearly 150 folks came to the three launches. The most meaningful: in Alex’s hometown of Agassiz, BC—on what would have been his 86th birthday! Thanks @arsenalpulp.bsky.social!

Oh this sounds fun! I’m Will, a queer urban fantasy author based in Winnipeg, and my goal for this month is to make some more reader and writer friends here on Booksky and finish the second round of major revisions on my sequel. #LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers@amaralynn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Welcome to #LGBTQWriteAThon! October 1: It's time to introduce yourself, and tell us your goal this month! Project intros will be tomorrow! @rebeccafrostwrites.com #queerwriters #writingcommunity #lgbtqwriters

It was another amazing episode of Reader's Delight, Suzanne Craig-Whytock’s show on CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo. I was honoured to be on the program with some amazing authors and booksellers. radiowaterloo.ca/readers-deli... @mydangblog.bsky.social @radiowaterloo.ca @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Alaskans packed the Georgia Blue Gallery in Anchorage for a celebration of Confluence: an evening of laughter and reconnecting with friends. Huge gratitude to Georgia and her staff, and to Trish Jenkins for arranging for the recorded event to be part of Alaska Book Week. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Alaskans! Be there, or be square! Tomorrow night, 5:30–7:30pm at the Georgia Blue Gallery. I’m super excited to see everyone. AND we’ll be recording my conversation with Martha Amore about Confluence for Alaska Book Week. So good to be back home! @arsenalpulp.bsky.social #Confluence

I’m in Anchorage now for Wednesday’s launch event. On my way out of Vancouver, I squeezed in some author drop-ins. Special shoutout to Upstart & Crow for prominently featuring Confluence. Thanks to Harri for being so gracious. And to the beloved indie, Hagar Books. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

It was a remarkable evening of readings and discussion moderated by local artist Nicole Dumas, plus a packed house for the celebration of Confluence—and Alex Turner’s 86th birthday! A special shoutout to Sharie Hertzog of the Agassiz Library for making it happen. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social #canlit

Come to the Agassiz Library for a celebration of Confluence. The novel by me and my husband, Alex Turner, was just selected by BC Living as one of the “40 Great New B.C. Books to Read This Autumn.” 5:30–7:00 tonight, Agassiz Library, 7140 Cheam Ave. @bcliving.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Thanks to longtime book blogger Richard Derus for his review of Confluence in his Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud. “It was a pleasure to be with these young gay men in their youth…. It is vital to have these words of witness…” expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/09/conf... @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

CONFLUENCE, our queer elders show us how they did it in times more dangerous than today

CONFLUENCE ALEX TURNER with Lucian Childs Arsenal Pulp Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $10.99 ebook, available now Rating...

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I had a wonderful time visiting friends in Victoria. I splurged and stayed two nights at the Fairmont Empress, whose gardens are amazing. I also dropped by Bolen Books to sign copies of Confluence. Especially meaningful was my visit with the son of Alex’s best friend, and his lovely family. #canlit

The crazy kids from “All We Have” partied their way onto the interweb!! So honoured to have this story from Confluence—the new novel by Alex Turner and me—in this amazing Canadian literary journal, @thenewquarterly.bsky.social. tnq.ca/story/all-we...

I’m still on a high from the incredible launch Tuesday at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. There's a link below to the time-stamped video. youtu.be/zyDyfR1mLh0 Thanks to the nearly 60 folks who turned out to hear me and @kenharvey.bsky.social talk about Confluence @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

Thrilled to read the thoughtful piece on Confluence in the Canadian online magazine, @xtramagazine.com. Writer H Felix Chau Bradley does the kind of deep dive review one rarely sees nowadays. Published by @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, the book is available now. xtramagazine.com/culture/conf...

Toronto—tonight’s the night!! Come for the dessert and wine, stay for the scintillating conversation with co-author Lucian Childs and moderator @kenharvey.bsky.social. 7–8:30pm @anotherstoryto.bsky.social | Another Story Bookshop 315 Roncesvalles See you there! @arsenalpulp.bsky.social #queerlit

So pleased and grateful to read this lovely, perceptive review by Daniel Gawthrop of Confluence, the novel I co-authored with my late husband Alex Turner (published tomorrow by Arsenal Pulp Press!) www.thebcreview.ca/2026/08/29/v... @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @thebcreview.bsky.social #canlit

I’m honored to have “A Labour of Love: Alex and Lucian's Story” featured in the blog of the amazing Canadian writer, Trevor Corkum. Confluence, a novel-in-stories by Alex Turner & Lucian Childs @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. www.trevorcorkum.com/news/2026/8/...

A Labour of Love: Alex and Lucian's Story — Trevor Corkum

In conversation with Lucian Childs, co-author (along with Alex Turner) of the new novel-in-stories, Confluence .

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The Toronto book launch is a week away! If you think you might like to join us, now would be a great time to register at Eventbrite. @anotherstoryto.bsky.social needs final numbers to plan their setup for the night—plus I need to buy enough wine and yummy desserts! www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-of-...

Launch of CONFLUENCE with co-author Lucian Childs (and Ken Harvey)

Join us for the Toronto launch of Alex Turner and Lucian Childs' CONFLUENCE! Featuring a conversation with Lucian Childs and Ken Harvey.

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Nicole and Rosa took their copies for a swim on Harrison Lake, near where much of the book takes place. Nicole moderates the event at the Agassiz Public Library—5:30-7:00pm, Sept. 17. Alex's birthday!!!!! That last photo? 21-year-old Alex and Vicky at Green Point in 1961. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Ever wonder how a book cover is designed? The amazing designer Jazmin Welch of Fleck Creative Studio takes you from early concepts through the final design for the cover for “Confluence.” www.instagram.com/p/DayE3xPFN88/ My take on the process: bit.ly/4guDg7M

Book Designer | Jazmin Welch on Instagram: "Recent outtakes and color / type alternatives for Confluence by @lucian_childs and Alex Turner put this fall with @arsenalpulp Swipe for the final cover on ...

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For your listening pleasure, The Music of Confluence. SONG 4 | The Twist (1960) Recorded by Chubby Checker, on various labels
 From the story "All We Have.” Winter of 1961, the infectious beat of “The Twist" became an anthem for the spirit of a new era... www.lucianchilds.com/blog2/the-mu...

The Music of Confluence — LUCIAN CHILDS | author

Setting is central to Alex’s and my novel, Confluence . There are nearly eighty named places in the book, places that are not so much backgrounds to Teddy/Ted’s life as markers of relationship. Part...

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Thrilled to see Confluence—the novel my late husband, Alex Turner, and I co-authored—on the CBC Books list: “55 Canadian fiction books we're excited about this fall.” Yesterday, I was a little down, thinking no one was noticing. And now this! Pre-order @arsenalpulp.bsky.social bit.ly/4qcqhff

Thrilled to see copies of Confluence @anotherstoryto.bsky.social! And in such amazing company! Thanks to Saul Friedman-Lawson and the staff for putting together the Confluence launch event on September 1. bit.ly/4wRMSQB Thanks to @arsenalpulp.bsky.social for believing in this unusual project.

My friend Andrew Smith has written a wonderful historical romance: The Boom of the Bittern. It has the man-on-man love we crave in this post-Heated Rivalry world. But what makes the book special is the sad tale of the environmental degradation of an ever-expanding late-19th-century Toronto. #canlit

My friend Susi Lovell has just had two wonderful poems published in Montreal Serai. Highly recommended! montrealserai.com/article/judi...

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The world used to be a roomy place. How small it’s become, how pinched, how tightly squeezed in we are.

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I’m thrilled to see Confluence included in The 49th Shelf’s “Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2026 Fiction Preview.” It’s exciting to see our novel listed with so many outstanding Canadian books. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/07... Confluence is available for pre-order now at @arsenalpulp.bsky.social