Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

1562 Followers 2426 Following

Visual art, writing 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ they/them ♿️ 😷🇨🇦 AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic, MG UK Sunday Times bestseller, Guardian BOTY, Guernica, The Sun, NYT, Salon, Globe+Mail, Macleans, BAE Notables, BASS Notable, BAX, 10 books, won CBC fiction x2; on Patreon at HamiltonArt.

Oil on canvas, 18x24, by Eaton Hamilton. Two women in rolled-up dungarees stand with other, conventionally dressed girls/women watch.
Two men together in a portrait, kissing while one of them looks toward the painter. Tones of brown and pink. Both have dark hair. Eaton Hamilton, painter.
Me in the middle with my two kids, in Vancouver this weekend. Pic shows red wall (hotel room) with two yt women flanking me, an older yt non-binary person.
The author standing in hail, if under the magnolia, enjoying bizarre weather.
Three men dressed in black, one obviously a priest, walk down stadium stairs casting shadows, while two spectators watch. Vintage photo; clicking connects it to one of my short stories, Bad Men Who Love Jesus
Poster from Substack says, I wrote about cardiac disability for you, yonder, and about its intersection with covid-19.
Bed head author tries to take David Szalay’s oh-so-grave-I-am-Mr-Can-Lit approach, mimicking his head shot. Successful? Well, it was a ton of fun, anyhow.
Run For Your Life, Little Girl, Beatles lyrics 1965 overlaid over Eaton Hamilton oil painting of disgruntled 1950s wives who are upset over husbands’ behaviours. What are the behaviours? Painter doesn’t know. Do you?
Disability in Canada essay, Substack, link, with Eaton Hamilton painting of yt person in black leaning on yellow wall looking downcast
Author holds first final draft of WILD MARE, March 2026, which in the pic looks like a ream of paper in an elastic. Yt enby, big black glasses, black toque, semi-smile, in front of bookcase.
Portrait of yt youngish person in tones of green and orange.
3 yt people wearing yt masks. L-r: Red eyes, purple forehead squiggles, middle yellow eyes, forehead wrinkles in purple, orange eyes, orange pumpkin forehead.
BIPOC emerging journo mentorship program at Xtra Weekly. Deadline Oct 27.
Five books comprise the shortlist for the 2025 Giller. Mona Awad for her novel We Love You, Bunny, published by Scribner Canada Eddy Boudel Tan for his novel The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, published by Viking Canada Emma Donoghue for her novel The Paris Express, published by Harper Avenue Emma Knight for her novel The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, published by Viking Canada Souvankham Thammavongsa for her novel Pick a Colour, published by Knopf Canada
White woman against stone wall, leaning back on white towels, cat tucked under chin.
Random Kindle page from reader Eaton Hamilton with books they might have to lose access to.
A meme calling to the fact that reading builds empathy from Warpaint Journal.