@nathanwhitlock.bsky.social
Author, professor, podcaster, drummer, dad. www.nathanwhitlock.ca/
I've been busy lately, so I outsourced my @quillandquire.bsky.social "notable book of the year" pick to a trusted source.
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Turns out the class system is a thing.
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Spoiler for tomorrowβs episode, in which we lay it on the line.
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Find it at all the podcast places.
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You're saying time to drop "shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed"?
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Some people just make it work.
07.12.2025 14:09 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0How much green space is in your neighbourhood? Turns out your postal code says a lot.
How many playgrounds are in your neighbourhood? Turns out your postal code says a lot.
How many Kate Bush fans are in your neighbourhood? Turns out your postal code says a lot.
Turns out the class system is a thing.
06.12.2025 13:05 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
This city never forgets. #hamont
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This city never forgets. #hamont
05.12.2025 12:19 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I worry how these people would handle Buster Scruggs. βWait, so thatβs it for Scruggs??? The movie just started!!β
04.12.2025 23:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What happened to those kids on bikes????? Did they go to college????
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I've been busy lately, so I outsourced my @quillandquire.bsky.social "notable book of the year" pick to a trusted source.
04.12.2025 17:04 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Bear by Marian Engel
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Wondering which Canadian novel to read out loud to the family at Christmas.
04.12.2025 01:39 β π 145 π 22 π¬ 9 π 3Nobody every needs to listen to blink-182 that much. Ever.
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Being in a karaoke band means I was once again a bougie indie bookstore in the sheets, but 102.1 The Edge in the streets this year.
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Catherine & I talk about the many exotic locations at which she has written, including an Italian villa with Zadie Smith as her neighbour and a rural schoolhouse she had to break COVID protocols to get to, and where serious books fit in a very unserious world.
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I reject the rejection of guilty pleasures. Some pleasures are suspect.
02.12.2025 16:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You two need an extra pair of hands? Want me to send my kid over?
02.12.2025 15:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I feel the same way, but it's Ian Curtis.
02.12.2025 15:01 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This was an early COVID thing that started on our neighbourhood Facebook group, a group that, to this day, is not overrun with anti-vax conspiracies and complaints about encampments*, thanks to the power of strict moderating.
(*some neighbours have tried, and some have gotten banned for it)
Catherine's most recent book is the story collection Skin, published by @gooselane.bsky.social. The Ottawa Review of Books called Skin βa haunting and beautifully crafted collection that solidifies Catherine Bushβs reputation as a writer of immense talent.β
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You've got RBF.
(Resting human Being Face.)
Catherine & I talk about the many exotic locations at which she has written, including an Italian villa with Zadie Smith as her neighbour and a rural schoolhouse she had to break COVID protocols to get to, and where serious books fit in a very unserious world.
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Maybe we'll get a White Christmas.
02.12.2025 14:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hey, neighbour! Global warming, eh?
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Not sure how newsworthy it is, but a nice thing that happens every December in my neighbourhood gets written up in the Spec. #hamont
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How I would choose to spend my time if #UBI meant we didn't need to work full-time to survive... @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social #approximators #karaoke www.youtube.com/shorts/tCLsf...
02.12.2025 02:25 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Unusual week in Canadian children's book publishing.
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When the kids make two passes in a row without kicking the ball out of bounds:
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I am not one of those parents.
Except in my brain.
