David Whitehouse
@dwhitehouse.bsky.social
Writer.
Books called Saltwater Mansions, About a Son, Bed, Mobile Library and The Long Forgotten
Books called Saltwater Mansions, About a Son, Bed, Mobile Library and The Long Forgotten
Pinned
Phoenix picks up 'exceptional' piece of creative non-fiction from David Whitehouse
Phoenix has snapped up an "exceptional" piece of creative non-fiction from About a Son author David Whitehouse.
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I fell down a rabbit hole, and then I wrote a book about it. It’s called Saltwater Mansions and it’s out in June.
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I wrote one of the episodes for the newly relaunched Play For Today, which starts tonight (my episode is on in a couple of weeks). This is an article about that .
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis
Play for Today’s one-off films were a seminal moment in television in the Seventies and Eighties, writes Hannah J Davies. Decades later, Channel 5 is bringing them back, and aiming to diversify small-...
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I wrote one of the episodes for the newly relaunched Play For Today, which starts tonight (my episode is on in a couple of weeks). This is an article about that .
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
I will be saying things to the brilliant @lamowens.bsky.social in response to things she has said to me at Margate Book Festival on October 11th.
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David Whitehouse
David Whitehouse speaks to Lisa Owens about his latest book, Saltwater Mansions. They will discuss the impact of grief and the dangerous allure of taking true crime stories into our own hands. His s...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I will be saying things to the brilliant @lamowens.bsky.social in response to things she has said to me at Margate Book Festival on October 11th.
www.margatebookie.com/bookie-2025-...
www.margatebookie.com/bookie-2025-...
News of my controversial plans to celebrate my new nickname have been leaked to the Metro.
September 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
News of my controversial plans to celebrate my new nickname have been leaked to the Metro.
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My book is 99p on Kindle for a limited time. What a feeling. The Telegraph said 'Genre-bending, genius . . . A superb, intoxicating book'. Please buy and read it if you can.
September 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
My book is 99p on Kindle for a limited time. What a feeling. The Telegraph said 'Genre-bending, genius . . . A superb, intoxicating book'. Please buy and read it if you can.
My book is 99p on Kindle for a limited time. What a feeling. The Telegraph said 'Genre-bending, genius . . . A superb, intoxicating book'. Please buy and read it if you can.
September 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
My book is 99p on Kindle for a limited time. What a feeling. The Telegraph said 'Genre-bending, genius . . . A superb, intoxicating book'. Please buy and read it if you can.
My book is 99p on Kindle at the moment, if that’s the kind of thing that feeds your cat.
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amzn.eu/d/875KsrE
Saltwater Mansions: The Woman Who Disappeared and Other Untold Stories eBook : Whitehouse, David: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Saltwater Mansions: The Woman Who Disappeared and Other Untold Stories eBook : Whitehouse, David: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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September 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
My book is 99p on Kindle at the moment, if that’s the kind of thing that feeds your cat.
amzn.eu/d/875KsrE
amzn.eu/d/875KsrE
Even I’m sometimes reluctant to watch or read things I recommend, but I watched this film, Hundreds of Beavers, last night and I thought it was great.
www.hundredsofbeavers.com
www.hundredsofbeavers.com
Hundreds of Beavers | Official Website
Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Hundreds of Beavers on the official site. Directed by: Mike Cheslik. Starring: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Doug Mancheski,...
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August 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Even I’m sometimes reluctant to watch or read things I recommend, but I watched this film, Hundreds of Beavers, last night and I thought it was great.
www.hundredsofbeavers.com
www.hundredsofbeavers.com
Talking about my book at Canterbury Waterstones tonight if that's your bag. @waterstones.bsky.social
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www.waterstones.com/events/autho...
Author Talk : David Whitehouse on Saltwater Mansions | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Author Talk : David Whitehouse on Saltwater Mansions today.
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August 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Talking about my book at Canterbury Waterstones tonight if that's your bag. @waterstones.bsky.social
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www.waterstones.com/events/autho...
Found some hardcore fawn in the woods.
August 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Found some hardcore fawn in the woods.
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I’ve written a bit of TV. It’s called Intruder and stars Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird. It’ll be on later in the year.
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
5 reveals first four Play for Today commissions - Televisual
Following the previously announced pilot, 5 has announced today the first four commissions and casting that will form its new Play for Today slate.
www.televisual.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’ve written a bit of TV. It’s called Intruder and stars Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird. It’ll be on later in the year.
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
I’ve written a bit of TV. It’s called Intruder and stars Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird. It’ll be on later in the year.
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
5 reveals first four Play for Today commissions - Televisual
Following the previously announced pilot, 5 has announced today the first four commissions and casting that will form its new Play for Today slate.
www.televisual.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’ve written a bit of TV. It’s called Intruder and stars Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird. It’ll be on later in the year.
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
I wrote one of these.
Channel 5 revives BBC’s Play for Today to ‘help shape future of British drama’
Series aims to follow original in tackling ‘thornier issues’, and to support talent from lower-income backgrounds
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I wrote one of these.
What’s wrong babe? You’ve barely touched your Oasis live ‘25 Prosecco Supernova gourmet popcorn delicately infused with notes of apple and white blossom.
August 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What’s wrong babe? You’ve barely touched your Oasis live ‘25 Prosecco Supernova gourmet popcorn delicately infused with notes of apple and white blossom.
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This evening I read 'Saltwater Mansions: The Woman Who Disappeared and Other Untold Stories' by David Whitehouse. While the mystery of the woman who vanished initially intrigues you, it's the other stories of other people's lives that engross you to the end. 📚 #BookSky #SkyBook
August 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Set phasers to self-promote, but I really loved this review of my book.
July 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Set phasers to self-promote, but I really loved this review of my book.
Reposted by David Whitehouse
At just under 200 pages, Saltwater Mansions is the perfect short holiday read. It’s a story about memory, the stories we tell, and a woman’s disappearance. 10/10. #Books #BookSky #NonFiction
July 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
At just under 200 pages, Saltwater Mansions is the perfect short holiday read. It’s a story about memory, the stories we tell, and a woman’s disappearance. 10/10. #Books #BookSky #NonFiction
Reposted by David Whitehouse
Reposted by David Whitehouse
The story that became Saltwater Mansions was told to David while he was in the chair at his local hairdressers. Once again, us follicly challenged authors looking for book ideas are at a distinct and unfair disadvantage. #oppressed
July 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The story that became Saltwater Mansions was told to David while he was in the chair at his local hairdressers. Once again, us follicly challenged authors looking for book ideas are at a distinct and unfair disadvantage. #oppressed
My book just got a nice big review in The Times. Best review of book they’ve ever published? Impossible to say, it’s behind a paywall.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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The neighbour who vanished — a Margate mystery
In Saltwater Mansions, David Whitehouse chronicles his obsession with the true story of a local woman who disappeared without a trace
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July 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My book just got a nice big review in The Times. Best review of book they’ve ever published? Impossible to say, it’s behind a paywall.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Reposted by David Whitehouse
This book arrived in Argyll today.
Very much looking forward to it @dwhitehouse.bsky.social
#books #nowreading #booksky
Very much looking forward to it @dwhitehouse.bsky.social
#books #nowreading #booksky
July 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This book arrived in Argyll today.
Very much looking forward to it @dwhitehouse.bsky.social
#books #nowreading #booksky
Very much looking forward to it @dwhitehouse.bsky.social
#books #nowreading #booksky
Reposted by David Whitehouse
Saltwater Mansions: The woman who disappeared and other untold stories is in Margate during the 2010s, unfolds against the backdrop of the town’s ongoing gentrification. It’s also a moving memoir of Whitehouse’s father and his working-class upbringing in the Midlands.
June 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Saltwater Mansions: The woman who disappeared and other untold stories is in Margate during the 2010s, unfolds against the backdrop of the town’s ongoing gentrification. It’s also a moving memoir of Whitehouse’s father and his working-class upbringing in the Midlands.
Reposted by David Whitehouse
An investigation into the missing occupant of a Margate flat turns into a rumination on the many ways people can disappear from places, and how places change and themselves effectively disappear, and how these things go hand in hand with the various movements of grief. Utterly superb, essential read
June 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
An investigation into the missing occupant of a Margate flat turns into a rumination on the many ways people can disappear from places, and how places change and themselves effectively disappear, and how these things go hand in hand with the various movements of grief. Utterly superb, essential read
Reposted by David Whitehouse
I really enjoyed Saltwater Mansions and made me think a lot about how where we are at (in life) and what we are experiencing or mourning impacts how we digest stories and life.
Was not what I was expecting, and grateful for that.
David is an incredible writer.
Was not what I was expecting, and grateful for that.
David is an incredible writer.
I fell down a rabbit hole, and then I wrote a book about it. It’s called Saltwater Mansions and it’s out in June.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/phoen...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/phoen...
Phoenix picks up 'exceptional' piece of creative non-fiction from David Whitehouse
Phoenix has snapped up an "exceptional" piece of creative non-fiction from About a Son author David Whitehouse.
www.thebookseller.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I really enjoyed Saltwater Mansions and made me think a lot about how where we are at (in life) and what we are experiencing or mourning impacts how we digest stories and life.
Was not what I was expecting, and grateful for that.
David is an incredible writer.
Was not what I was expecting, and grateful for that.
David is an incredible writer.
Tonight! Air conditioning!
June 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tonight! Air conditioning!
A brilliant bit on an always brilliant Substack about my new book and its unexpected AI mutant spawn. Read and subscribe I say.
Publish, and be Scammed
The rickety rise of the fake author biography
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The rickety rise of the fake author biography
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Publish, and be Scammed
Eyes down for the new meaninglessness
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June 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A brilliant bit on an always brilliant Substack about my new book and its unexpected AI mutant spawn. Read and subscribe I say.