Nathan Whitlock
@nathanwhitlock.bsky.social
Author, professor, podcaster, drummer, dad.
www.nathanwhitlock.ca/
www.nathanwhitlock.ca/
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Reminder that there are nearly 150 episodes of the WHAT HAPPENED NEXT podcast out there. In-depth + fun interviews with Canadian authors about their weird careers and what happens long before and long after a book comes out.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
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WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reminder that there are nearly 150 episodes of the WHAT HAPPENED NEXT podcast out there. In-depth + fun interviews with Canadian authors about their weird careers and what happens long before and long after a book comes out.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
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Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Reminder that there are nearly 150 episodes of the WHAT HAPPENED NEXT podcast out there. In-depth + fun interviews with Canadian authors about their weird careers and what happens long before and long after a book comes out.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reminder that there are nearly 150 episodes of the WHAT HAPPENED NEXT podcast out there. In-depth + fun interviews with Canadian authors about their weird careers and what happens long before and long after a book comes out.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by
@thewalrus.ca
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
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Author Su Chang does not do public-facing events to support her first novel because of fears of how the Chinese government might react to the issues and history it explores.
@thewalrus.ca
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Listen to our conversation:
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Su Chang
Podcast Episode · What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books · 03/11/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Author Su Chang does not do public-facing events to support her first novel because of fears of how the Chinese government might react to the issues and history it explores.
@thewalrus.ca
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Listen to our conversation:
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A taste of that essay and the diaries:
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A taste of that essay and the diaries:
LOL (lots of love)
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
LOL (lots of love)
Focus on aroma, flavour, mouthfeel, and how quickly they help you get a buzz on while the dogs try to hump each other.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Focus on aroma, flavour, mouthfeel, and how quickly they help you get a buzz on while the dogs try to hump each other.
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I've seen dozens of videos of Zohran Mamdani being asked for his favourite bodega food.
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I've seen dozens of videos of Zohran Mamdani being asked for his favourite bodega food.
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
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Helen Garner's collected diaries just won the 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction. Here's my NYRB essay about the first two volumes. (Paywall'd, but easily found online if you have a library card.)
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Misbehaving Like Adults | Nathan Whitlock
Making new friends as an adult can be difficult. During a time when almost any social interaction not conducted via webcam was a potential super-spreader
www.nybooks.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Helen Garner's collected diaries just won the 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction. Here's my NYRB essay about the first two volumes. (Paywall'd, but easily found online if you have a library card.)
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
A taste of that essay and the diaries:
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A taste of that essay and the diaries:
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(Rushes to the mic)
"Chicken Samosas!"
"Chicken Samosas!"
I've seen dozens of videos of Zohran Mamdani being asked for his favourite bodega food.
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
(Rushes to the mic)
"Chicken Samosas!"
"Chicken Samosas!"
I've seen dozens of videos of Zohran Mamdani being asked for his favourite bodega food.
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I've seen dozens of videos of Zohran Mamdani being asked for his favourite bodega food.
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
In Toronto, that question would be "what do you buy at the Metro to eat at your desk?"
Helen Garner's collected diaries just won the 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction. Here's my NYRB essay about the first two volumes. (Paywall'd, but easily found online if you have a library card.)
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Misbehaving Like Adults | Nathan Whitlock
Making new friends as an adult can be difficult. During a time when almost any social interaction not conducted via webcam was a potential super-spreader
www.nybooks.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Helen Garner's collected diaries just won the 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction. Here's my NYRB essay about the first two volumes. (Paywall'd, but easily found online if you have a library card.)
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Author Su Chang does not do public-facing events to support her first novel because of fears of how the Chinese government might react to the issues and history it explores.
@thewalrus.ca
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Listen to our conversation:
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/s...
@thewalrus.ca
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Listen to our conversation:
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/s...
Su Chang
Podcast Episode · What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books · 03/11/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Author Su Chang does not do public-facing events to support her first novel because of fears of how the Chinese government might react to the issues and history it explores.
@thewalrus.ca
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Listen to our conversation:
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/s...
@thewalrus.ca
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Listen to our conversation:
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/s...
This is more self-explanatory.
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is more self-explanatory.
Trying to decide if this is a typo or a description of what happened.
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trying to decide if this is a typo or a description of what happened.
Tweens have no exes or former classmates they want to feel superior to.
Tween referred to Facebook as site for “old religious people”
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Tweens have no exes or former classmates they want to feel superior to.
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Really loved getting to chat with @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social about my book, and where I'm at with the two (?) new books I'm working on now
“I was a very insular kid. I didn't talk for a long time—which is funny for me now, as a person that talks too much—but music was kind of my way of relating to a world that I didn't fully understand." – @nikostratis.com
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Niko Stratis
Podcast Episode · What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books · 27/10/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Really loved getting to chat with @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social about my book, and where I'm at with the two (?) new books I'm working on now
“I was a very insular kid. I didn't talk for a long time—which is funny for me now, as a person that talks too much—but music was kind of my way of relating to a world that I didn't fully understand." – @nikostratis.com
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/n...
Niko Stratis
Podcast Episode · What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books · 27/10/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“I was a very insular kid. I didn't talk for a long time—which is funny for me now, as a person that talks too much—but music was kind of my way of relating to a world that I didn't fully understand." – @nikostratis.com
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/n...
The TIFA-Humber Masterclasses are happening this week on the U of T Campus.
Tickets are still available at festivalofauthors.ca
(I coordinated these classes with the help of Alissa York and the people at TIFA, on behalf of the Humber School for Writers.)
Tickets are still available at festivalofauthors.ca
(I coordinated these classes with the help of Alissa York and the people at TIFA, on behalf of the Humber School for Writers.)
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The TIFA-Humber Masterclasses are happening this week on the U of T Campus.
Tickets are still available at festivalofauthors.ca
(I coordinated these classes with the help of Alissa York and the people at TIFA, on behalf of the Humber School for Writers.)
Tickets are still available at festivalofauthors.ca
(I coordinated these classes with the help of Alissa York and the people at TIFA, on behalf of the Humber School for Writers.)
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People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
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Thought I'd found the coolest Halloween decoration ever in east-end Hamilton.
Turns out, it's just very cool foliage.
Turns out, it's just very cool foliage.
October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thought I'd found the coolest Halloween decoration ever in east-end Hamilton.
Turns out, it's just very cool foliage.
Turns out, it's just very cool foliage.
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Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode, which contains some sh*t talk about online Wilco fans.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
@nikostratis.com
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
@nikostratis.com
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode, which contains some sh*t talk about online Wilco fans.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
@nikostratis.com
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
@nikostratis.com
Find it at all the podcast places.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...