Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human.
@brentvans.com
Canadian. Award-winning novelist. Husband. Dad. Son. Resister of GenAI and fascism. Deconstructed/Reconstructing Christian. Forge FC supporter. Human. He/Him.
I'm launching The Peace Thieves in #Ottawa at @thespanielstale.bsky.social tomorrow night! I'll be joined by my very special guest @conyerclayton.bsky.social, who'll read from their newest book of poetry. It's free, so I hope you can join us! RSVP here: bit.ly/4AkXmu0 @thistledownpress.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM
I'm launching The Peace Thieves in #Ottawa at @thespanielstale.bsky.social tomorrow night! I'll be joined by my very special guest @conyerclayton.bsky.social, who'll read from their newest book of poetry. It's free, so I hope you can join us! RSVP here: bit.ly/4AkXmu0 @thistledownpress.bsky.social
Hey, #Ottawa people! I'm so excited to Launch TPT at The @thespanielstale.bsky.social on Saturday, September 19 at 7:30pm. If you're planning to come (it's free), would you take a moment to RSVP here: thespanielstale.ca/events/58855.... See you soon! @thistledownpress.bsky.social #canlit #fiction
Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent van Staalduinen | The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore
Hintonburg's independendent bookstore, and Ottawa's proudest indie.
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September 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Hey, #Ottawa people! I'm so excited to Launch TPT at The @thespanielstale.bsky.social on Saturday, September 19 at 7:30pm. If you're planning to come (it's free), would you take a moment to RSVP here: thespanielstale.ca/events/58855.... See you soon! @thistledownpress.bsky.social #canlit #fiction
What's Drunk Fiction, you ask? Well, it's quite simply one of the most awesome and unique reading series around, and on September 29 I GET TO BE A PART OF IT and read from The Peace Thieves. (Yes, there'll be bevies.) #canlit #fiction #toronto @emilyweedon.bsky.social @thistledownpress.bsky.social
September 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
What's Drunk Fiction, you ask? Well, it's quite simply one of the most awesome and unique reading series around, and on September 29 I GET TO BE A PART OF IT and read from The Peace Thieves. (Yes, there'll be bevies.) #canlit #fiction #toronto @emilyweedon.bsky.social @thistledownpress.bsky.social
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August 26, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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The Peace Thieves by @brentvans.com, published by @thistledownpress.bsky.social, is about the search for peace during a civil war and through its long, complicated aftermath. youtu.be/xS-z_IF4FSI?... #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #Canlit #canadianliterature #fiction #canadianfiction
Reading: The Peace Thieves by Brent van Staalduinen
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August 23, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The Peace Thieves by @brentvans.com, published by @thistledownpress.bsky.social, is about the search for peace during a civil war and through its long, complicated aftermath. youtu.be/xS-z_IF4FSI?... #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #Canlit #canadianliterature #fiction #canadianfiction
This is going to be awesome!
Please join us to celebrate the Ottawa launch of THE PEACE THIEVES by Brent van Staalduinen (@brentvans.com)! Conyer Clayton will be guest reading from their upcoming poetry collection, THE LAKE-SHAPED EXCUSE.
📅 Saturday, September 19, 2026
🕖 7:30 pm
📍The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, Ottawa, ON.
📅 Saturday, September 19, 2026
🕖 7:30 pm
📍The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, Ottawa, ON.
August 20, 2026 at 10:46 AM
This is going to be awesome!
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Hey, #Ottawa friends! In a month or so (Sept 19), I'll be launching my newest novel The Peace Thieves, with my special guest @conyerclayton.bsky.social, at the @thespanielstale.bsky.social. Books! Readings! Prizes! Refreshments! Hope to see you there! @thistledownpress.bsky.social #canlit #fiction
August 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Hey, #Ottawa friends! In a month or so (Sept 19), I'll be launching my newest novel The Peace Thieves, with my special guest @conyerclayton.bsky.social, at the @thespanielstale.bsky.social. Books! Readings! Prizes! Refreshments! Hope to see you there! @thistledownpress.bsky.social #canlit #fiction
I would like to apologize to my TDCH students from 2002-2004: no one deserves to be assaulted by the miasmic breath of a teacher who willingly drinks staff room coffee, much less curdled with the abomination that is CoffeeMate. I am truly sorry. You needed me to be better, and I simply wasn't.
Vadivelu & Logesh: Bus Yawn Reaction
ALT: Vadivelu & Logesh: Bus Yawn Reaction
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August 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I would like to apologize to my TDCH students from 2002-2004: no one deserves to be assaulted by the miasmic breath of a teacher who willingly drinks staff room coffee, much less curdled with the abomination that is CoffeeMate. I am truly sorry. You needed me to be better, and I simply wasn't.
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It's now been confirmed that this summer will be the hottest on record.
For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations.
For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations.
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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August 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
It's now been confirmed that this summer will be the hottest on record.
For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations.
For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations.
GenAI products aren't merely online tools: they're built from the stolen art of human creatives. I'll be deleting/blocking AI users, and I'm boycotting businesses that use it, too. Human art and creativity are under attack, but we can do a few small things to fight back. #fuckai #supporthumans
August 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
GenAI products aren't merely online tools: they're built from the stolen art of human creatives. I'll be deleting/blocking AI users, and I'm boycotting businesses that use it, too. Human art and creativity are under attack, but we can do a few small things to fight back. #fuckai #supporthumans
Another sermon on John 14:15 with no mention of service as the manifestation of keeping the commands of Jesus. Every. Freaking. Time.
August 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Another sermon on John 14:15 with no mention of service as the manifestation of keeping the commands of Jesus. Every. Freaking. Time.
What I want to say to songwriters of almost every new P&W song we have to endure in church: “At no point in your rambling, incoherent lyrics were you even close to anything that could be considered a unique or rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.” #church
Baby Facepalm Reaction
ALT: Baby Facepalm Reaction
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August 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
What I want to say to songwriters of almost every new P&W song we have to endure in church: “At no point in your rambling, incoherent lyrics were you even close to anything that could be considered a unique or rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.” #church
It’s a 5-Monarch emergence and release day! #butterfly #monarch
August 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
It’s a 5-Monarch emergence and release day! #butterfly #monarch
It’s getting harder and harder to watch period television and movies because of all the plastic surgery on display: just switched off a show where a certain middle-aged someone was walking Victorian London sporting breast implants, duck lips, and an utterly wrinkle-absent forehead.
Cookie Monster Facepalm
ALT: Cookie Monster Facepalm
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August 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
It’s getting harder and harder to watch period television and movies because of all the plastic surgery on display: just switched off a show where a certain middle-aged someone was walking Victorian London sporting breast implants, duck lips, and an utterly wrinkle-absent forehead.
If your website doesn't have a simple, "Reject All" option for cookies and you force people into multiple clicks to unselect certain options, you're being an online a-hole.
Decline Denied
ALT: Decline Denied
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August 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
If your website doesn't have a simple, "Reject All" option for cookies and you force people into multiple clicks to unselect certain options, you're being an online a-hole.
Grateful to @deborahkalb.bsky.social for the chance to dig into the backrooms of my inspiration for my new novel! #canlit #fction
Q&A with Brent van Staalduinen about his new novel, THE PEACE THIEVES.
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July 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Grateful to @deborahkalb.bsky.social for the chance to dig into the backrooms of my inspiration for my new novel! #canlit #fction
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Q&A with Brent van Staalduinen about his new novel, THE PEACE THIEVES.
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July 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Q&A with Brent van Staalduinen about his new novel, THE PEACE THIEVES.
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July 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM
July 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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The July 16 Drunk Fiction Extravaganza at Toronto's Caledonian is a #CanLit celebration with an emerging writers reading contest, author performances, book promo/pr panels, publishing industry speed dates & more! 4pm-9pm. Tickets @ door or EventBrite.❤️📚 www.eventbrite.ca/e/drunk-fict...
![Drunk fiction Extravaganza July 16 Doors 3:30 The Caledonian,
856 College St, Toronto Hosted by Emily Weedon
Schedule
4pm MIC CONTROL
Judges Russell Smith and Rod Carley coach emerging writers for readings
Winner gets a Photo Sesh with David Leyes!
4pm INDUSTRY SPEED DATES
Marc Cote PUBLISHER
HEATHER PUBLICITY
HOLLAY Publicity
Randall Perry EDITOR/OCTOBER EDITIONS
Chris Houston PUBLICITY
5pm SOCIAL MEDIA SHIT AUTHORS HAVE TO DO: PANEL
Rod Carley
Heather Wood
Hollay Ghadery
Emily Weedon
5pm INDUSTRY SPEED DATES
Rebbeca Eckler
Chris Houston
Kathryn Willms AGENT
Randall Perry
Marc Cote PUBLISHER
THANKS to ANOTHER STORY BOOKSHOP, DAVID LEYES, Heather Wood BOOK PUBLICITY, The
IDEA SHOP, Coach House Books, October Park Editions, River Street Writing, The Right Factory, Cormorant Books
6pm ANOTHER ROUND FOR MY FRIENDS
Saad Farooqi
Tyson Stewart
Catherine Black
Christine Fisher Guy
Hollay Ghadery
7pm The Gentle Art of Getting Anyone to Give a F &K About Your Book:
PANEL Russell Smith, Chris Houston, Chris Reed, Heather Moderator
8pm LAST CALL
Kirti Bhadresa
Antonio Michael Downing
Kate Cayley
Michael Redhill
Anuja Vargese
[IMAGES OF MULTIPLE BOOK COVERS]
[3 book covers from Cormorant Books]
In Crow's Field by Judith Thompson
The Breakwater by Leslie Shimotakahara
The Return of the Nish by Tyson Stewart
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July 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The July 16 Drunk Fiction Extravaganza at Toronto's Caledonian is a #CanLit celebration with an emerging writers reading contest, author performances, book promo/pr panels, publishing industry speed dates & more! 4pm-9pm. Tickets @ door or EventBrite.❤️📚 www.eventbrite.ca/e/drunk-fict...
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It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
July 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
Many, many good potatoes died so I could enjoy this #WorldCup2026. #damnyoulays
July 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Many, many good potatoes died so I could enjoy this #WorldCup2026. #damnyoulays
Just spoke with Mitch for 20 minutes in his hospital room. The entire #USMNT was there, too, battered by the trauma of their R16 game and on life support. We talked about whether it was possible to resuscitate their #worldcup dreams, but compassionate Mitch had the staff turn off all their machines.
July 8, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Just spoke with Mitch for 20 minutes in his hospital room. The entire #USMNT was there, too, battered by the trauma of their R16 game and on life support. We talked about whether it was possible to resuscitate their #worldcup dreams, but compassionate Mitch had the staff turn off all their machines.
July 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM