David Whitehouse
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Writer. Books called Saltwater Mansions, About a Son, Bed, Mobile Library and The Long Forgotten
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I fell down a rabbit hole, and then I wrote a book about it. Itâs called Saltwater Mansions and itâs out in June.
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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.
https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/phoenix-picks-up-exceptional-piece-of-creative-non-fiction-from-david-whitehouse
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A Christmas gift idea. I will come to your house on Christmas morning and read the entire thing aloud.
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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...
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Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis
Play for Todayâs 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-...
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/play-for-today-channel-5-b2863772.html
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I will be saying things to the brilliant
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in response to things she has said to me at Margate Book Festival on October 11th.
www.margatebookie.com/bookie-2025-...
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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...
https://www.margatebookie.com/bookie-2025-full-schedule/david-whitehouse-pahdt
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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.
4 months ago
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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.
4 months ago
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My book is 99p on Kindle at the moment, if thatâs the kind of thing that feeds your cat.
amzn.eu/d/875KsrE
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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
https://amzn.eu/d/875KsrE
4 months ago
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Even Iâm 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
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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,...
https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com/
4 months ago
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Talking about my book at Canterbury Waterstones tonight if that's your bag.
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www.waterstones.com/events/autho...
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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.
https://www.waterstones.com/events/author-talk-david-whitehouse-on-saltwater-mansions/canterbury-rose-lane
4 months ago
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Found some hardcore fawn in the woods.
5 months ago
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Iâve written a bit of TV. Itâs called Intruder and stars Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird. Itâll be on later in the year.
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
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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.
https://www.televisual.com/news/5-reveals-first-four-play-for-today-commissions/
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Iâve written a bit of TV. Itâs called Intruder and stars Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird. Itâll be on later in the year.
www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...
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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.
https://www.televisual.com/news/5-reveals-first-four-play-for-today-commissions/
5 months ago
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I wrote one of these.
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Channel 5 revives BBCâs Play for Today to âhelp shape future of British dramaâ
Series aims to follow original in tackling âthornier issuesâ, and to support talent from lower-income backgrounds
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/aug/17/channel-5-revives-bbc-play-for-today-new-series-dramas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Whatâs wrong babe? Youâve barely touched your Oasis live â25 Prosecco Supernova gourmet popcorn delicately infused with notes of apple and white blossom.
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Dr Lauren Padgett
5 months ago
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. đ
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Set phasers to self-promote, but I really loved this review of my book.
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5 months ago
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Simon Pearson
5 months ago
At just under 200 pages, Saltwater Mansions is the perfect short holiday read. Itâs a story about memory, the stories we tell, and a womanâs disappearance. 10/10.
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Simon Pearson
5 months ago
My review
anticapitalistmusings.com/2025/07/the-...
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The Woman Who Wasn't There - anti capitalist musings
A haunting review of Saltwater Mansions by David Whitehouse â a powerful exploration of disappearance, estrangement, and the lives that slip through Britainâs social cracks. Caroline Lane may be gone,...
https://anticapitalistmusings.com/2025/07/the-woman-who-wasnt-there/
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Nige Tassell
6 months ago
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
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My book just got a nice big review in The Times. Best review of book theyâve ever published? Impossible to say, itâs behind a paywall.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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The neighbour who vanished â a Margate mystery
In Saltwater Mansions, David Whitehouse chronicles his obsession with the true story of a local woman who disappeared without a trace
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/saltwater-mansions-woman-disappeared-other-untold-stories-david-whitehouse-review-tgrgc8pbh
6 months ago
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Joe McAlinden
6 months ago
This book arrived in Argyll today. Very much looking forward to it
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The Bee
7 months ago
Saltwater Mansions: The woman who disappeared and other untold stories is in Margate during the 2010s, unfolds against the backdrop of the townâs ongoing gentrification. Itâs also a moving memoir of Whitehouseâs father and his working-class upbringing in the Midlands.
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Dominic Nolan
7 months ago
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
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Jamie Klingler
7 months ago
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.
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Tonight! Air conditioning!
7 months ago
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A brilliant bit on an always brilliant Substack about my new book and its unexpected AI mutant spawn. Read and subscribe I say.
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7 months ago
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Rose Ruane
7 months ago
This book is absolutely incredible. If you enjoyed Birding, then I think you will love this
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Keri Warbis
7 months ago
Iâve just finished listening to this on Audible, narrated by the author. Itâs a tremendous, touching, true tale (all the âtâs thereâŠunplanned) very well told. (Ooops⊠another one). So very absorbing and thought provoking. I recommend that you give it a read or a listen.
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My new book, Saltwater Mansions, is out today. Itâs about how I fell down a rabbit hole, the extraordinary people I fell down it with, and why we fell down it in the first place. Please buy it if you like. Link below. Thank you.
geni.us/SaltwaterMan...
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SALTWATER MANSIONS, the new book from David Whitehouse
Available 12 June 2025 in hardback, ebook and audio
https://geni.us/SaltwaterMansions
7 months ago
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A lovely 5 star review of my book in The Telegraph.
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Wrote this in The Observer about my book, my dad and other stuff.
observer.co.uk/news/first-p...
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âShe helped me navigate my griefâ: David Whitehouse on lo...
After his father died, David Whitehouse regretted the things heâd never know about him, but unravelling the story of a stranger whoâd disappeared helpe...
https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/she-helped-me-navigate-my-grief-david-whitehouse-on-loss--and-a-vanishing-woman
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Tom Noble
7 months ago
Now THIS is a very good book indeed. It's moving, gripping and unlike anything else you'll read this year. Basically it's your classic Whitehouse read.
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My new book is now a physical thing. They look really great. Itâs a book about a woman who vanished, the people obsessed with finding her (including me), my dad, and the amazing stories in hidden lives. You can pre-order it here if you like please.
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Saltwater Mansions, by me, is named one of the best new books to read in June in this nice article that also claims I wrote About A Boy, which I didn't, regrettably.
inews.co.uk/culture/book...
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The best new books to read in June 2025
From unputdownable sagas to moving memoirs, here are 14 top releases to enjoy this month
https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/best-new-books-read-june-2025-3720331?srsltid=AfmBOop8bDo2m51TWtuJ4eXnLcP8QBwEFEJBEU0mrG01m9AuCxmUhjG0
7 months ago
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My book is out in two weeks. The self-promotional push! It begins!
8 months ago
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Recording my audiobook, cursing the genetics behind my fat tongue.
8 months ago
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Ryan Herman
8 months ago
A brilliant piece from
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in The Fence, featuring this gem âWho was Coventry Cityâs FA Cup-winning goalkeeper in 1987?â, âSteve Ogrizovicâ, sheâd respond, two words theyâd receive at a cost of a pound with their underpants a hammock between their knees.
@thefence.bsky.social
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The Fence
8 months ago
On September 11, 2001,
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was sexting hundreds of strangers.
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I wrote this about what I was doing on 9/11 (helping hundreds of terrified men achieve orgasm while pretending to be a nurse).
www.the-fence.com/hold-the-pho...
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Hold the Phone
Sadie was texting a stranger about the enthusiastic act of fellatio she intended to perform on him, when American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Sheâd spent theâŠ
https://www.the-fence.com/hold-the-phone/
8 months ago
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The Fence
8 months ago
Stop what you're doing and read this truly astonishing piece from
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www.the-fence.com/hold-the-phone
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Michael Holden
9 months ago
"Having spent a good part of the last five years moving between higher education and second hand bookshops, I did what a character in a video game based on me would resort to as a special move â I took a book off the shelf and looked it up."
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Some great writers have said nice things about my new book, and you can pre-order it here please.
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I've written a true story about how I spent 9/11 helping hundreds of terrified men to reach orgasm, in the new issue of The Fence.
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Jennie Godfrey
9 months ago
I loved David Whitehouse, About a Son, so was desperate to get my hands on his latest, coming in June, Saltwater Mansions, and it is just as beautiful. David writes with such empathy, and insight into the human condition, Iâd read his shopping list. @francescamain
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Really happy to see my book Saltwater Mansions on this knitted blanket of Juneâs best new non-fiction.
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10 months ago
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I love Dani Garavelli's writing and the things she writes about, so I am very happy about this. đ
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10 months ago
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Dani Garavelli
10 months ago
This is great. It interrogates our internet-fuelled need to solve mysteries while perversely trying to solve 1. It's also a testament to the way our untold stories - of grief, of love, of hope - shape our lives. Margate, with its decline/gentrification & Waste Land resonances, is the ideal setting.
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Really happy to see my book Saltwater Mansions on this knitted blanket of Juneâs best new non-fiction.
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Caroline Sanderson
10 months ago
My
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Titles Not to Miss for June in
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are by
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Barbara Demick
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Jay Griffiths
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Pria Anand
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Krystal Evans
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