Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human.
@brentvans.com
Canadian. Award-winning, bestselling novelist (brentvans.com), Husband. Dad. Son. Resister of fascism. Deconstructed/Reconstructing Christian. Forge FC supporter. Human. He/Him.
I would honestly be elated. Fart walks are my jam. (Alternatively: I'd be deflated, and fart walks allow me to un-jam.) #everyonedoesit
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I would honestly be elated. Fart walks are my jam. (Alternatively: I'd be deflated, and fart walks allow me to un-jam.) #everyonedoesit
#Carney gives master class on how to smother nascent flames of #Alberta secessionism: green-lighting a pipeline to carry oil that will get pumped anyhow (fossil fuels aren't dead yet) & letting DS claim it as a win. Also a nod to centrist environmentalists: better a #pipeline than trains and trucks.
a white cat is wearing glasses and a pink collar
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November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#Carney gives master class on how to smother nascent flames of #Alberta secessionism: green-lighting a pipeline to carry oil that will get pumped anyhow (fossil fuels aren't dead yet) & letting DS claim it as a win. Also a nod to centrist environmentalists: better a #pipeline than trains and trucks.
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I hate the trope in stories where someone is a bad dad and husband but he does ONE heroic thing and is a big hero and everything is fine.
Like there probably won't be a big moment where you fight a dragon or a terrorist.
Go to your kids recital and learn their allergy list.
Like there probably won't be a big moment where you fight a dragon or a terrorist.
Go to your kids recital and learn their allergy list.
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I hate the trope in stories where someone is a bad dad and husband but he does ONE heroic thing and is a big hero and everything is fine.
Like there probably won't be a big moment where you fight a dragon or a terrorist.
Go to your kids recital and learn their allergy list.
Like there probably won't be a big moment where you fight a dragon or a terrorist.
Go to your kids recital and learn their allergy list.
Gotta say I love the #InterTorontoFC branding: clean, contemporary, and represents the spirit of where the owners want to go far better than YU's anachronistic shield logo that clashed with the team's youth and setting. It's my new league fave. If only my beloved #ForgeFC would do the same! #canpl
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Gotta say I love the #InterTorontoFC branding: clean, contemporary, and represents the spirit of where the owners want to go far better than YU's anachronistic shield logo that clashed with the team's youth and setting. It's my new league fave. If only my beloved #ForgeFC would do the same! #canpl
See also: tragic distraction from the Epstein files.
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
See also: tragic distraction from the Epstein files.
500 more armed, jumpy, unnecessary troops in DC. What could possibly go wrong?
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
500 more armed, jumpy, unnecessary troops in DC. What could possibly go wrong?
Sure, Carney isn't perfect. But ask me how glad I am that PPhands isn't our prime minister. Let me count the ways...
a man wearing a wig and headphones giving the middle finger
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sure, Carney isn't perfect. But ask me how glad I am that PPhands isn't our prime minister. Let me count the ways...
Abandoned another awardish novel that felt like the writer 1) had a checklist of socially-acceptable elements to include, and 2) couldn't resist having the narrator tell me the meaning of certain cultural references & why everyone needs to know them. No, I'm not giving specifics. #writebynumber
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Abandoned another awardish novel that felt like the writer 1) had a checklist of socially-acceptable elements to include, and 2) couldn't resist having the narrator tell me the meaning of certain cultural references & why everyone needs to know them. No, I'm not giving specifics. #writebynumber
I have never met a good cup of church basement coffee, which tends to adhere to the code that dark roast, cheap beans, and stronger brews are always better. #nope
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I have never met a good cup of church basement coffee, which tends to adhere to the code that dark roast, cheap beans, and stronger brews are always better. #nope
I hate typing with my thumbs, so I love the idea of voice dictation for texts and online social posting. However, could someone please educate the brains behind the curtain about what commas actually do and not to insert one every time I pause to think or take a breath? #punctuationmatters
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I hate typing with my thumbs, so I love the idea of voice dictation for texts and online social posting. However, could someone please educate the brains behind the curtain about what commas actually do and not to insert one every time I pause to think or take a breath? #punctuationmatters
My 9yo, who loves music and is singing all the time (like it's breathing), asked me what #heavymetal was, and boy oh boy did I enjoy taking her through some classics. Hair and head-banging are now in her vocabulary, and I feel like a good dad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My 9yo, who loves music and is singing all the time (like it's breathing), asked me what #heavymetal was, and boy oh boy did I enjoy taking her through some classics. Hair and head-banging are now in her vocabulary, and I feel like a good dad.
I'd be enormously grateful if you'd take a moment to preorder THE PEACE THIEVES (out in June). Preorders are so important because they tell my publisher and the industry that this work is valued. Thanks! Preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/where-... #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
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Purchase links for books by award-winning and best-selling author Brent van Staalduinen.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'd be enormously grateful if you'd take a moment to preorder THE PEACE THIEVES (out in June). Preorders are so important because they tell my publisher and the industry that this work is valued. Thanks! Preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/where-... #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
THE PEACE THIEVES, my sixth book of fiction, will drop in June, and I keep asking myself—as I've occasionally done throughout my 25yo writing career—if this will be the one that will finally make me an overnight success. #booksky
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
THE PEACE THIEVES, my sixth book of fiction, will drop in June, and I keep asking myself—as I've occasionally done throughout my 25yo writing career—if this will be the one that will finally make me an overnight success. #booksky
Hey, looking for more #canpl scuttlebutt about some oddness happening at #ValourFC. Anyone out there in #CanadianPremierLeague land who can contribute? www.reddit.com/r/CanadianPL...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hey, looking for more #canpl scuttlebutt about some oddness happening at #ValourFC. Anyone out there in #CanadianPremierLeague land who can contribute? www.reddit.com/r/CanadianPL...
I remember because forgetting is the unforgivable sin. I speak up because many are not given the chance to speak. I remember so my children will remember. I speak up to drown out the hateful voices of those who have forgotten the faces and sacrifices of their ancestors. #lestweforget #remembrance
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I remember because forgetting is the unforgivable sin. I speak up because many are not given the chance to speak. I remember so my children will remember. I speak up to drown out the hateful voices of those who have forgotten the faces and sacrifices of their ancestors. #lestweforget #remembrance
TFW your 12yo decides she would like to do something to mark the day. #lestweforget
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
TFW your 12yo decides she would like to do something to mark the day. #lestweforget
We are viral. #canpl www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Atlético Ottawa’s ‘icicle kick’ lights up blizzard-hit Canadian Premier League final
David Rodríguez scored acrobatic equalizer and chipped winner in an iconic game in which play was stopped every 15 minutes for snow removal
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We are viral. #canpl www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
#lestweforget is quickly becoming #shitweforgot.
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#lestweforget is quickly becoming #shitweforgot.
That magical time of year where scores of White, privileged capitalists send token gifts to needy people of colour in other places (who they’ll never think about again) and then gather in churches to congratulate each other on their “Christian” generosity.
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That magical time of year where scores of White, privileged capitalists send token gifts to needy people of colour in other places (who they’ll never think about again) and then gather in churches to congratulate each other on their “Christian” generosity.
Overheard: “they just make me so, so tired.” About what and to whom were they referring to? Wrong answers only.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Overheard: “they just make me so, so tired.” About what and to whom were they referring to? Wrong answers only.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel
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welcome to America, where the idea that kids should have food gets you labeled some kind of communist
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
welcome to America, where the idea that kids should have food gets you labeled some kind of communist
By denying everyone but the military, he’s driving hungry people to recruiting centres to swell the ranks. Whatever could he be contemplating when he dreams of a larger, desperate military…?!
a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his eyes closed and his hands on his wrists .
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October 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
By denying everyone but the military, he’s driving hungry people to recruiting centres to swell the ranks. Whatever could he be contemplating when he dreams of a larger, desperate military…?!