Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7hThe latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax. 29394202
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 11hBabe 😭 (Genuinely, read this right now. It's excellent.) 522351
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 20hRepost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only) 210
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 21hMost TV is just this now. 14961141718
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 30/09/2026Can't believe he dropped the ball like that 5375
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor 03581758
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 221143903634
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Soon it'll be selling the kidneys of people who don't even know they have an account 010
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm theoretically supervising a sick child today. Don't worry, it's just a cold—but it could progress to a mental illness, since I'm letting him binge-watch The Simpsons. It's PG-rated and I've seen it all before, but every episode has at least one joke that's way more adult than I remember. 010
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Canberra friends: Dan "The Rook" O'Malley is interviewing @freyamarske.bsky.social tomorrow night about her new fantasy novel, Bodies of Light. I have no official (or even unofficial) role, but I'll be there—want to join me? events.humanitix.com/freya-marske...events.humanitix.comFreya Marske In Conversation with Dan O’MalleyJoin us at Harry Hartog Tugeranong on 1st October at 6pm as we welcome Freya Marske who will be In Conversation with Dan O’Malley on her latest book! 030
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Jeff Popple @murdermayhem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some great crime fiction titles arriving Xmas: here are my picks @michaelconnelly.bsky.social @michaelrobotham.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social @shelleyburr.bsky.social @jackheathwriter.bsky.social @carterwilsonauthor.bsky.social etc #crimefiction murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/forecast-fri...murdermayhemandlongdogs.comFORECAST FRIDAY: THE BEST NEW RELEASES OCTOBER – DECEMBER 20262026 has already seen some terrific crime and thriller releases, including top notch books from William Boyd, Tim Ayliffe and Jordan Harper to name a few (see below). However, there are still plent… 141
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026According to @novlr.org, I've had an above-average day, an above-average week AND an above-average month! 🥳 232
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If y'all will tolerate some quiet bragging, my new book APPEARS to be sold out less than 3 weeks after its release, and I am tentatively excited 😁 000
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I write purely for the love of it. ❤️ But some other authors (not me) are motivated by laziness and ego. 🧵 111
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Long shot, but does anyone know a bookshop in Australia or NZ whose name begins with the letter X? I'd like to add it to this piece before I send it out in my newsletter: jackheath.novlr.site/blog/i-writejackheath.novlr.siteI write purely for the love of it. | Jack Heath 🖊️But some other authors (not me) are driven by laziness and ego. 000
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This week Historians At The Movies looks at the history of tabletop gaming and very vivid imaginations. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, September 6 at 8pm eastern for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES. Keep #HATM rolling a nat 20 by sharing and we'll see you soon! 1010227
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just remembered that the whole reason I logged in six hours ago was to post this, here you go 000
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 04/09/202610. For most of the others, they wake up one day and discover that it’s over and that the decision is absolute. 1873
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Logan Pine @loganpine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I miss my Super team. I miss being a Superhero. I miss our handout missions and helping folks on the ground. I *don't* miss wearing that heavy steel helmet. That was a bad choice. (I promise red guy isn't a Klansman and he changed his costume after someone called him a Klansman that day) 001
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I watched Obsession last night. Holy shit. That's a hell of a film. Great version of an old trope, proving again that great writing is more than simply ideas. And Inde Navarrette's performance is out of this world. 3271
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I recently realised that one of my favourite tropes is "self-entitled people get their comeuppance". In fiction and non-fiction. In films and series. In life. Actually, in everything. 49415
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I don't know if I qualify as high profile but Alan Baxter is awesome and you should read his books 130
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Christ, tell me you're a sociopath without telling me you're a sociopath 100
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026What's your favourite Bible verse? Wrong answers only. 010
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 19/08/2026There is a certain type of person out there consumed with rage because somebody somewhere might be getting something they don't "deserve", whether that's accommodation or help or money. They'd rather everybody suffer than one person get one thing that they might not be entitled to. 2727
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Hello from the business lounge! 💺 One of my quirks (okay, flaws) is how easily I'm thrilled by luxury. I love room service. I love really fluffy towels, especially if they're folded into a fun shape. I love seatwarmers in cars, even though they make me feel a bit like I peed my pants. 🧵 110
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Describe your music taste with only three artists. No genres allowed. Rose Betts Maisie Peters Holly Humberstone 010
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I know wordplay is just a way of hacking my brain to make things seem profound, but I can't help but like this 000
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026amazing article 124102552485
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I've been looking at my deadlines, and it seems like I need to write about 3000 words per day over the next two months. Any pointers? 310
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Dunno if this counts as a hot take, because I was just quoting polling data, but in the lead-up to the Australian Voice to Parliament referendum, I said 80% of First Nations people intended to vote Yes, so I would too. 🧵 120
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Writer friends, what's the best way to handle a career pivot? My last few books for adults have been whodunnits, but the next one is more of an action thriller. How do I find new readers without losing the old ones? 🛳️🔫🔪👃🔥🦈 362
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Productivity Commission on the GST changes Scott Morrison did to try to win WA: "The 2018 reforms were expected to cost the Australian Government about $5 billion by 2024–25, but have ended up costing almost $23 billion" Just 360% blowout. Thanks Scotty. 1720561
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout 159115362684
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I wanted to update my author bio before Choppy Water comes out, so I asked a Large Language Model to estimate how many books I'd sold. It came back with 16.5 million copies, which I knew was wrong, because I wasn't in a private plane with a mouthful of caviar. 🧵 110
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I'm at the Kimberley Writers Festival in Kununurra, and I'm having an awesome time... but today we went on a river cruise and I think I saw Gina Rhinehart in the distance! 130
Reposted by jackheathwriter 📚The Unseen Library @theunseenlibrary.bsky.social · 25/07/2026For this week's Waiting on Wednesday I highlight an awesome sounding upcoming Australian murder mystery, Choppy Water by @jackheathwriter.bsky.social. An intriguing read from one of my favourite Australian authors, Chopp Water is going to be fun. unseenlibrary.com/2026/07/25/w...unseenlibrary.comWaiting on Wednesday – Choppy Water by Jack HeathWelcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy. Stay tuned t… 112
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The Kimberley Writers Festival is INCREDIBLE so far. I'm on next, and Richard Glover is going to be a very, very hard act to follow. (Feel free to watch the live stream,though!) www.facebook.com/share/v/1DzL...facebook.com 010
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I woke up in the middle of the night with a get-rich-quick scheme in my head, and I thought you wouldn't want to miss out. I'm afraid it only works in Australia, though. Sorry, pals elsewhere! I'll make you rich some other way. Here's what you do: 110
jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Sometimes I imagine someone inventing a self-driving car which goes ten times faster than a normal car but often arrives at the wrong destination and sometimes kills pedestrians on the way and consumes 1000 times as much fuel and is made entirely out of bits stolen from other cars and 3152
