Reposted by Jake DeanWill Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read. 9677181215
Reposted by Jake DeanJAS 🏳️⚧️ @jasthelass.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm hearing this for the first time 152973541
Reposted by Jake DeanRobert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Starting to think we really should have listened to the Tic Tac USA Twitter account more 8127880
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Got kicked out of my dads group because my pram is too woke 😞 000
Reposted by Jake DeanJohn Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Who cares about the corrupt failing Nobel prize for literature. Everyone knows that the FIFA prize for literature is the one that matters 1298
Reposted by Jake Deanjosh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 07/09/2025I saw The Blair Witch Project way too young and it made me afraid of projects 393928683
Reposted by Jake DeanAndrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Adelaide pals: seldom do we celebrate a Victorian, but we have to make an exception for Wayne Marshall's debut novel, Henry Goes Bush. Launching next Wed at Ern Malley. Free entry, just rock up, and don't worry: LOCALLY-sourced readings from yours truly, Alex Cothren & @jake-dean.bsky.social. 043
Reposted by Jake DeanMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Out now: Splinter Journal vol 5, with @roffwrites.bsky.social, Linda Atkins and many other luminaries! splinterjournal.comsplinterjournal.comSplinter JournalSplinter is a literary journal that is sharp and hard to ignore. 073
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 05/10/2026what a joke, this guy doesn't look suspicious at all 000
Reposted by Jake DeanMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A “night of literary mayhem” is being promised in Adelaide on Wednesday week! Includes a SA launch for Wayne Marshall’s debut novel, Henry Goes Bush, and some readings featuring @roffwrites.bsky.social, Alex Cothren & @jake-dean.bsky.social. Ominously I have a “special guest role” too, so: be there! 041
Reposted by Jake Dean"max" @ringworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026(guy who got in big trouble for putting foil in the microwave buying a fridge) does this one have any weird rules 013938
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026tf when the AFL season ends and you're forced to listen to books again 020
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The text is gonna need to be... at least 3 times bigger than this 130
Reposted by Jake Deanpaige @bonerwizard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We weren’t meant to see The Fonz like this 2422
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thanks mate yes it was good to connect with them we should’ve done it a bit more! I hope your writing is going well too :) 010
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Cheers Michael! I just foisted Griefdogg on a mate at work btw and the tractor gag made him laugh maniacally on a bus and everyone thought he was a freak 🤣 010
Reposted by Jake DeanMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Deal news! Always a pleasure to play a little hand in getting a fine early-career author into book form for the first time. @jake-dean.bsky.social's debut story collection Flat Spell will be appearing from Adelaide's Wakefield Press in mid-27! www.wakefieldpress.com.au/blog/2026/09...wakefieldpress.com.auANNOUNCEMENT: Wakefield Press acquires Jake Dean’s debut short story collectionWakefield Press is delighted to announce the acquisition of Australian and New Zealand rights to Jake Dean’s debut collection, Flat Spell, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Publication of Flat Spel… 2241
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Huge if true: my debut book will be published by Wakefield Press in 2027! www.wakefieldpress.com.au/blog/2026/09...wakefieldpress.com.auANNOUNCEMENT: Wakefield Press acquires Jake Dean’s debut short story collectionWakefield Press is delighted to announce the acquisition of Australian and New Zealand rights to Jake Dean’s debut collection, Flat Spell, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Publication of Flat Spel… 2123
Reposted by Jake DeanAndrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So, I have a lot of respect for @islandmag.bsky.social . And ordinarily, I welcome criticism of my work. But this piece contains several serious factual inaccuracies. Where does this Ferr-Fow joker get off? 😤 Read and decide for yourself: islandmag.com/current-issue 122
Reposted by Jake DeanCaustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I love Sigrid Nunez 3405
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 13/09/2026when I called you unhinged, i meant it in the rare sense, sorry bro 031
Reposted by Jake DeanGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The best thing about the British Lads is that a journalist tracked them down and asked what the deal was and they declined to comment. Just in it for the love of the game, and you love to see it. 27820
Reposted by Jake DeanJennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 31/08/20261. We don’t want it 2. They stole our stuff 3. Go away www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auAustralia risks missing out on AI economic boom due to 'slow' uptakeTreasury says Australia risks missing out on the economic benefits of AI unless businesses use beyond basic use and make bigger changes to how they operate. 2155
Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Excited to announce I got a new job! They said I don't even need to wear a mask and that 'your normal face will do just fine' 030
Reposted by Jake DeanAndrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Perfect opening sentence to a Ray Bradbury short story. 3553107
Reposted by Jake DeanJim Malo @maloism.com · 22/06/2026Maybe the funniest ad I've ever been served 811824
Reposted by Jake Deanjosh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 23/06/2026My orthopedist winced when i casually announced that i don't really care about my bones. "We care about our bones here" he said 522412
Reposted by Jake DeanMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Love in particular the shout-out to @jake-dean.bsky.social's wonderful story "Apocalypse, Then" here! Opening: "Think your luck is bad? Try this: I got a short story accepted by The New Yorker and then the world ended..." 275
Reposted by Jake DeanBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026If I were a coach I would occasionally say to the referees "You're right we did commit a foul there" instead of arguing all the time. This builds my credibility as an objective interlocutor in their minds 16144282
Reposted by Jake DeanJane O'Sullivan @sightlined.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Ok that was extraordinarily fun 052
