@jozebwrites.bsky.social
Writes blasting sci fi and fantasy. Dogsbody at Secret Bookshelf Carrickfergus. Consultant in all things management
@chadbourn.bsky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.socialAt some point, if we survive this, there will be a Dr Strangelove-style movie about how Trump and Putin almost destroyed the world because they were constantly being fed false information of impending success by terrified and cowardly underlings.
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialOn Sally Rooney - we are not an overly political shop but books have always been about freedom of thought and expression, and we support that. We are able to continue to stock Sally’s books, and we will continue to sell them. Jo and Chris
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialJesus wept
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialTook a nice family day today up to Glenarm :)
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialWas a fun day! Nearly recovered….
@mornawriter.bsky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.socialGood getting time to call into @jozebwrites.bsky.social on #indepedentbookshopday and indulge in some alfresco reading
@chadbourn.bsky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.social
@manishakrishnan.bsky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.socialNEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
@just-jack-1.bsky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.socialSchmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment.
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialHappy captain trips day!
@jozebwrites.bsky.social@jozebwrites.bsky.socialWas lovely to see you today!
@shezzat.eurosky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.socialIf you’re in the mood for some spooky season reading, @jozebwrites.bsky.social at The Secret Bookshelf in Carrickfergus can sort you out.
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialBenn would have been better kept on
@benansell.bsky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.socialGood thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing.
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialLooks the Norn Irish noble art of battening down the hatches will be commencing. Off for wine supplies as soon as….
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialThe start of the bookshop’s story - as Jo unpicks where our little books space began and how it grew.
Enjoy! (You should be able to click the link)
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialI haven’t noticed any management texts about it as yet - which is really what you’re looking for I think - but will keep an eye on listings
@lokideburca.bsky.socialReposted by @jozebwrites.bsky.socialWelcome to the UK. Fascist terrorists are called "activists" and anti-genocidal activists are called "terrorists".
@jozebwrites.bsky.socialWild lot of airline shenanigans at the moment….
