Instagram story viewer> @jessyzwu> Tagged

jessyzwu

@jessyzwu

undefined

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

BERRY WRITERS' FESTIVAL TICKET GIVEAWAY | Midlife, Money (& Muffins)
We’re giving away 3 double passes to one of our favourite sessions at this year’s @berrywritersfestival , and we’d love for you to be there.

Mel Browne @melbrowne.money (Dare to Be Wealthy) and New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth @sallyhepworth (Mad Mabel) sit down with former venture capitalist turned author Jessy Wu @jessyzwu (Good Intentions) for a plain spoken conversation about midlife money choices, particularly for women. How to correct past mistakes, how to set yourself up for a better tomorrow, and the fun that can come from investing in your own future.

Bring your questions. Bring a friend. Bring an open mind and make some notes.
Muffins and coffee are courtesy of the Berry General Store @theberrygeneralstore

📍 Berry Show Pavilion
🗓 Saturday 7 November, 10 to 11:30am

To enter:
- Follow Shorebreak Finance
- Like this post
- Comment below and tell us who you’d bring along

Three winners will be drawn on Friday 30 October. Good luck!

We’re proud to sponsor the Berry Writers’ Festival and help bring conversations like this one right here to Berry. After all, the best money conversations usually start with a coffee. ☕

Entries close 12noon Friday 30 October 2026.
Winners drawn at random and notified via your social media account. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Meta.
*
*
#BerryWritersFestival #BerryNSW #Shoalhaven #SouthCoastNSW #Giveaway #ShorebreakFinance

14

22

Thanks so much for having us last week @writingnsw! @lauren_chater_author, you were such a great host and asked such thoughtful questions. Always fun with my debut crew @g_orgias and @jessyzwu #authors #authorpanel #authorlife #writingnsw #debutcrew2026

81

13

❣️❣️BOOK MAIL❣️❣️

Such a beautiful array of books for you this Monday!!! I feel like there ABSOLUTELY has to be something for everyone here. ESPECIALLY amongst the mystery / thriller / horror fans. Just in time for spooky season ❣️👻

➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️ To learn more❣️

❤️Charlotte Cane
✨By: Susan Fox
✨Goodreads: 4.62⭐️ / 8 ratings
✨Pub date: 2/09/27

❤️The Family Friend
✨by: Claire Douglas
✨Goodreads: 3.93⭐️/10,732 ratings
✨Pub date: 3/2/27

❤️Don’t Let in the Cold
✨By: Keely Parrack
✨Goodreads: 4.13⭐️ / 13,105 ratings
✨Pub date: 09/06/22

❤️Good Intentions
✨By: Jessy Wu
✨Goodreads: 3.64⭐️ / 812 ratings
✨Pub date: 02/02/27

❤️Make Me Famous
✨by: Maud Ventura
✨Goodreads:
3.67⭐️/6,395 ratings
✨Pub date: 5/13/25

❤️Sleepers in the Snow
✨By: Joanne Harris
✨Goodreads: 3.68⭐️ / 59 ratings
✨Pub date: 10/08/26

❤️Jenny Will Eat You Now
✨By: Gillian Daniels
✨Goodreads: 3.88⭐️ / 178 ratings
✨Pub date: 09/29/26

QOTD : what #spooky or #scary #books do you recommend for this #october ??❤️👻

Thank you so so much to @sourcebooks , @pegasus_books , @mbc_books , @pegasuspublishers , @harpercollins , @gallerybooks , @harperperennial and @harperviabooks from the very bottom of my heart. Reviews to come of all on goodreads and the ones I love and recommend on here!

537

40

there’s always a thrill in recognising the location of a scene in the novel your reading, right? like you’re somehow closer to the characters in the story because you’ve walked the same streets or swum at the same beach. I’ll be chatting to @zeynabg , @jessyzwu , and @hannah_goldstein_writes about their experiences writing about Sydney at @therosereadbookshop in Summer Hill on 13 November. Hope to see you there! #whatsonsydney #literaryevents #sydneyevents

3

1

Six books I brought home from the @briswritersfest

One of my favourite things about a writers festival is hearing authors talk about their work. Sometimes they say something that makes you want to read a book you hadn’t considered.

Other times, you’re there because you already love their writing. And sometimes, a cover catches your eye.
These were my six picks. I’ve already read the Catherine Chidgey and Candice Fox books, and I’m looking forward to discovering the other four.

I’d left my copy of Redbelly Crossing at home, so naturally I bought another for Candice Fox to sign. A very good excuse to buy a great book twice.

16

3

The books have been coming in hot and heavy over the last couple of weeks. Check out this amazing line up! Thank you to the tagged publishers below for these gifted books. #berkleypub #berkleypartner

🔥Innocence Road by Laura Griffin
@berkleypub

🔥Doppelgänger by Sam Riviere
@catapult - out 10/20/26

🔥Good Intentions by Jessy Wu
@harperviabooks - out February 2027

🔥Not Today, Fascists by Jennifer Welch
@hanoversquarepress

🔥Charlotte Cane by Susan Fox
@harperbooks - out 2/9/27

🔥The Mad Widows by Scott Moore
@scoutpressbooks - out 3/9/27

🔥Nobody Deserves This by Andy Callahan
@celadonbooks - out 1/19/27

🔥The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

🔥Queen of Lombard Street by Lisa Kleypas

Which would you pick up first??

65

63

Another library haul! 💜

A few new additions to the TBR, plus a few familiar faces making a return because… 😂📚

Some of these books have already been borrowed once, but when you only get two weeks with certain books, sometimes a re-borrow is necessary! Clearly, I still fully intend to read them… eventually. 😂

Michael Robotham is here because there’s a rather embarrassing gap in my reading life where his books are concerned, and The Other Wife feels like a good place to start. And Mole Creek? That one comes courtesy of a recommendation from a lovely librarian, so naturally I had to bring it home!

Now, help me out, bookish friends: which of these six books should I prioritise first? 👀📖

#LibraryHaul #CurrentlyReading #TBRPile

730

18

I've got no idea why @jessyzwu has written a book like this but I suppose I'm weirdly flattered. Great book. Five stars. Highly recommend.

Read on for the 100% legit book jacket copy of SIANG INTENTIONS.

***

THE BIGGEST STORY WAS ALWAYS THE ONE ABOUT SIANG.

In the cramped basement office of their university newspaper, Jake and Nadia break a huge story that exposes a decade of institutional corruption. In the quieter hours, they also fall in love.

Then Nadia leaves.

A decade later, she returns from New York, once a fast-rising finance hotshot, now exiled after a deal gone wrong. Back in Sydney, Jake has forged a reputation as a crusading reporter whose by-line regularly brings down the rich and powerful.

Battlelines are drawn when they're each pulled into the orbit of a Miles Franklin-winning biotech visionary whose startup becomes Nadia's big break and the target of Jake's latest investigation. As old wounds flare, both must decide how far they'll go to come out on top.

Clear-eyed and taut, SIANG INTENTIONS asks if it is possible to be a siang person in a morally grey world, and what happens when someone you once loved with your whole heart threatens to topple everything you've built.

#sillybookstagram

#jessywu #goodintentions @macmillanaus

24

0

Happy LOVE YOUR BOOKSHOP DAY ON Day 2 @briswritersfest. First up a panel titled It’s the End of the World & They Know It starring @catherinechidgey (THE STARVING BRIDE), @_elainecastillo (MODERATION), @writesfiona (KILL YOUR BOOMERS) and @jessyzwu (GOOD INTENTIONS). Such diverse books, but an illuminating conversation. Followed this up with a panel I was excited for and it didn’t disappoint: The Art of the Essay with Andrew O’Hagan (ON FRIENDSHIPS), Melissa Lucashenko (NOT QUITE WHITE IN THE HEAD), Cameron Hurst (EXCLUSIVE! DISPATCHES FROM THE PARIS END) and Elaine Castillo (HOW TO READ NOW), a conversation skillfully curated by Carody Culver, that confirmed the essay is not even close to dead (as some might claim), certainly for me. A day made complete with a birthday celebratory wine (or two) with @dranitaheiss and a 2027 @bigissueaustralia calendar purchase. An all round glorious day @bris_powerhouse.

34

0

Thank you so much @macmillanaus for a review copy of Good Intentions. And thank you @jessyzwu for writing these cunning and beautiful people’s story. I loved every minute of it!

•••

#arcreview #bookreview #books #bookreviewer #booksta

12

3

Debut Crew - Review 25

Good Intentions, Jessy Wu
@jessyzwu

Part romance, part corporate thriller, this book asks what happens when two exes end up on different sides of the courtroom.

It’s for anyone tired of the corporate grind, looking for a way out.

Read it for the fight between idealism and economic reality, and to find out what’s left when we ask what really matters.

#bookstagramaustralia #minibookreview #debut #debutcrew2026

3

3

📣 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

Join me as I discuss the experience of writing about Sydney with @zeynabg @hannah_goldstein_writes and @jessyzwu at @therosereadbookshop

Why are we all so enamoured with the lawns of Sydney uni? What do you risk when naming a specific suburb? How do you obfuscate enough of the details of your own adolescent experiences while retaining the texture that makes them compelling to read? Let’s find out together!

Tickets just $10 or $45 with a copy of one of the books. I’ve read them and they’re all worth picking up! Link is in my bio ♥️

141

5