No donations for 6 days. Please share & give to help Heba's family survive Israel's continuing genocide. They've been left homeless, starving, & sick as winter rains flood the camps. They urgently need shelter, healthcare, & food:

an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most

The New Arab (@thenewarab.bsky.social) included Our Cut of Salt for their 2026 most anticipated releases 🇵🇸 if you want to preorder your copy (which helps tell publishers that you want more Palestinian stories!!), you can do so here: linktr.ee/deenahelm

this is up for preorder now :) if you want a palestinian haunted house that fights against its occupiers, preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm

Weekend read is here: OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm. Thank you @kristintemple.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social

Gaza saw its first major rainfall of the season today. Within minutes, people were submerged and tents holding families and children flooded. This is slow death. There is no justification for why proper shelter that can withstand the elements is not being allowed in.

We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible. Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon! 📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!

New Yorkers! There’s a very real possibility Schumer & Gillibrand will throw trans people under the bus to help Trump & keep the government open. Call them & tell them no! Script below.

What does recognition of a Palestinian state mean when the material reality remains the same? Palestinians in Gaza are still suffering through a genocide; Palestinians in the West Bank are still under siege. Recognition is an empty gesture in the face of actual change

No but seriously where are the hundreds people that disappeared from the monstrosity of the so called “Alligator Alcatraz”? Why aren’t people talking about it? I can find very little and it’s from weeks ago! Are we at the disappearing phase of this horror?! www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

true, & this is because ethnic cleansing is genocide. "ethnic cleansing" was a term made up by serb ethnonationalists to justify the bosnian genocide/cover up the fact that they were committing genocide. they are one and the same

Help email, call, and pressure media to get this story out: tinyurl.com/FREETHOXHA

I am re-opening to queries for underrepresented/marginalized writers ONLY! If you think we’d be a good fit, feel free to use this link to query me: QueryTracker.net/query/AlexBr... I’ll try to stay open for at least a month! Can’t wait to read your work!!! 🥳

It’s official! @alcovepress.bsky.social is bringing HELLBOUND to a bookstore near you in Fall 2026!

This has started today - you can bid on over 380+ items now! I’ve donated three 30 page critiques but there are lots of other great items out there: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

Gaza is the graveyard of international law

anyone who has a platform based on making/eating food needs to be speaking on the manmade starvation in gaza + sudan. it feels dystopian to pass by recipe videos right after videos of people being starved

Congratulations to @deenahelm.bsky.social on the sale of her upmarket Palestinian horror novel, OUR CUT OF SALT, exploring generational trauma, grief, and the horrors of the Israeli occupation, out in September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!

As I said before: OMG

This sounds amazing and I can’t wait!!

YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY I had the absolute joy of reading the synopsis of this and it was mind-bogglingly good, I'm so excited to read the whole thing 💜

This one is straight to the books I really anticipate for 2026. Today, more than ever, we need Palestinian voices, and horror is one of those genres that allow for the best.

She's Publisher's Marketplace official! ♥️🇵🇸 If you're interested in book about a haunted house that fights back against its occupiers - and the three generations of Palestinian women who are bound to it - then look out September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!

Palestinians cannot eat statements made by politicians

SO EXCITED FOR DEENA!!! I can't wait to have this book in my hands 😍

Still feels so unreal to be published and working with the amazing @kristintemple.bsky.social 🔥 so grateful to have an editor that not only gets it, but really feels the heart of the book 🖤

🚨BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 I’m so incredibly excited to be working with Deena on her beautiful, angry, gut-wrenching debut. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

If you’ve ever wanted to read a book about a Palestinian haunted house that fights back against its occupiers—and the three generations of Palestinian women who are connected to it—then be on the lookout for Deena Helm’s debut! Coming to you in Sept 2026 from Tor Nightfire! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Rest In Peace to Philando Divall Castile who was taken from us by police on this day in 2016. (7/16/1983 - 7/6/2016).

I know this isn't really the point rn but it makes me so incredibly emotional to see entire crowds chanting for Palestine with their full chests

‘In Gaza’s literary landscape of 2024, razed by bombs and haunted by silence, Voices of Resilience: Diaries of Genocide does not merely appear; it emerges like a siren from the wreckage.’ Alaa Alqaisi covers 4 new 🇵🇸 titles incl. VoR in Avery Review✍️ averyreview.com/issues/72/fr...

Disappearing Population: A newly released analysis hosted on the Harvard Dataverse has brought troubling clarity to Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. The report, authored by Israeli academic Yaakov Garb, estimates that nearly 377,000 Palestinians remain unaccounted for since the genocide began in 2023.

My God! "'Squid Games' style arenas" Sunday in Gaza Strip: imemc.org/article/sund...

Yaman was born to the sound of bombs instead of lullabies. A child who has known nothing but cold and hunger—he needs only milk and diapers. Let us be the warmth of this world for him, before cruelty takes him as it has taken so many before. www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...

How cheap middle eastern blood is to these soulless ghouls, how much blood they have on their hands

Let's be clear- the United States killed Iranians tonight. Not just "nuclear facilities." Human beings.

They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days. But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼

eSIMs are super vital for Palestinians in Gaza to stay connected + share what’s happening, they cost like $20-40, and they’re really really easy to buy and donate. Take this as your sign to donate one now

🔊 Finally, some 2025 BREAKING NEWS that doesn't give me anxiety! 🔊 I'm absolutely THRILLED to share that I am now represented by the amazing Alex Brown (@alexbrownwrites.bsky.social) at Mad Woman Literary! I'm beyond excited to work with Alex, and I truly couldn't have asked for a fiercer champion.

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

Cover art by Jen White Johnson rep.club/products/if-...

It’s weird and cool how even though you can come up with an outline, a story will naturally follow its own path and you're just along for the ride

Y'all like querying stats, right? Also hey, I started a substack 🎉 chezzawrites.substack.com/p/querying-s...

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