Regular reminder to stock & shelve Palestinian literature for young ppl, from picture books like Sitti's Bird (Malak Mattar) to middle grade like Susan Muaddi Darraj's "Farah Rocks" books & Sonia Nimr's "Thunderbird"s to YA like Sonia's "Wondrous Journeys" & Randa's "Does My Head Look Big In This."

did you know that september is library card signup month? @queerliblib.bsky.social is such a fantastic FREE resource www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members

Top reasons to get the ebook of House of Bone and Rain today: - Only $3.99 everywhere!!! - Creatures from beyond the reef - Friendship - Magic and monsters - Violence - Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬 - It hates fascism and colonialism www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

I am proud to be Black AF, A GenXer whose love languages are books, music and creating cultural moments. Black AF History is essential reading for ANYONE that knows that Black History IS American History. Find a copy, read it and share the knowledge for generations to come! MamaK

Today's quick update [Sep 2]: - SAF drone strikes reported in Mellit, North Darfur; at least 13 civilians reported killed & 7 others injured; Mellit, which lies north of Elfashir, was taken over by the RSF in April 2024. - Clashes continue in Elfashir. #KeepEyesOnSudan

💸 Powerball ticket: $3. Odds of winning? 1 in 292.2 million. 📚 My book on Kindle: $2.99. Odds of enjoying it? Pretty high. Take a bet on a good story. 😉✨ #Booksky #IndieAuthor #ReadersWin #WhenPalomasVisit #KindleReaders

Now that it’s basically fall, all I want to read is horror books. But then also all Latine books. So I think I’m going to focus on Latine horror these next two months. 🤭 especially after going through the Charco Press catalog #booksky

Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.

Love this book so much! Always thinking about it a year later!

Before and during the Israeli genocide! Two scenes reveal the massive destruction caused by the Israeli genocide on Al-Rasheed Street in the Gaza Strip.

All through A Sky Full of Dragons, there is wonderful artwork created by the very talented artist Ayesha L. Rubio @ayeshalrubio_illustration (IG) This art is from Chapter 1 of Aunt Cauldroneyes, the magical hatmaker. If you swipe through the slides, you’ll read some tidbits about her. #fantasybooks

I would like to make another pitch that you support @hammerandhope.bsky.social by donating and becoming a member. They provide ESSENTIAL analysis to help us better understand the moment we are in. I am a donor/member: hammerandhope.org/membership

Today's quick update [Jul 30]: - Following RSF attack, SAF withdraw from Um Sameema, North Kordofan; town now in RSF control. - SAF aistrikes reported targeting RSF positions in Bara, Jabrat Alsheikh, and Um Siyala areas of North Kordofan. #KeepEyesOnSudan

LAST DAY TO DONATE IS 7/31! Spread the word and donate if you can! Critiques, AMA calls, commissions, mentorships, school visits, books, non-publishing items the list goes on! 💗

How Do I Leave the Prison of Gaza? "The world is small," they say. But Gaza taught me that the world is too big to be shaken by the small tragedies that happen here. Too big to care about a starving human being who only dreams of crossing a crossing.

New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.

This is the man who intervened and was rewarded with a broken jaw: (www.gofundme.com/f/Austinfath...)

It's infuriating but sadly not surprising that while I'm promoting an auction to benefit an LGBTQ charity founded by my friend (whom I met in Austin) a trans woman and her friends were assaulted at Barton Springs. These are the perpetrators (orange shorts, cowboy hat, and green shorts):

Angry? I got you. Seriously. Either one will do.

If you can help financially please do. @michaellaborn.bsky.social does so much for this community. Let’s show up for him. www.gofundme.com/f/aid-michae... Fundraiser for Michael LaBorn by Dominique Burleson : Aid Michael LaBorn in Overcoming Family Hardship

Top of mind - Boshra & Mohammad still need support. Please share or directly support if you’re able to ⬇️ They’re struggled severely last summer during the N Gaza siege, now, somehow.. it’s even more devastating.

Hello everyone 😅 I’m going to try to start posting on here again. It will heavily be focused on Gaza. There must be an end to the starvation. End to the siege.

maybe we haven't been clear enough over here... Sameer Project is running out of money.

Today's quick update [Apr 6]: - For the 11th consecutive day, RSF forces attack villages west of Jebel Awliya, Khartoum State. - Over 90 civilians have been reported killed in the last 10 days, with reports indicating death toll may have now surpassed 100. #KeepEyesOnSudan

We're finally at the halfway point! 🙌🏾😭 If you can contribute, please give, we're this young man's only remaining hope for treatment. Please help, and share widely. ❤️ #KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid #Sudan

We are trying to reach 1,000 pre-sales for Cry, Voidbringer. Which is a tall order! But doable! So do me a favor: (1) pre-order now. But also (2) spread the word! Thank you!! For a limited time only, you can pre-order for 15% with discount code: lovebooksellers 👇🏾 bookshop.org/a/87137/9781...

‘NO OTHER LAND’ co-director Hamdan Ballal has been freed and is headed home to reunite with his family. (https://deadline.com/2025/03/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-yuval-abraham-1236348655/)

Israeli forces arrested Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' in the occupied West Bank after settlers beat and injured him, according to his colleague

We should be well beyond the point where writers are still doing the old nod nod wink wink about us.

Pls extend your imagination beyond stories about Palestine that refuse to name Palestine or Palestinians.

Update as of 2:30pm: $309 USD has been raised!!! Thank you all so so much from the bottom of my heart. ♥️ This will give the Sehweil opportunity to leave. However, we’re trying to get in contact with them.. the connection has been horrible Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts.

Neurodivergent YA romance book rec of the day. A Palestinian-Canadian teenager, newly diagnosed with autism, navigates life and love at a new high school. Full of fun 90s references! Love this book by @jackiekhalilieh.bsky.social. 📚💙 #diversebooksky #neurodivergentcelebrationweek

NEW — 8 members of Congress are asking Marco Rubio for answers on the killing of American Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi. Blinken never responded to a similar letter. It's now been 194 days since Israeli forces killed her. Signed: Sens. Welch, Murray, Sanders, Merkley, Van Hollen Reps. Jayapal, Jacobs, Castro

People always ask how did normal people allow certain injustices when looking back on historical events. Now that we are living through such times, I wonder if people are taking note of how easily these events are accepted and then normalized. #News #FreeMahmoudKhalil

Update as of 9:20am CT $234 raised, only $66 left is needed! Please repost & consider sending $1-2 to one of the three options below, that’s it. Please don’t stand by - every action matters.

‼️URGENT ACTION NEEDED‼️ Help SAVE a family in Gaza! We need to raise at least $300 ASAP for transport to help evacuate them- this area will be/is extremely dangerous. Please consider sending even $1 or $2. www.paypal.com/paypalme/Alh... Cashapp $rocio6020 Venmo: @rocio_reads

Additional context on the evacuations & the Sehweil families situation: We may need to raise immediate funds to rent a vehicle or cart but I don’t know if that’s an option available right now. Waiting for update.

Update from the Sehweil family: They’re displaced in Beit Hanoun- the area where mandatory evacuations were issued today. They can’t leave. Nabil, the oldest member has had a brain injury since MAY ‘24. He cannot even stand for more than 5 mins. Please keep them in your prayers & thoughts

2/ Palestinian families awoke to horror. “We were sleeping when suddenly a volcano descended on my children’s heads,” said Muhammad al-Sakani, 42, speaking to Mondoweiss outside Gaza City's al-Ahli Arab Hospital. Families flooded hospitals carrying bodies of their loved ones.

🧵 Israel has resumed its genocide in Gaza. After weeks of systematically violating ceasefire agreements, Israel launched massive airstrikes across Gaza overnight, targeting homes, hospitals, and shelters for displaced civilians.

The gently placing down of a martyred baby on the hospital floor.. The tenderness in all of the horror.

The world has let Palestinians down in every way imaginable.

I’m listening to Palestinians in Gaza, they’re reporting families are in a state of shock. That they’re back in this reality again.