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Hester Fox
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hesterbfox.bsky.social
I just saw a cover concept for A KINGDOM OF MIST AND MOURNING and I am in complete...it's just....it's utterly perfect.
October 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
UPDATE: Live feeds from several Global Sumud Flotilla ships are now *dropping* as several sources indicate Israeli ships are approaching the flotilla

The flotilla is carrying 500 volunteers from 45+ countries trying to break Israel's siege of Gaza & aid starving Palestinians
UPDATE: Live feeds from several Global Sumud Flotilla ships are now *dropping* as several sources indicate Israeli ships are approaching the flotilla The flotilla is carrying 500 volunteers from 45+ countries trying to break Israel's siege of Gaza & aid starving Palestinians
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
I’ve teamed up with some amazing authors to fundraise for four families in G/za. Direct aid is one of the most effective ways to help right now, as food, medicine, hygiene supplies, etc are prohibitively expensive.
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
A MAGIC DEEP & DROWNING ebook is currently on sale for $5.99 across platforms
September 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Did NetGalley change the formats and how you access arcs? I can't get them in my adobe digital editions library anymore 😩
September 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Trying out Bookbub's new author website service...anyone else use it and like it?
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Please see read the latest update from Mustafa's campaign. We've had a huge setback 😩
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Donate to Help evacuate Mustafa and his family to safety, organized by Hester Fox
I am fundraising on behalf of my dear friend Mustafa Hamida and his family. … Hester Fox needs your support for Help evacuate Mustafa and his family to safety
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September 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
If anyone is looking to give direct aid to a family in Gaza, my friend Mohammad is desperately trying to raise enough money to buy a bag of flour to help feed his family of 14. This is his GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-mo...
July 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Thank you so much for this lovely review Sherri 💙
July 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Beat the heat with a book (and air conditioning)! We've got the week's best below, feat. Lisa Jewell, @meganabbott.bsky.social, Amy Bloom, @robwhart.bsky.social, Leila Mottley, @davidlitt.bsky.social, @hesterbfox.bsky.social, @christinahillsberg.bsky.social, and more! #books #BookSky
Best New Books: Week of 6/24/25
Lisa Jewell, Megan Abbott, Amy Bloom, Rob Hart, Leila Mottley, David Litt, and more.
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June 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
Read this horrifying testimony from Israel's massacre of people just trying to get food:
Mansour Sami Abdi, a father of four, described the chaos: "People fought over five pallets. They told us to take food—then they fired from every direction. I ran 200 metres before realising I’d been shot. This isn’t aid. It’s a lie. Are we supposed to go get food for our kids and die?" “I was shot at 3:10am. As we were trapped, I bled constantly until 5:00am. There were many other men with me. One of them tried to get me out. He was shot in the head and died on my chest. We had gone there for nothing but food — just to survive, like everyone else”. Mohammad Daghmeh, 24, a displaced person in Al-Qarara, Khan Younis.
June 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Israel is implementing its final solution in Gaza, slaughtering hundreds of starving Palestinians in a matter of days. U.S. media must name what is happening: genocide. Anything less is shameful. @apnews.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com @axios.com @reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Books to read for this moment in time. Have you read any of these?
May 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Still a few days left to enter to win a finished copy of my gender-flipped The Little Mermaid retelling set in the Dutch golden age:

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
Three days left to enter for a chance to win an advanced copy of A MAGIC DEEP & DROWNING

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
A Magic Deep and Drowning
Holland, 1650. One fine spring day in Friesland, twenty…
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April 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
Mahmoud Khalil was a breaking point, the vertex of so many contradictions.

Now, Mohsen Mahdawi presents one more chance for all of us in this country to look at each other, and to know this is not what we choose to be part of.

There is nothing to be done in this moment except everything.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Apr 14
The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawi’s First Amendment rights, the Rubio Determination and Mr. Mahdawi’s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawi’s statutory rights and due process rights. PARTIES 8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Master’s program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (“SIPA”), to begin in the fall of 2025. After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States. 22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association and led it for two years. 23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (“Dar”) at Columbia University which “serves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and identity.” Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to Palestine. Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and kill his best friend in the West Bank. 27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully. …and a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all. 25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who made an antisemitic comment, chanting “shame on him”. Mr. Mahdawi stated that “we are against 2:25-cv-00389 Document 1 Filed 04/14/25 Page 6 of 19 7 antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator
April 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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March 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
All seven of mine. When I brought this to my agent's attention last year, I was told there's nothing we can do.
March 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
If you do one thing today to fight fascism, make it signing this letter and spreading the word:

actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
March 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
A MAGIC DEEP & DROWNING is now available on NetGalley for request

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A Magic Deep and Drowning
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March 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Huge thanks to @martharichart.bsky.social for posting this illustration. In support of the economic boycott on Friday, we will be donating 10% of that day's sales to the organization Unite Against Book Bans.
Martha Rich’s illustration of an orange rabbit on a teal background that shares information about the economic boycott happening on Friday, Feb 28th. Text on the image reads “ECONOMIC BOYCOTT. Don’t buy stuff Friday, Feb 28th. We have power. No Amazon, Walmart, Target, fast-food, gas. OK small business. Use cash.” Text below the image reads “in support of the boycott, Belmont Books is donating 10% of sales on Friday, Feb 28th to the organization Unite AGAINST BOOK BANS.”
February 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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smashfizzle.bsky.social
We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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ijeomaoluo.bsky.social
It is long past time to set aside our fear and access our outrage.

Please know that we can build something better than this.
When we talk about abolition, when we talk about systemic oppression, when we talk about revolution vs. harm reduction: this is what we’re talking about. We’re talking about systems that were never going to save us because they are too wed to oppression. We are talking about representatives that have never had any intention of representing us. We’re talking about the foundations of fascism that have been long built and have only been strengthened in recent years by our desire for comfort over liberation. It is long past time to set aside our fear and access our outrage. Please know that we can build something better than this.
February 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
hesterbfox.bsky.social
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February 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM