Deena 🇵🇸 دينا
@deenahelm.bsky.social
author • palestinian • she/her • rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social
OUR CUT OF SALT by @deenashanker.bsky.social. 'three generations of palestinian women must put the haunting of their ancestral home to rest, before the secrets of the past drown them all' us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
had such a great time at comic con especially seeing the new buckaroos trotting out their debut horror novels. i wanted to highlight THREE NEW NIGHTFIRE AUTHORS with horror novels to preorder, @deenahelm.bsky.social @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social and @mathildazeller.bsky.social. here are their books:
nothing like proving love in san diego at comic con. what a beautiful weekend @mattdinniman.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social @michaelvarrati.bsky.social @lloydkaufman.bsky.social @mathildazeller.bsky.social @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social @ceejthemoment.bsky.social
the buckaroos at @torbooks.bsky.social know how to throw a dang party. heres to the worlds greatest authors @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @mattdinniman.bsky.social @mathildazeller.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social and @isabel.kim WHAT A TROT
Hmm what is Piper reading today? Oh, it’s Our Cut of Salt by @deenahelm.bsky.social, a literary thriller about generational trauma in the Palestinian diaspora out in September from @tornightfire.bsky.social! Great taste, Piper 📚💙
THIS. People who believe in “climate havens” really are just looking for an excuse to tut tut why people have to live in THAT place, they should just not do that, they should live somewhere safer— There is no safer. We are all connected.
ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 3w agothere are NO and i repeat NO “Climate Havens”
'I am Noor, a terrified mother in the hell of Gaza. My husband is injured...I...desperately need just $150...to buy immediate food...to keep my family alive through the next few days. Please, do not turn your back on my children's cries. Any small amount...is a matter of life or death for us.'
My three children are starving and my family is suffering. Please help us.
My name is Nour Albatish, a sociologist from Gaza, and my husband, Mohammed, is an optometrist. Before the war, we worked hard to build a stable and loving life for our family.
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Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 4w ago'Urgent: An injured husband, 3 starving children, and a broken mother need $500 to survive 💔😭...We're going to go hungry today. Please help me, I'm suffocating. We need $100 a day and I've only managed to collect $10. I'm living in depression amidst my children's tears. Please help me.'
Goodreads giveaway!! Enter for a chance to win an ARC through 8/9 (US only) 🇵🇸 Enter here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Absolutely nuts to search my name in the San Diego Comic Con schedule and see all these events pop up 😭 anyway if you’re there come see me!!
Also lovely to see @saqibooks.bsky.social gorgeous anthology THE PALESTINIAN WEDDING on this list! Very beloved @ibraaz.bsky.social, I know that's it's been a wedding gift at least twice now!
Deena 🇵🇸 دينا@deenahelm.bsky.social · 4w agoSo excited and honored that Vogue Arabia included Our Cut of Salt on a list of Palestinian literature to read ♥️🇵🇸 www.voguearabia.com/article/book...
So excited and honored that Vogue Arabia included Our Cut of Salt on a list of Palestinian literature to read ♥️🇵🇸 www.voguearabia.com/article/book...
10 Books About Palestine You Need to Read in 2026
As TV news coverage of Palestine declines, reading Palestinian books has become more important than ever
voguearabia.com
Saleem Al-Ashqar, goalkeeper for Khadamat Khan Younis, was killed in the town of Al-Qarara in southern Gaza He was riding his bicycle to refill a gas cylinder for his home when the area came under heavy fire from an Israeli tank nearby, the Palestinian Football Association told The New Arab.
Put this one on your reading list.
Deena 🇵🇸 دينا@deenahelm.bsky.social · last mo.Um HELLO I have three WILDLY amazing blurbs from three even more incredible authors! This is what @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, and @indrapramitdas.bsky.social have to say about my book - a horror about a Palestinian haunted house 😭🩷 Preorders here :) linktr.ee/deenahelm
That is quite a long blurb on my part but OUR CUT OF SALT deserves it!
Deena 🇵🇸 دينا@deenahelm.bsky.social · last mo.Um HELLO I have three WILDLY amazing blurbs from three even more incredible authors! This is what @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, and @indrapramitdas.bsky.social have to say about my book - a horror about a Palestinian haunted house 😭🩷 Preorders here :) linktr.ee/deenahelm
Um HELLO I have three WILDLY amazing blurbs from three even more incredible authors! This is what @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, and @indrapramitdas.bsky.social have to say about my book - a horror about a Palestinian haunted house 😭🩷 Preorders here :) linktr.ee/deenahelm
It's already been a great year for horror, but there's still plenty to look forward to! @unstablebooks.bsky.social has picked out ten horror novels by BIPOC writers set to release this year that you won't want to miss: www.thefandomentals.com/anticipated-...
10 BIPOC Horror Books We Can't Wait To Read In 2026 - The Fandomentals
Abby breaks down ten novels by BIPOC authors set to release later this year
thefandomentals.com
if you like these things......I may have a book for you....... (it's Our Cut of Salt, my debut horror novel about a haunted house in Palestine)
Stokercon (& Dublin) book haul. Had to be conservative due to luggage space... or perhaps not. Feat. @mollymcghee.com, @hildur.bsky.social, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @deenahelm.bsky.social, @natcassidy.bsky.social and A. L. Sterling.
Three new blurbs from three INCREDIBLE authors!! It is so wildly vulnerable to put your book into the hands of authors you admire, let alone to have them come back with such amazing things to say 😭🩷
When you are Palestinian, or any marginalized identity, there is no easy ability to figure out if you want to “enter” occupation or discrimination. There is no door to step into. There is just reality. open.substack.com/pub/deenahel...
Now's your chance to read a galley of @deenahelm.bsky.social's OUR CUT OF SALT before its release on September 22! Head over to Goodreads to enter. There are only 50 copies available and the giveaway ends on May 31! #booksky
hello!! there is a goodreads giveaway for 50 copies of my debut novel, Our Cut of Salt, running until 5/31 (US only). you can enter here 🖤 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
@deenahelm.bsky.social's debut horror novel OUR CUT OF SALT is one of Book Riot's scariest of 2026! Preorder the terror now! buff.ly/kuBEUO2 #booksky
Tonight!!
Clay McLeod Chapman@claymcleod.bsky.social · 3mo agoTonight! Amy Jane Stewart (HEX HOUSE), Jen Julian (THE WINTER FOLK), Jennifer Givhan (THE SLEEPING SISTERS), C.N. Vair (THE DEVIL KNOWS HER NAME), and Deena Helm (OUR CUT OF SALT) join me for a gothic/folk horror-filled Fearmongers. Wednesday, April 29th at 6 PM/ET. Register via Zoom: bit.ly/3OChTas
hello friends, I've just made a substack/newsletter if you'd like to join❣️ substack.com/@deenahelm
Amal Khalil, a veteran Lebanese journalist, was killed in an Israeli strike. Khalil had been trapped beneath the rubble for seven hours, unable to be reached as Israeli attacks prevented emergency services reaching her. Khalil is now being mourned across Lebanon for decades of fearless reporting:
AHH!! @BookRiot named Our Cut of Salt one of the scariest horror books of 2026!!! bookriot.com/scariest-hor...
