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Adib Khorram
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Award-winning best selling author of books for all ages. Next: IT HAD TO BE HIM (adult romance), TEA IS LOVE (picture book), ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS (young adult). adibkhorram.com 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇷 he/him
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 24d
oh what's that? a goodreads giveaway of my next YA?
Book giveaway for One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram Sep 15-Oct 13, 2025
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 15-Oct 13, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an advance galley of ONE WORD, SIX LETTE...
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 4h
love when the outdoors smells like sewage...great times...
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 6h
“while we cannot accept, it is not too late for them to call for the release of detained Saudi activists,” said Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch.... (good to put the reasons why into perspective like this.)
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 6h
whew

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Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival
Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
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Fierce Reads @fiercereads.bsky.social · 9h
Starting local is the first step to fighting for your freedom to read, but it can be a daunting process. Here are some ways to work it into your own life! #BannedBooksWeek

Why You Should Get Involved with Local Organizations, & How to do it:
Donate Your Time Plenty of groups are doing the work to fight back against book bans at a state and local level Florida Freedom to Read or the Texas Freedom to Read Project are two examples. Attend Meetings Attend local school board and library board meetings. Being informed is the best way to protest book banning and so attending and speaking up at community meetings are vital for making change. Donate Money Donating money helps these state and local organizations continue to fight for the freedom to read. Even a small amount of support goes a long way to the continuation of these organizations. Join the Fight Join your local Friends of the Library group. These groups are important in advocating for literacy, library funding, and many other issues but they are also a great place to meet other lovers of the library!
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The Gaily Show @thegailyshow.org · 12h
New reporting from @jakewittich.bsky.social on ICE actions in Chicago: They're manufacturing a crisis.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/sKp5Lnl...

Read: windycitytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 12h
It's Murderbot time! I'm back with a discussion of Artificial Condition and everyone's favorite Asshole Research Transport.
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Martha Wells Book Club: Artificial Condition - Reactor
When we last left our grumpy SecUnit, it had ditched the PresAux team and set out for the great beyond...
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 12h
Book censorship in schools has reached a new apex, becoming a routine and expected part of school operations, particularly in states like Texas, which recorded 1,781 total bans in the 2024-25 school year.

Read more at: pen.org/report/the-n... #bannedbooksweek @txfreedomread.bsky.social
Promotional poster for Banned Books Week 2025, featuring a map of Texas filled with book covers, titled 'State of School Book Bans - Texas '25'. Includes logos for PEN America and Texas Freedom to Read. Graphic showing book bans in the 2024-2025 school year, with 26% of U.S. bans occurring in Texas school districts. Includes an image of stacked books with various titles, some showing signs of wear. Logo of PEN America displayed in the top right corner. An informational graphic about Texas House Bill 900, detailing its introduction, focus on restrictive content around sex-related standards in schools, and the vague definition of "sexually-explicit" leading to many books being removed from school libraries. The background features an image of the Texas State Capitol building. Logos for PEN America and Texas Freedom to Read are present in the upper right corner. Infographic titled 'Most banned books in Texas by district' listing various books including 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi, 'More Happy Than Not' by Adam Silvera, 'Nineteen Minutes' by Jodi Picoult, 'Sold' by Patricia McCormick, 'The Diary of Erin McVicker' by Erin McVicker, and 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess. Each book cover is displayed with a note that these are banned in 5 districts. Logo of PEN America and Texas Freedom to Read included at the top.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 18h
I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...
The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise
The road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. For years we’ve been told that the censorious Left is a serious threat to free speech. If Simon & Schuster cancels one book because the pu…
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Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social · 12h
had a nerdy emo convo with the amazing @cmtapper.bsky.social for the @niemanstoryboard.org podcast. we got into journeys of self-worth, my lifelong journaling practice, stories within stories, editing, as well as Sade, Whitney, SZA, and the power of the word, "I" niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/09/d...
Danyel Smith on developing taste as a writer and building confidence to tell your own story - Nieman Storyboard
The award-winning journalist, author, and producer shares lessons from across many forms and genres — from running Vibe magazine to writing her memoir, “Shine Bright”
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 12h
YOU GET STICKERS?!?!?!
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404 Media @404media.co · 14h
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 14h
what is your most favorite and least favorite part about dentistry?
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d
Hey Texas! Or people with friends or family in Texas!

Dr. Strong taught us at @authorsabb.bsky.social how to get involved in school board elections.

If you care about books bans you have to care about school boards. Dr. Strong is one of the best people to look to for example in this.
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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 1d
It's finally ready! October's most anticipated release, w/ the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl, is The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Elections. If you hate book bans, read this to know who to vote for and who to campaign against! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections
The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Tuesday, November 4...
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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 1d
This x1000!

No one is coming to save us from this. We need to do the work!

Use this week to get educated about the issue and to find likeminded people in your community to hold one another accountable going forward.

Need a guide to get you started?

www.freedomtoreadproject.org/turning_the_...
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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 1d
You should support trans authors for many reasons, but one is that trans authors are doing things with their stories that aren't being done in cis mainstream books, including taking old tropes & examining them in new, unique ways. So if you're bored with what the big 5 are constantly pushing...
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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22
On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"

So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 1d
also!!! have so much fun, so excited to see all the love for ANGELICA!!!
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 1d
trung you missed an opportunity to draw yourself flying a rheaird
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 1d
What's that what's that look who's at lucky number 150 this week!
A screen capture of the UDA TODAY Bestseller list. #150. It Had To Be Him, by Khorram, Adib. An image of the cover: Two men stroll arm in arm, with illustrations of Milan landmarks, on a pink background. Text to the right reads: Heartstopper meets Eat Pray Love in this swoony, spicy, second-chance romance from USA Today bestselling author Adib Khorram about two former classmates... Genre: Romance - Romantic Comedy, Own Voices Published: September 02, 2025 Previous Rank: n/a Buy at Bookshop.org. Other Booksellers.
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 1d
I'll be talking about ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS tomorrow. Tune in if you like!
School Library Journal Day of Dialog Fall 2025
Join us October 9th for SLJ Day of Dialog—fully virtual and free to attend! Our daylong program of author panels, in-depth conversations, and keynote talks will leave you informed, inspired, and enter...
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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · 1d
Who's ready for @slj.com's Fall Day of Dialog! Join these authors and many more to hear about new books, get advanced copies, and all sorts of other goodies! Find out more at link below.
SLJ Fall Day of Dialog 2025 - Penguin Classroom Portal
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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The Gaily Show @thegailyshow.org · 1d
@adibkhorram.bsky.social: It's my civic duty to tell queer stories.

Adib, we thank you for your service! 🫡
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Adib Khorram: It's my civic duty to tell queer stories
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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 1d
If you're celebrating International Lesbian Day, can I recommend doing so with Noelle Northwood, the fat dapper butch dreamboat from Season of Love?
Bonus! The book starts right after Sukkot. It's seasonal!
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Season of Love
Check out Season of Love - <b>An <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> Best Holiday Romance of 2022</b> <br><b>A <i>BookPage</i> Best Holiday Romance of 2022</b> <br><b>A PopSugar Best Holiday Romance of 2022</...
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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d
hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 1d
JUST GORGEOUS
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Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 2d
🎇 PREORDER BONUS ALERT! 🎇

If you order SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social by 11/15, you'll receive a dust jacket inspired by old-school romances, with gorgeous new artwork by @lenikauffman.bsky.social and lots more '80s-inspired fun!

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The graphic has a peachy-pink background and shows the dust jacket for Olivia Dade's SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE. The dust jacket features a naked, hot, fat man on one knee embracing a pretty fat woman, whose hair flows out behind hair and whose suit jacket is falling off her shoulder.
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