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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW!
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Trans Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (queernorm Persian-inspired slice-of-life novella; finalist for IAFA Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy awards) & THE GLADE (queer bipoc+ MG mushroom horror). Newsletter at NaseemWrites.Kit.Com/join
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LOL at this auto-generation
A screenshot showing the "SHAME" gif from Game of Thrones, but the alt text generated by Bluesky says, "a woman in a hijab says shame in front of a crowd of people."
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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hehehehehe
a screenshot of the likes, retweets, comments section, which has two comments and 69 likes
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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I've donated a bunch of books for @sandraproudman.bsky.social's latest #Kidlit4Ceasefire fundraiser!!

plz ignore the line about my linktree bc it is not in my bio but here it is: linktree.com/naseemjamnia

directly to the auction: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
A pink and yellow image for the We the People Summer Fundraiser, which specifies: August 18 through 27th, to benefit KidLit For Ceasefire and immigrant and trans rights. A QR code is included, but so is a website: 32auction.com/WeThePeopleSummerAuction There are covers and amounts available for each of The Glade (x5 hardcovers, x2 annotated ARCs), The Bruising of Qilwa (x1 annotated ARC, last one!), and the special edition of Qilwa (x1, one of three) as well.
August 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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In case you were wondering what EYE presented on!
Naseem, a light skinned nonbinary West Asian person wearing mushroom dungarees, stands in front of a TV which says, “Why Titanic is not just a great but one of the greatest movies of all time.”
August 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The worst thing about having food sensitivities is that I LOVE baking and now have to relearn. I was never big on cake before but now that I can’t eat it, I want it! So this was a great pre-birthday present from my folks 😭😭
A set of five funfetti cake pops on a silver bag. One of them is facing the camera and says vegan/gluten free
August 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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It's nearing the end of Pride, so I should do some advertising or something:

THE BRUISING OF QILWA: adult fantasy queer/transnorm novella; all queer cast; aroace enby MC

"Break Through Our Skin" in THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST: YA horror; enby MC

THE GLADE: MG horror; all queer kiddos; aro MC
Naseem, a light-skinned West Asian person with brown hair pulled back, blue-rimmed glasses, and a turquoise nose stud, props their chin on a stack of their books: The Bruising of Qilwa, The White Guy Dies First, and The Glade. They're baring their upper teeth in a silly expression.
June 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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THIS SATURDAY, I am teaming up with @thistle-nightshade.bsky.social for our first SUMMER READING SHINDIG!! This event is for kids, tweens, and teens, and is absolutely free!

Several local authors will be there, and I'm lucky enough to be featured with THE GLADE! Come hang from 10-1 on Saturday!!
An post for the Summer Reading Shindig at Thistle & Nightshade. It says, "This Saturday, June 28, Summer Reading Shindig: For kids, tweens, and teens, featuring local authors, arts and crafts, games, and more! BYO chairs and blankets." It includes Thistle & Nightshade's address (5365 Mae Anne, #A38), the time (10am-1pm), and the website (thistle-nightshade.com). The image itself is of watercolor stars and clouds and brown hands hold up a green book.
June 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Well, well, well, what's this? A panel at this weekend's Bay Area Book Fest, you say? It's true!! Catch my dork ass and four superstar colleagues of color—Zetta Elliot, Gloria Huang, Avione Lee, and Sistah Scifi founder Isis Asare —talking about the worlds on our pages and in our heads!
A flyer for "Fantastical Worlds and Beings," a panel on Saturday, May 31, at 11am in the Berkley Public Library Teen Room, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkley. Each of the four panelists—Zetta Elliot, Gloria Huang, Naseem Jamnia, and Avione Lee—have their headshots and the cover of their book. The moderator, Isis Asare, also has a headshot. The flyer has the Bay Area Book Festival logo and information and emphasizes free admission.
May 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Yesterday was release day for THE GLADE!! I'm so proud of this book and so happy it'll be in the hands of kids. I hope the ones who need it find it.

I still have physical ARCs if any reviewers/educators/librarians would like them!!
Naseem sits at a table reading The Glade with a smile. They're a light skinned West Asian with curly brown hair and blue highlights, a nose ring, and tattoos visible. On the black tablecloth are colored pens, bookmarks, some flyers, cupcakes, and a table. Naseem sits at a table holding up The Glade with a smile. They're a light skinned West Asian with curly brown hair and blue highlights, a nose ring, and tattoos visible. In the background is a colorful couch. In the corner of the picture is a basket of flowers.
May 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Yay that's me!! THE BRUISING OF QILWA is an adult slice-of-life fantasy novella set in a Persian-inspired secondary world; my story "Break Through Our Skin" in THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST examines body horror from a trans perspective; and THE GLADE (out on TUESDAY!) is my MG horror debut!
The cover of The Glade by Naseem Jamnia, which shows an Iranian American tween in a blue-purple hoodie standing in the middle of an eerie green mushroom forest, hair whipping around her, her fist clenched. The cover of THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST: 13 SCARY STORIES OF FEAR AND POWER, edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker. A teal skull with a shadow like a screaming face sits between the title, written in yellow, on a neon pink background. The cover of THE BRUISING OF QILWA by Naseem Jamnia, which shows a cream and golden city with red-capped houses rising up from a red sea. A yellow hand drips blood over the title. Red vines swirl around the purple background.
May 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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per @maggietokudahall.bsky.social
The cover of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, but it says "If you give a fascist anything"
May 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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BOOK LAUNCH BOOK LAUNCH AT @theradicalcat.bsky.social AT WEEK FROM TODAY

FRIDAY, MAY 16
6PM

COME CELEBRATE A QUEER BIPOC MG MUSHROOM HORROR WITH MEEEEEE

#Reno #BookLaunch #NorthernNevada #Booksky
A busy flyer that says, “Join the book launch event for The Glade at the Radical Cat: Friday, May 16, 6pm. Free and open to the public. The middle grade horror debut of local award-winning author Naseem Jamnia, in conversation with 4x poetry slam champion and local educator Griffin Peralta.” On the side of the image it says, “Books will be available for purchasing and signing.” There is a picture of Naseem holding a copy of The Glade and another of Griffin performing into a microphone. Drawn mushroom images are everywhere. The Heretics’ Workshop logo is at the top. A hand holds up a copy of The Glade by Naseem Jamnia, with the other hand flashing a peace sign. The text over the image says, “Join the book launch event for The Glade at the Radical Cat: Friday, May 16, 6pm. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing. The middle grade horror debut of local award-winning author Naseem Jamnia, in conversation with 4x poetry slam champion and local educator Griffin Peralta.” The Heretics’ Workshop logo is in the corner.
May 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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HELLO MY QUEER BIPOC MIDDLE GRADE MUSHROOM HORROR MANIFESTING AS A SPIDER HORROR DEBUT COMES OUT ON MAY 27TH

IT FOLLOWS AN ANXIOUS AUTISTIC SCIENCE-Y IRANIAN AMERICAN TWEEN WHO DISCOVERS A CLEARING IN HER WOODSY SUMMER CAMP WHERE DREAMS & NIGHTMARES COME TO LIFE & THREATENS HER BESTIE
An image that says, “What’s in The Glade? (out May 27 from S&S!)” and arrows pointing to various texts around the image. These are: anxious and autistic Iranian American MC whose special interest is plants; racialized, neurodivergent, and queer cast of misfits with “atypical” families; age-appropriate discussions of anxiety, mental illness, trauma, and feeling/being othered; BIG best friend feels; Minnesota- and Midwest-isms; fungal (mushroom) horror; summer camp with secrets; creepy and incorrect nursery rhymes; creepy “kid” and disembodied voices; creepy nature and giant spiders.” In the middle is a picture in profile of the author, Naseem Jamnia, a nonbinary West Asian (Iranian diaspora) person with curly brown hair with blue highlights, wearing a black coat, red scarf, and sunglasses, reading a paperback advanced readers copy of THE GLADE, with pine leaves crossing in front of the photo. The cover of the book has a tween in a blue-purple hoodie standing in an eerie green mushroom forest.
May 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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IN ONE MONTH my middle grade horror debut THE GLADE will be out in the world!

Utterly terrifying!! Emotionally, I mean. Here is the incredible preorder incentive art I will be handing out/can mail to YOU! Art by @kaizmos.bsky.social!
A watercolor-esque image for THE GLADE, where four kids fight giant spiders in the titular Glade. The kids are on the left, in order from front to back: Jo, turning into a turtle bear; Pina, controlling vines and plants as she grows them; Eddy, a warrior princess with a magic staff; Arish, a space spy with a laser gun. The spiders come from the right. They’re in a forest with mushrooms rising in the distance.
April 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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every author and their mother* is gonna ask you to preorder for the b&n sale and alas i am among them

*agent

btw the link is NOT in my bio, i don't think i can do links in bios on bluesky and i was too lazy to make a new image, but it is in this thread
An image that says, “What’s in The Glade? (updated!)” with a picture of a pair of hands, one holding a copy of the book, the other flashing a peace sign, and arrows pointing to various texts around the image. These are: anxious and autistic Iranian American MC whose special interest is plants; racialized, neurodivergent, and queer cast of misfits with “atypical” families; age-appropriate discussions of anxiety, mental illness, trauma, and feeling/being othered; BIG best friend feels; Minnesota- and Midwest-isms; fungal (mushroom) horror; summer camp with secrets; creepy and incorrect nursery rhymes; creepy “kid” and disembodied voices; creepy nature and giant spiders.” Over the picture, it says, “preorder at Barnes & Noble by April 25 with code PREORDER25 (or preorder from your local indie on April 26 for Indie Bookstore Day).” A post that says "Also... If you want a NetGalley widget for an ARC of The Glade (no approval necessary), sign up for my newsletter (link in bio)." It has a cascade of aromantic, nonbinary, bisexual, and pansexual flags with a speech bubble that says, "The queer rep is sorta subtle (except the nonbinary & aro rep) but they are all brown queer ND baby gremlins." Another speech bubble beside it says, “The ND and mental illness rep is NOT subtle but it’s also not named, just explored.” Under the cover of THE GLADE it says, "Just a heads up (especially for Filipino readers and Tagalog speakers) that Jo's code words (and Pina's understanding of them) have shifted in the final version to be more linguistically accurate." The post itself has a green background (a transparent overlay of The Glade cover) and writing in black and blue.
April 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Catch me and @dc-corvino.bsky.social talking TONIGHT at 6pm PST about @hereticsworkshop.bsky.social, writing, the importance of working on craft, writing during fascism and genocide, and very likely my latest hyperfixation @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social!

Join us at: www.youtube.com/@joshgauthie...
A starry background image that says "Writers and Readers Livestream with guests D.C. Corvino and Naseem Jamnia. Thursday, April 17th, 9:00pm EST/6:00pm PST, Live on YouTube with Josh Gauthier, YouTube.com/@JoshGauthier83." Headshots of the authors are included.
April 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM