Tamara Kawar - تمارا
@tetrameter.bsky.social
literary agent 🏳️🌈 🍉
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Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
Huge congrats @suyidavies.com!! 🎉🎉🎉
The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Huge congrats @suyidavies.com!! 🎉🎉🎉
If I don't like your pitch, but you think your work could be right for me, please also feel free to query at the same link! #DVpit
Hi #DVpit, I'm so glad we're back! If I like your pitch please send in your query + first 20 pages or GN pitch or art portfolio at the following link:
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Query Tamara Kawar at DeFiore & Company
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October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If I don't like your pitch, but you think your work could be right for me, please also feel free to query at the same link! #DVpit
Hi #DVpit, I'm so glad we're back! If I like your pitch please send in your query + first 20 pages or GN pitch or art portfolio at the following link:
querytracker.net/query/tkawar...
querytracker.net/query/tkawar...
Query Tamara Kawar at DeFiore & Company
QueryTracker.net
October 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hi #DVpit, I'm so glad we're back! If I like your pitch please send in your query + first 20 pages or GN pitch or art portfolio at the following link:
querytracker.net/query/tkawar...
querytracker.net/query/tkawar...
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My sapphic figure skating graphic novel, Just Between Us, is debuting next year 🩷🩷🩷
October 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My sapphic figure skating graphic novel, Just Between Us, is debuting next year 🩷🩷🩷
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a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.
bask in the brilliance of this cover!
Look at our gal--so freshhh! The majesty, the jewellery, the braids. The authority, the defiance, the gaze. The casual step-on-me energy. Esheme hive, rise--this is our time!
September 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
bask in the brilliance of this cover!
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Welcome to the final reckoning.
SEASON OF THE SERPENT 🐍, the final book in The Nameless Republic trilogy, is out from Orbit Books in August 2026. Buckle up.
SEASON OF THE SERPENT 🐍, the final book in The Nameless Republic trilogy, is out from Orbit Books in August 2026. Buckle up.
September 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Welcome to the final reckoning.
SEASON OF THE SERPENT 🐍, the final book in The Nameless Republic trilogy, is out from Orbit Books in August 2026. Buckle up.
SEASON OF THE SERPENT 🐍, the final book in The Nameless Republic trilogy, is out from Orbit Books in August 2026. Buckle up.
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Now complete!
THE CROWNS OF ISHIA, @karinlow.bsky.social 's novella trilogy of indigenous dragonriders seeking to live in balance with the land, resist those that oppress them and find love and family on the frontier concludes in A COVENANT OF ICE.
Buy geni.us/ishia
THE CROWNS OF ISHIA, @karinlow.bsky.social 's novella trilogy of indigenous dragonriders seeking to live in balance with the land, resist those that oppress them and find love and family on the frontier concludes in A COVENANT OF ICE.
Buy geni.us/ishia
September 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Now complete!
THE CROWNS OF ISHIA, @karinlow.bsky.social 's novella trilogy of indigenous dragonriders seeking to live in balance with the land, resist those that oppress them and find love and family on the frontier concludes in A COVENANT OF ICE.
Buy geni.us/ishia
THE CROWNS OF ISHIA, @karinlow.bsky.social 's novella trilogy of indigenous dragonriders seeking to live in balance with the land, resist those that oppress them and find love and family on the frontier concludes in A COVENANT OF ICE.
Buy geni.us/ishia
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A Covenant of Ice is out today in North Am! It wasn’t written by AI in any way. The cover art is human made. My publisher & editor are cool beans. @solarisbooks.bsky.social
If you want to support art being made by humans, for humans, give my anti-colonial, queer+ dragon book a go geni.us/ishia
If you want to support art being made by humans, for humans, give my anti-colonial, queer+ dragon book a go geni.us/ishia
Explore THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by Karin Lowachee
Read now:
geni.us
July 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A Covenant of Ice is out today in North Am! It wasn’t written by AI in any way. The cover art is human made. My publisher & editor are cool beans. @solarisbooks.bsky.social
If you want to support art being made by humans, for humans, give my anti-colonial, queer+ dragon book a go geni.us/ishia
If you want to support art being made by humans, for humans, give my anti-colonial, queer+ dragon book a go geni.us/ishia
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What Was Built to Be a Ship of Dreams?: The Titanic is a graphic novel for middle grade readers coming from the Who HQ series on July 15th!
Proud to have created this small graphic novel alongside @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social!
You can preorder it now for the young reader in your life.
Proud to have created this small graphic novel alongside @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social!
You can preorder it now for the young reader in your life.
What Was Built to Be a Ship of Dreams?: The Titanic by Emmett Nahil, Who HQ: 9780593661109 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Discover the story of the Titanic’s ill-fated voyage through three diverse perspectives of survivors in this affecting graphic novel by Let Me Out author Emmett Nahil and award-winning illustrator...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What Was Built to Be a Ship of Dreams?: The Titanic is a graphic novel for middle grade readers coming from the Who HQ series on July 15th!
Proud to have created this small graphic novel alongside @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social!
You can preorder it now for the young reader in your life.
Proud to have created this small graphic novel alongside @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social!
You can preorder it now for the young reader in your life.
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“Subverting the Western” - an article I wrote on SciFiNow ahead of the release of A Covenant of Ice this month! @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/subvert...
Subverting the western: It’s no longer a gunslinger’s game
Karin Lowachee will be drawing The Crowns of Ishia novella trilogy to a close this July with A Covenant of Ice and to celebrate she discusses subverting Westerns – aka ‘The Weird West’.
www.scifinow.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“Subverting the Western” - an article I wrote on SciFiNow ahead of the release of A Covenant of Ice this month! @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/subvert...
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The #IgnyteAwards finalists for the Outstanding Novella category is for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words. Congratulations to the following titles and their authors.
June 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The #IgnyteAwards finalists for the Outstanding Novella category is for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words. Congratulations to the following titles and their authors.
LOST ARK DREAMING is a finalist for best novella! Congrats to @suyidavies.com!!
It's a big day for SFF Awards! The Ignyte Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Congratulations!!
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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 Ignyte Awards - Reactor
Congratulations to everyone!
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June 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
LOST ARK DREAMING is a finalist for best novella! Congrats to @suyidavies.com!!
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For Pride Month 🌈, calling all queer book reviewers that would be interested in reading my novella trilogy and giving an honest write up (the central relationship in this world where queerness is not othered is amongst 3 men). DM your email & I’ll send you eARCs. Signal boosting appreciated 🙏🏼
In July, @karinlow.bsky.social's novella trilogy of Indigenous dragon-riders struggling to keep the balance between humans & nature - THE CROWNS OF ISHIA - will be complete!
THE MOUNTAIN CROWN geni.us/tmckl
THE DESERT TALON geni.us/desertt
Preorder A COVENANT OF ICE geni.us/covenantice
THE MOUNTAIN CROWN geni.us/tmckl
THE DESERT TALON geni.us/desertt
Preorder A COVENANT OF ICE geni.us/covenantice
June 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For Pride Month 🌈, calling all queer book reviewers that would be interested in reading my novella trilogy and giving an honest write up (the central relationship in this world where queerness is not othered is amongst 3 men). DM your email & I’ll send you eARCs. Signal boosting appreciated 🙏🏼
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“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
April 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
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"I knew it would be a challenge to depict a point-of-view character like Méka who isn’t constantly threatening her world with violence or revolution as The Answer to aggression."
@karinlow.bsky.social on The Crowns of Ishia:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐
@karinlow.bsky.social on The Crowns of Ishia:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐
April 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"I knew it would be a challenge to depict a point-of-view character like Méka who isn’t constantly threatening her world with violence or revolution as The Answer to aggression."
@karinlow.bsky.social on The Crowns of Ishia:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐
@karinlow.bsky.social on The Crowns of Ishia:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐
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Lost Ark Dreaming goes Nebula!
@sfwa.bsky.social
@sfwa.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Lost Ark Dreaming goes Nebula!
@sfwa.bsky.social
@sfwa.bsky.social
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At 3pm on 9 February 2025, booksellers Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna were accosted by undercover Israeli police. They were arrested at the Educational Bookshop, handcuffed and taken to prison. Over 250 books were confiscated.
Donate to Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop Emergency Appeal, organised by Saqi Books
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February 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
At 3pm on 9 February 2025, booksellers Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna were accosted by undercover Israeli police. They were arrested at the Educational Bookshop, handcuffed and taken to prison. Over 250 books were confiscated.
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🎉 🎂 Happy US Book Birthday to @karinlow.bsky.social's THE DESERT TALON!
The adventures of the gunslinging dragon-riders of Ishia continue in the second novella of THE CROWNS OF ISHIA series. Featuring new characters, a new setting, and some familiar faces... https://geni.us/desertt
The adventures of the gunslinging dragon-riders of Ishia continue in the second novella of THE CROWNS OF ISHIA series. Featuring new characters, a new setting, and some familiar faces... https://geni.us/desertt
February 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🎉 🎂 Happy US Book Birthday to @karinlow.bsky.social's THE DESERT TALON!
The adventures of the gunslinging dragon-riders of Ishia continue in the second novella of THE CROWNS OF ISHIA series. Featuring new characters, a new setting, and some familiar faces... https://geni.us/desertt
The adventures of the gunslinging dragon-riders of Ishia continue in the second novella of THE CROWNS OF ISHIA series. Featuring new characters, a new setting, and some familiar faces... https://geni.us/desertt
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Very honored to see LOST ARK DREAMING make the Locus recommended reading list this year, alongside a host of excellent works and authors. Congrats to all!
February 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Very honored to see LOST ARK DREAMING make the Locus recommended reading list this year, alongside a host of excellent works and authors. Congrats to all!
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There's a lot of great #kidlit stuff in the @litagentsofchange.bsky.social auction that still has very few bids, so it's still really possible to get in on it! I'm going to call out a few but you can view the entire auction here.
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2024 Literary Auction for Change
By Literary Agents of Change, Inc.
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June 15, 2024 at 2:10 PM
There's a lot of great #kidlit stuff in the @litagentsofchange.bsky.social auction that still has very few bids, so it's still really possible to get in on it! I'm going to call out a few but you can view the entire auction here.
givebutter.com/c/MsVK8X/auc...
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"Every revolution needs a delulu believer."
My latest interview with @clarkesworldmagazine.com is out this morning. I had a blast with @arleysorg.bsky.social, as always. This is the most extensive discussion of LOST ARK DREAMING I've had. Free to read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/okungbowa_in...
My latest interview with @clarkesworldmagazine.com is out this morning. I had a blast with @arleysorg.bsky.social, as always. This is the most extensive discussion of LOST ARK DREAMING I've had. Free to read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/okungbowa_in...
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Questions Presenting as Narrative: A Conversation with Suyi Davies Okungbowa by Arley Sorg
clarkesworldmagazine.com
June 12, 2024 at 12:45 PM
"Every revolution needs a delulu believer."
My latest interview with @clarkesworldmagazine.com is out this morning. I had a blast with @arleysorg.bsky.social, as always. This is the most extensive discussion of LOST ARK DREAMING I've had. Free to read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/okungbowa_in...
My latest interview with @clarkesworldmagazine.com is out this morning. I had a blast with @arleysorg.bsky.social, as always. This is the most extensive discussion of LOST ARK DREAMING I've had. Free to read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/okungbowa_in...