Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!

@jamsternazzy

🏳️‍⚧️Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy; Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy finalist) & THE GLADE (🏳️‍🌈🍄MG horror, Ignyte finalist). Worker-owner at Sword & Kettle Press. Newsletter, teaching, & more: lnk.bio/jamsternazzy

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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· 8d

It’s my love letter to the weirdos, to the kids with no safe adults, to the kids who deserve to be heroes, even when they don’t think they do. And now, The Glade is a finalist for IGNYTE’s Outstanding Middle Grade award!

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· 8d

🧵 We need more stories about marginalized kids at the intersections. Kids who are queer, neurodivergent, and racialized, even if they don’t know it. I didn’t see myself in a book until I was 21. I never want another kid to feel as alone as I did—I wrote The Glade to encompass those intersections.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· 19d

"hey jamnia how are you preparing for your residency class in a couple weeks" so glad you asked

a very "graphic design is my passion" powerpoint slide that says "We are living in fascist times. Speculation is one way to resist." A different text box says: "Current genocides the US is funding or complicit in (not exhaustive): Indigenous people on Turtle Island, Black people, trans people, Palestinians, Lebanese people, people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudanese people." Another text box says "We are on the ancestral home of The People who inhabited the Great Basin area: the Numa/Numu (Northern Paiute), the Washeshu (Washoe), the Newe (Shoshone), and the Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) peoples."

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Jul 7

What up Boston-area, I'm headed to #Readercon34! Here's my schedule. Five panels (the last two of which I'm moderating), one workshop, and one party! Come through and hang! @readercon.org @readercon.bsky.social

A green flyer that says "Readercon" in purple on the side and "Naseem's Readercon schedule" in pink on the top. On Friday, there is How to Give a Great Reading at 12pm in Salon E; Writing in Conversation with our Ancestors and Heritage at 5pm in Salon E; Building Inclusive Worlds workshop at 7pm in Salon A/B; and Meet the Pros(e) Party at 10:15 in Salon E. On Saturday, there's Keeping Your Love Alive to the Nth Draft at 10am in Salon C/D; Subliminal Cultural Artifacts at 1pm in Salon A/B; and Fighting for the Freedom to Read at 3pm in Salon E.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Jul 2

I went on a rabbit hole today about that and

an image of maui from the first moana movie with an unhinged expression and outstretched palm, saying "what can I say except Yikes"

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Jun 1

This is wonderful for this particular community, but queer/BIPOC books are being removed off the shelves ALL OVER the US. Most never get this kind of attention. There are several federal book banning bills rn. Call your reps (even in blue states!) to fight those and make an impact everywhere!!

A venn diagram of three circles titled “know your shitty federal book banning bills.” One of the circles shows HR 8705: named for Charlie Lirk; mandates teaching propagandistic US history. HR 7661 will ban undefined “sexually oriented” materials. (There is a fly besides this circle that says “whatever THAT means.”) HR 2616 will force teachers to out trans and nonbinary students. All of the overlaps say that the bills will ban books, and that they’re transphobic BS.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· May 25

Bless all the other authors who are using this as promo 🤣 THE BRUISING OF QILWA is a slice-of-life queernormative medical fantasy following a nonbinary refugee healer with taboo blood magic trying their damn best. It's set in a universe inspired by Iranian and West Asian cultures/histories!

A cover of The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia. In red, purple, gold, and cream, a city rises from a sea, with a golden hand dripping blood over the title and vines along the edges.

The cover of the Rainbow Crate exclusive hardcover edition of The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia, which shows green buildings and a pair of brown people in front of a fountain,

The Spanish edition of The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia (La Marca de Qilwa). It shows the main character, an Iranian coded protagonist, looking off to the side, clutching their hands to their chest as one of them bleeds. A city rises in the background, and biological cells float around the cover.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Feb 6

Mushroom overalls!! (I didn’t develop my style, which is overalls with fun patterns, until after Qilwa.)

A shot of Naseem, a light-skinned nonbinary West Asian person, reading their MG debut, The Glade. They’re sitting at a table with flyers, bookmarks, and cupcakes, and wearing mushroom overalls.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Nov 12

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."

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Aug 21

hehehehehe

a screenshot of the likes, retweets, comments section, which has two comments and 69 likes

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Aug 21

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.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Aug 19

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.”

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Aug 15

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

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Jun 26

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.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Jun 26

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.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· May 29

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!

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· May 28

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.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· May 21

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.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· May 21

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"

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· May 9

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

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· May 8

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

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Apr 27

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.

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Apr 24

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).”

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!@jamsternazzy· Apr 17

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...