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Upcoming Events
Places to find Naseem talking about The Bruising of Qilwa, virtually and in-person
(free and open to the public unless otherwise specified in the link)
- March 9, 2024: The Bias Inside Us: Building Inclusive Worlds (Reno, NV)
- March 23, 2024: In conversation with Izzy Wasserstein at Alibi Bookshop (Vallejo, CA)
Buzz for The Bruising of Qilwa
- Cover reveal on i09/Gizmodo
- A Foreword Book of the Day
- Literary Hub's "10 New SF and Fantasy Books to Augment Your August"
- Lambda Literary's "August's Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature"
- Buzzfeed Books' "The Best Books Releasing in August" & "26 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels by Trans and Nonbinary Authors"
- Book Riot's "8 Noteable Nonbinary SFF Books You Need to Check Out" & "The Best New Queer SFF for Your TBR"
- Subjective Chaos Kind Of Award finalist (Novella)
- Library Journal's Best of 2022 SF/F
- nerd of a feather, flock together's Hugo Awards Recommended Reading
- Tor.com's Reviewer's Choice: The Best Books of 2022
- Locus Magazine's 2022 Recommended Reading and a finalist for the Locus Award (under First Novel)
- Shortlisted for the International Association for the Fantastic in the Art's 2023 Crawford Award
- Finalist for the 2023 World Fantasy Award (Novella)
© 2022, Naseem Jamnia
Photos of Naseem by Jennie Kaplan, 2018, and Jeramie Lu, 2022