Talking to Amra Pajalic, author of Time Kneels Between Mountains (part 1)
Welcome to Writers Talking 2026!!
I was thrilled to start the year with a fascinating conversation with author Amra Pajalic! In fact, we had so much to chat about that we decided to split it over 2 eps!!
In this first episode, we chatted about:
Writing fiction grounded in real historical trauma
We discuss the responsibility and ethical weight of fictionalising real events, particularly the Bosnian War and the Srebrenica genocide, and how to honour survivor experiences while still telling a compelling story.
Transforming academic research into a novel
A major thread is how the book emerged…
The skinny
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