{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64b5cadbe368120011c7d77e/697ad476eded5f2d3c6a9166?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Talking to Amra Pajalic, author of Time Kneels Between Mountains (part 1)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64b5cadbe368120011c7d77e/1769656317036-13c1275e-69b8-4506-942a-162cf7048f87.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to Writers Talking 2026!!</p><p><br></p><p>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!!</p><p><br></p><p>In this first episode, we chatted about:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Writing fiction grounded in real historical trauma</strong></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Transforming academic research into a novel</strong></p><p>A major thread is how the book emerged from a PhD project, the tension between historical research and storytelling, and the process of condensing vast research into an accessible narrative.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Blending crime fiction with historical reality</strong></p><p>We explore why the crime genre was chosen as a framework, how a murder mystery can exist within a war setting, and how genre expectations allow readers to engage with darker material.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Identity, displacement, and inherited trauma</strong></p><p>The conversation moves into personal and intergenerational experiences of migration, identity, ethnic division, and how political power fractures communities, both historically and in the present day.</p><p><br></p><p>So good!! We hope you got a lot out of our convo today...and hope you check back in for the second part of our convo tomorrow!</p><p><br></p><p>Discover more about Amra here:</p><p><br></p><p>Website - <a href=\"https://www.amrapajalic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amrapajalic.com/</a></p><p>Instagram - ​<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/amrapajalicauthor/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/amrapajalicauthor/</a></p><p>Substack - <a href=\"https://substack.com/@amrapajalic?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://substack.com/@amrapajalic?</a></p><p>BookBub - <a href=\"https://www.bookbub.com/authors/amra-pajalic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.bookbub.com/authors/amra-pajalic</a></p><p>Amazon - <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/author/amrapajalic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com/author/amrapajalic</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Anjanette Fennell"}