Things Nobody Knows But Me
My memoir Things Nobody Knows But Me will be published by Transit Lounge in 2019.
Transit Lounge publisher Barry Scott told Books+Publishing the ‘beautifully written’ memoir was ‘a tender, funny and searingly honest story of a bond between mother and daughter, and of the toll that mental illness takes on an individual, a family and a community’.
‘In adolescence, Pajalic becomes her mother’s confidante and learns the extraordinary story of her life: when she was fifteen years old she visited family friends only to find herself in an arranged marriage. At sixteen, she was a migrant, a mother and a mental patient,’ said Scott.
‘With our interest in diverse voices it is a real bonus for us that the book is set in Melbourne’s western suburbs and explores the largely untouched subject of immigrants affected by mental illness,’ he added.
Excerpts of Pajalic’s memoir appear in Rebellious Daughters (Ventura Press), Etchings (Ilura Press) and the forthcoming September release Meet Me at the Intersection (Fremantle Press). Read the full Books and Publishing announcement here.
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Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia
Growing Up Muslim in Australia, is an anthology featuring twelve Muslim writers to be published by Allen and Unwin. Co-edited with Demet Divaroren it features honest and heartfelt stories by Australian Muslim writers about culture, identity and growing up Muslim in multicultural Australia.
Shortlisted for the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.
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Shortlisted for the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.
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Meet Me at the Intersection
I am contributor in the anthology Meet Me at the Intersection edited by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Rebecca Lim. Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each author’s unique, and seldom heard, perspective.
With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Melanie Rodriga, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits ‘outsider’ voices.
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With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Melanie Rodriga, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits ‘outsider’ voices.
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Rebellious Daughters
I am contributor in Rebellious Daughters is an anthology edited by Maria Katsonis and Lee Kofman and is published by Ventura Press, 2016.
Rebellious Daughters contributors: Jane Caro, Jamila Rizvi, Susan Wyndham, Rebecca Starford, Marion Halligan, Amra Pajalic, Jo Case, Leah Kaminsky, Michelle Law, Caroline Baum, Rochelle Siemienowicz, Nicola Redhouse, Krissy Kneen, Silvia Kwon and Eliza-Jane Henry-Jones.
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Rebellious Daughters contributors: Jane Caro, Jamila Rizvi, Susan Wyndham, Rebecca Starford, Marion Halligan, Amra Pajalic, Jo Case, Leah Kaminsky, Michelle Law, Caroline Baum, Rochelle Siemienowicz, Nicola Redhouse, Krissy Kneen, Silvia Kwon and Eliza-Jane Henry-Jones.
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Amir: Friend on Loan
My novel for children Amir: Friend on Loan is about two friends living in Australia and how their parent's Bosnian and Serbian ancestry affects their friendship.
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The Good Daughter
I am the author of an award winning young adult novel The Good Daughter about a fifteen-year-old Bosnian girl and her relationship with her Bi Polar mother.
The Good Daughter won the 2009 Melbourne Prize for Literature’s Civic Choice Award. It was also a finalist in the 2009 Melbourne Prize for Literature Best Writing Award and was shortlisted in the 2007 Victorian Premier’s Awards for Best Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Writer. The Good Daughter is published by Text Publishing.
Published by Text Publishing.
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The Good Daughter won the 2009 Melbourne Prize for Literature’s Civic Choice Award. It was also a finalist in the 2009 Melbourne Prize for Literature Best Writing Award and was shortlisted in the 2007 Victorian Premier’s Awards for Best Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Writer. The Good Daughter is published by Text Publishing.
Published by Text Publishing.
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What a Muslim Woman Looks Like
What a Muslim Woman Looks Like is a government funded educational publication profiling twelve Muslim women.
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