The Serbian Orthodox religion and its people, dating back seven hundred years, have a unique identity shaped by the aroma of delicious food, the warmth of close-knit families, the vibrant Serbian music, and the spiritual presence of the church. These customs uphold timeless historical and liturgical traditions, with bread portraying a significant role. Ask…
The aspect I love the most about historical fiction is immersing myself in extensive research. To prepare for my upcoming debut novel, No Bread Tomorrow, I buried myself in an extensive reading list of over 154 books, loaded eight file drawers with academic works, filled eighteen spiral bound notebooks with handwritten notes, and embarked on…
There is still much to uncover and many stories waiting to be unearthed. Last month, I attended a conference sponsored by the Holocaust Studies Program of Western Galilee College in Israel, where I heard a historian from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, present recent findings on the Krepiecki Forest, northwest of Lublin. I listened to…
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