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Croatian Book Month at the KGZ "Voltino", November 6, 2025.
Andrea from Lamona books and I talked about the themes of both novels, the content, the classic and my heroines, the writing… It was interesting, cheerful and educational. The readers joined in with their comments on the novels they had read, which sparked a stimulating discussion.
One of the most interesting comments of this beautiful literary evening was the comment of a passionate reader/member of the KGZ Voltino Readers’ Club, Mirjana: The novel is a “crime story”, with atmosphere, foreboding and events like in Danish thrillers. However, here the author skillfully and subtly connects 6 female characters: Sonja, Emma, Nora, Ana, Barbara and Tena (names of characters from works of classical literature) in a common goal – winning the attention/interest of one man. The plot of the novel is dynamic, intriguing from beginning to end, full of tension, complex emotions, foreboding and mystery. Each female character adds her own personal “touch” to all of this. The novel thus becomes a metaphor for the coexistence of tenants/subtenants in a building (it could be any building in any city) through a tense story of unexpected events and twists. I definitely recommend “Subtenants” to my female readers.
Croatian Book Month at the Tin Ujević Library, October 23, 2025.
At the Tina Ujević Library on Zagreb’s Trešnjevka, as part of the Croatian Book Month, and meeting with about twenty reading enthusiasts, moderator Andrea Krajinović from the KroBuk reading club and I talked about the novel Podstanarke. We explored what it was like to choose literary heroines from classical literature and give them a new role, why I chose them and which new heroine I would “insert” into a Zagreb building as a tenant if I could. We talked about the demanding topic of femicide and the inconstancy of the need for support and help that the novel Podstanarke talks about and connected it to the state of today’s society. We also talked about the writing process itself, how I do it and where I get my ideas from.
Finally, to the question from the audience:
– What do I want to say with my novels?, the answer is:
– That we listen and hear each other, do not close our eyes to the difficulties of life and talk about what is happening around us. Literature must question the state of society, this is an important part of the creative process of writing. And consequently, reading.
Majda Tometić in the NACIONAL podcast "So Good!"
In the NACIONAL News Magazine podcast, I talk about my first novel, The Tenants, a literary work that deals with the themes of violence and femicide through the fates of six women and their internal struggles, silences and emotional breakdowns. In the conversation, I return to the motives that prompted me to begin the novel with femicide, but also to the symbolism of the title The Tenants as a metaphor for the temporary nature, insecurity and emotional exile in which many women find themselves. I also touched on my professional path — my many years of work in education, first as a teacher and then as a primary school principal. I talk about the reasons why I left the school system, the administrative pressures that have over time suppressed creativity and the meaning of teaching, and the importance of a modern, integrated approach to learning that encourages critical thinking, freedom of expression and creative forms of work. I look back on my experiences of modernizing reading and encouraging students to read literature differently, as well as the moment when I realized that I had to make a professional turn. I see this conversation as an important space for publicly speaking out about what is still too often kept silent.
You can watch the entire podcast on the YouTube channel by clicking here.
