Researching a novel can be very challenging. But the right advisers can make it an extraordinary learning journey. Jasmina Bajraktarevic from STARTTS was one of my key advisers in the research and evolution of my novel Detention about an escape from an immigration detention centre and a school lockdown. Jasmina is the Community Services Coordinator at STARTTS, an organisation dedicated to rehabilitating survivors of trauma, including refugees. Here, Jasmina gives insight into her work at STARTTS, her own refugee experience and whether she feels that books about the refugee and asylum seeker experience can make a difference. What drives you to…