When
to
Where
Union House, University of Adelaide
Victoria Dr
Function Room 1, UH505
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
Why
Micaela Sahhar in conversation with Ren Wyld about Micaela’s new book Find Me At the Jaffa Gate: An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family (New South)
Micaela Sahhar is an Australian-Palestinian writer and educator living on unceded Wurundjeri Country. Her essays, poetry and commentary have appeared in Cordite, Meanjin, Overland, Rabbit and Sydney Review of Books, among others. She is a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellow (2021), a grant recipient from the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund (2022), and was commended for the Peter Blazey Fellowship (2024). Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is her first book.
K.A. Ren Wyld is a writer living on the coast south of Adelaide. In addition to two novels and a children’s non-fiction book, Ren has published short stories, narrative non-fiction, opinion pieces, literature and art reviews, poetry, and more. In 2024 Ren received a SA First Nations Literary Fellowship and was conferred a Master of Arts (Research).
Details
Chair Professor Megan Warin (Fay Gale Centre)
6.30 - 8.30pm Tuesday 21 October 2025
Function Room 1, UH505, Union House, University of Adelaide
Enter off Kintore Avenue or from North Terrace (to access lift)
Map https://www.adelaide.edu.au/union-house/ua/media/76/union-house-level-5.pdf
Books for sale and signing
Light refreshments will be provided
Free. Please RSVP here by 16 October 2025.
Contact
For more information contact barbara.baird@flinders.edu.au
The Public Lecture is presented by Women’s & Gender Studies at Flinders Univeristy, The Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender at the University of Adelaide, and Sexualities and Genders at the University of South Australia.
In 2025 the lecture is supported by Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA), Academics 4 Palestine SA (A4P-SA)