Proudly hosted in Aireys Inlet by the Aireys Inlet Community Centre, this free session is an exciting opportunity to hear from an award-winning author.

When: 1pm-2pm, Saturday 24 October 2026

Where: Aireys Inlet Community Centre, 6 Great Ocean Rd, Aireys Inlet VIC 3231, Australia

Micaela is an Australian-Palestinian writer and educator living on unceded Wurundjeri Country. Her essays, poetry and commentary have appeared in Cordite, Meanjin, Overland and Sydney Review of Books, among others. Her first book, Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family (NewSouth Publishing), was the winner of the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for Nonfiction and the 2026 NSW Literary Award for New Writing.

Guiding the conversation will be Kate MacNeill, a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, where she was an academic teacher and researcher for over 20 years. Kate is part of Eyes on Palestine (Aireys Inlet), a group screening films about contemporary and historic Palestine.

Great Escape Books will be selling Micaela's books and others on the day.

Make sure to snag free tickets to Talk Two to hear from fellow Stella-listed author Sofie Laguna. Lunch is provided for those attending both talks.

We can't wait to see you for Stella Day Out.