Sara M. Saleh - From the River to the Sea...

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Sara M. Saleh is an award-winning writer and poet of Palestinian, Egyptian and Lebanese heritage whose work has been widely published and performed from Brooklyn to Bangalore. Her debut novel Songs for the Dead and the Living (Affirm Press, 2023) was shortlisted for major literary awards and co-won the Barbara Jefferis Award, while her poetry collection The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat (UQP, 2023) won the Anne Elder Award and was shortlisted for multiple Australian prizes. She made history as the first poet to win both the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the Judith Wright Poetry Prize, and has been a recipient of numerous fellowships, residencies and grants. Deeply committed to community, craft, and storytelling, Sara has led workshops in countless classrooms, community spaces, and festivals nationally and internationally.

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