Adelaide Festival's Writers' Week falters after disinviting Palestinian author
TL;DR
Backlash over the Adelaide Festival’s decision to disinvite Palestinian–Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah from Writers’ Week sparked hundreds of withdrawals by authors, led to multiple board resignations including the chair and the Writers’ Week director, and resulted in the cancellation of the Week as organizers vow to rebuild while defending freedom of expression.
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- Randa Abdel-Fattah: How Adelaide Writers' Week imploded after axing Palestinian author BBC
- Adelaide Writers’ Week Canceled After It Disinvited Palestinian Australian Author The New York Times
- Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer AP News
- Literary festival axed after high profile authors join mass walkout over dumped Palestinian writer CNN
- Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott DW.com
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