Australia festival faces mass boycott after dropping Palestinian author
About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred Australian-Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred Australian-Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest international headline act to pull out of the 2026 Adelaide writers' week...
Randa Abdel-Fattah says her lawyers may initiate defamation proceedings against South Australia's Premier Peter Malinauskas.
Malinauskas urged the festival board to drop Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, warning of public backlash.
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Adelaide Festival has issued an official apology to author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah after disinviting her from Writers' Week.
Organizers of Adelaide Writers' Week Apologized to Randa Abdel-Fattah for Excluding Her From the Lineup, a Move That Led to Its Cancellation...
I do not need to share Randa Abdel-Fattah's views to believe that removing her is wrong. This is why I've withdrawn from Adelaide writers'...
Three-page letter acknowledged that while Peter Malinauskas could not direct festival board, he was 'deeply concerned' Palestinian...
Since the Adelaide Writers' Week scandal erupted last week with the removal, then reinstatement, of Randa Abdel-Fattah from its schedule,...
An author and activist, Abdel-Fattah has consistently criticized Australia's immigration policies, particularly regarding refugees and asylum seekers.