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Palestinian Australian author dropped from writers' festival after Bondi (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 months ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/australia@quokk.au

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Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been dropped from the Adelaide Writers' Week line-up by the Adelaide Festival Board, citing the festival's role in "promoting community cohesion".

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fair, I misread that. I'll retract that comment. Will be keen to see of she does resign though.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Adler has resigned: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/13/i-cannot-be-party-to-silencing-writers-which-is-why-i-am-resigning-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good for her, much respect. hopefully the rest of the writers festival implodes as well.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

hopefully the rest of the writers festival implodes as well.

Done: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-as-board-apologises-to-randa-abdel-fattah-for-how-decision-was-represented-ntwnfb

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

It's a sad outcome for the writers, but better than it going ahead in that format.

Thanks for the personal updates, much appreciated!