, - Organizers canceled the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week festival on Tuesday, after some 180 international and Australian authors withdrew from the event in protest of the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian author and academic. The event's director Louise Adler, the Jewish daugh»»»

Organizers canceled the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week festival on Tuesday, after some 180 international and Australian authors withdrew from the event in protest of the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian author and academic. The event's director Louise Adler, the Jewish daughter »»»

SYDNEY, Jan 13 — One of Australia’s top writers’ festivals was cancelled today, after 180 authors boycotted the event and its director resigned, saying she could not be party to silencing a Palestinian author and warning moves to ban protests and slogans after the Bondi Beach mass shooting threaten»»»

SYDNEY – One of Australia’s top writers’ festivals was cancelled on Jan 13, after 180 authors boycotted the event and its director resigned saying she could not be party to silencing a Palestinian author and warned moves to ban protests and slogans after the Bondi Beach mass shooting threatened fre»»»

Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week steps down amid wave of speaker withdrawals and board resignations. The director of a top writers’ festival in Australia has stepped down amid controversy over the cancellation of a scheduled appearance by a prominent Australian Palestinian activist and author. Lo»»»

Graphic on Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, who was removed from Adelaide Writers’ Week, alongside other guests who later withdrew over the decision. (Reuters pic) SYDNEY: The director of one of Australia’s top writers festivals resigned on Tuesday saying she could not be party to silencing a»»»