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Adelaide Writers' Week saga explained: Board exits, writers' mass exodus and legal proceedings

Adelaide Writers' Week saga explained: Board exits, writers' mass exodus and legal proceedings

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The controversial author booted out of Adelaide Writers' Week which led to its axing will attend the rebel writers’ festival, Constellations. | 7NEWS Adelaide

The controversial author booted out of Adelaide Writers' Week which led to its axing will attend the rebel writers’ festival, Constellations. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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Adelaide Writers Week cancelled amid controversy

Adelaide Writers Week cancelled amid controversy

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Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled over author controversy

Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled over author controversy

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Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled over author controversy

Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled over author controversy

Adelaide Writers' Week saga explained: Board exits, writers' mass exodus and legal proceedings

Adelaide Writers' Week saga explained: Board exits, writers' mass exodus and legal proceedings

adelaidenow.com.auAndrew Hough,Rebecca Whitfield-Baker

Adelaide Writers' Week will not go ahead. Dozens of writers pulled out of the event following Randa Abdel-Fattah's removal from the line-up. Read the full story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-randa-abdel-fattah-controversy/106225170 Video by Grace McKinnon Article by Stephanie Richards #ABCNews | ABC Adelaide

Adelaide Writers' Week will not go ahead. Dozens of writers pulled out of the event following Randa Abdel-Fattah's removal from the line-up. Read the full story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-randa-abdel-fattah-controversy/106225170 Video by Grace McKinnon Article by Stephanie Richards #ABCNews | ABC Adelaide

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Adelaide Writers' Week Faces Major Participant Withdrawals

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How Adelaide Writers Week collapsed under the weight of its own hypocrisy

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Embattled Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled after controversy

How will Writers’ Week’s cancellation affect the Adelaide Festival? 🤔 Adelaide Writers’ Week was cancelled after a week of escalating controversy. Read more: https://shorturl.at/RWofp Adelaide Festival Executive Director Julian Hobba joined 891 ABC Radio Adelaide to discuss how the decision will impact the rest of the festival in February and March. Tune in to Breakfast with Sonya Feldhoff & Jules Schiller on 891AM ABC Radio Adelaide or on the ABC listen app: https://bit.ly/AdelaideRadioLive |

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Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer

Authors, including Miles Franklin winners Michelle de Kretser and Melissa Lucashenko, will boycott Adelaide Writers' Week (AWW) to protest the cancellation of an event featuring Palestinian Australian author, lawyer and activist Randa Abdel-Fattah. She was dropped by the Adelaide Festival Board, chaired by marketing executive Tracey Whiting. The board includes journalist Daniela Ritorto and Adelaide Airport managing director Brenton Cox, but no artists, following the departure of choreographer S

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This year's Adelaide Writers' Week has been cancelled after being engulfed in controversy following the decision to disinvite Australian-Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah. The move prompted nearly 200 writers to pull out of the event in protest, and earlier today Adelaide Writers' Week director Louise Adler resigned, saying she could not be party to silencing writers. 7.30’s Michael Rowland interviews Louise Adler. | 7.30

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Authors boycott writers' festival after speaker axed

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Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled, claims antisemitism ‘widespread’

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Adelaide Writers Week in crisis after mass boycott

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EXCLUSIVE: A controversial Palestinian writer whose axing saw Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled is speaking at a sold-out show. It was an awkward arrival in Adelaide for Randa Abdel-Fattah. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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In bombshell developments, Adelaide Writers' Week has just been scrapped for this year. It follows the ongoing political furore over a pro-Palestinian author being dumped from the program. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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There are fears that one of Adelaide’s major annual cultural events is on the brink of collapse. More than half of the participants in Adelaide Writers’ Week have pulled out after the controversial axing of a pro-Palestinian author in the wake of the Bondi massacre. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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Former director, heads of Writers’ Week slam festival over axing

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The Adelaide Writers' Week fiasco has taken yet another turn, with the premier now facing legal action. The ousted author at the centre of the saga is claiming she has been defamed, as fears grow that other Adelaide events could still be impacted. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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The author at the centre of the Adelaide Writers’ Week controversy says she will consider participating in next year’s event after the new Adelaide Festival Board's invitation and apology. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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Writers' Week organisers have managed to avoid protest action as two divisive authors had their say. 7NEWS Adelaide at 6pm | www.7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS | 7NEWS Adelaide

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Adelaide Writers’ Week 2026 cancelled after controversy surrounding author

The Adelaide Writers’ Week fiasco has taken a stunning new turn, with festival organisers admitting they made a mistake. Cancelled Palestinian author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been issued with a grovelling apology and an invitation to speak at next year's festival. However, the premier is refusing to roll out the welcome mat. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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Adelaide Writers Week Canceled As 180 Speakers Withdraw Over Palestinian Writer's Exclusion

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The premier is under increasing pressure over his role in the deepening Adelaide Writers' Week crisis. | 7NEWS Adelaide

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Free speech or ‘genocide cheering’? Ukranian authors withdraw from Adelaide Writers’ Week

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