Will the Cambridge Literary Festival reschedule her appearance, or have to issue an apology like Adelaide's?
https://theblower.au/@bignose/115896838301719293
@DropBear @bookstodon
#RandaAbdelFattah #CambridgeLiteraryFestival #AdelaideFestival
#adelaidefestival — Public Fediverse posts
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Adelaide writers’ week sacrificed to save city’s prestigious arts festival, documents show
By Kelly BurkeBriefings obtained by freedom of information warned a ‘cascade of withdrawals’ could lead to collapse of 2026 South Australian festival
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/28/adelaide-writers-week-2026-cancelled-to-save-festival
#Adelaidewritersweek #Adelaidefestival #Culture #SouthAustralia #Australianews #Adelaide #Books #KellyBurke
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Adelaide writers’ week sacrificed to save city’s prestigious arts festival, documents show https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/28/adelaide-writers-week-2026-cancelled-to-save-festival #AdelaideWritersWeek #AdelaideFestival #Culture #SouthAustralia #AustraliaNews #Adelaide #Books
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After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers’ week has a new director: ‘I don’t envy anyone in this position’
By Sian CainRosemarie Milsom, who formed and runs Newcastle writers festival, will take over from Louise Adler after the literary festival imploded over invitation to Randa Abdel-Fattah
#Adelaidewritersweek #Adelaide #Australianews #Adelaidefestival #NewcastleandtheHunter #Culture #Festivals #Books #SianCain
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After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers’ week has a new director: ‘I don’t envy anyone in this position’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/23/after-collapse-and-controversy-adelaide-writers-week-has-a-new-director-i-dont-envy-anyone-in-this-position #AdelaideWritersWeek #Adelaide #AustraliaNews #AdelaideFestival #NewcastleAndTheHunter #Culture #Festivals #Books
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Grateful to see solidarity. #AdelaideFestival.
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Last act of the evening was a hard set from Takkak Takkak, an Indonesian/Japanese colab incorporating built instruments. Think gabba gamelan polyrhythmic metal noise! #AdelaideFestival #adelaide 3/3
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Japanese noise metal pioneers Boris & Merzbow performing with Dronevil; bathed in sound, fantastic drum mastery, gongs in play! #AdelaideFestival #adelaide 2/n
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Bring the noise, Tryp I as an #AdelaideFestival opening night event delivered. DJ Haram first up in the wonderful Hindley Music Hall under the chandelier #adelaide 1/n
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Once-in-a-lifetime world-class opera spectacle lands in Adelaide alongside AIDA at 2027 Festival
Share Tweet Share Share Email Image: Roy VanDerVegt Premier Peter Malinauskas has announced that Adelaide will host the…
#NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #adelaidefestival #AU #Australia #Bluebeard'sCastle #FestivalTheatre
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Boris and Merzebow #adelaide #Adelaidefestival
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DJ Haram at Tryp hindley st music hall #adelaide #Adelaidefestival
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Two new Hans Christian Andersen adaptations prove fairy tales as relevant as ever
When Ceridwen Dovey was 12, she played the lead role in her school’s production of The Little Mermaid.…
#NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #aconcisecompendiumofwonder #adelaidefestival #andypacker #AU #Australia #ceridwendovey #hans-christian-andersen #MeowMeow #PerthFestival #slingsbytheatrecompany #thelittlematchgirl #theredshoes #treeoflight
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Born in a Taxi and Osadía to bring roving performance magic to WOMADelaide
Punched while pretending to be statues, chased by a gang of frenzied teenagers, escaping mobs from a rugby…
#NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #adelaidefestival #archibaldcaramantran #artonik #AU #Australia #Borninataxi #colouroftime #handspringpuppetcompany #liveart #Osadia #rovingperformance #womadelaide
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Adelaide Writers’ Week Cancelled After Removal of Palestinian Author
Why was the 2026 Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled? The event stopped after 180 writers quit because the board removed author Randa Abdel-Fattah from the program.
#adelaidewritersweek, #randaabdelfattah, #adelaidefestival, #australianliterature, #freespeecharts
https://newsletter.tf/adelaide-writers-week-2026-cancelled-randa-abdel-fattah-removal/
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Over 180 writers quit the Adelaide festival in just a few days. This is about 70% of all the guests who were supposed to speak at the event, causing it to fail.
#adelaidewritersweek, #randaabdelfattah, #adelaidefestival, #australianliterature, #freespeecharts
https://newsletter.tf/adelaide-writers-week-2026-cancelled-randa-abdel-fattah-removal/
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Australians must demand that their cultural custodians uphold freedom of speech | Margaret Simons https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/20/australians-must-demand-that-their-cultural-custodians-uphold-freedom-of-speech #AdelaideFestival #FreedomOfSpeech #Culture
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My advice to the South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas.
“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you put in a lot of effort making it.”
#freeadvice #auspol #southaustralia #Adelaidefestival #adelaidewritersweek #censorship #FreeSpeech
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SA premier ‘fundamentally opposed’ Randa Abdel-Fattah appearing at Adelaide writers’ week, letter to board shows https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/18/peter-malinauskas-adelaide-writers-week-letter-randa-abdel-fattah-ntwnfb #PeterMalinauskas #AdelaideFestival #Antisemitism #Islamophobia #SouthAustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AustralianBooks
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I've had a deep appreciation for Adler as long as I've been aware of her but it's remarkable how strongly she's stepped up and the courage with which she's done so
'According to Berg, Adler and the festival’s top leadership had issued a comply-or-resign ultimatum to the board to force Friedman’s withdrawal, an irony Berg noted was seemingly lost on the authors boycotting the festival'
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Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah
Gracious, aware and informed.#auspol #adelaide #adelaidewritersweek #Adelaidefestival #Censorship #FreeSpeech #Palestine #IsraelTerroristState
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Da muss man sich natürlich entschuldigen. "Entschuldigung, dass wir dich, liebe Hamas-Fan-Schriftstellerin, ausgeladen haben. Wie konnten wir nur."
Und Pulp sind auch ganz traurig darüber. Kultur-Szene so lost.
#stopantisemitism #australia #adelaidefestival
Australian arts festival apologizes for disinviting Palestinian writer who lauded Oct. 7 | The Times of Israel
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British indie band Pulp agree to play Adelaide festival after boycott u-turn https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/15/british-indie-band-pulp-agree-to-play-adelaide-festival-after-boycott-u-turn #AdelaideFestival #Pulp #Music #AustraliaNews
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https://www.europesays.com/2704857/ ‘Guerilla’ Adelaide writers’ festival could get council support #AdelaideCityCouncil #AdelaideFestival #AdelaideWriters'Week #australia #Palestine #RandaAbdelFattah #SouthAustralia #WritersFestival
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https://www.europesays.com/2704617/ Adelaide Festival Corporation apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah over Adelaide Writers’ Week call #AdelaideFestival #AdelaideWriters'Week #australia #RandaAbdelFattah
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Jewish American columnist Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from 2024 Adelaide writers’ week over ‘timing’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/15/jewish-american-columnist-thomas-friedman-says-he-was-uninvited-from-2024-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb #AdelaideFestival #Culture #SouthAustralianPolitics #FreedomOfSpeech #AustraliaNews #Media
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Adelaide Festival Corporation apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah over Adelaide Writers’ Week call
The Adelaide Festival Corporation, which oversees Adelaide Writers’ Week, has apologised to Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah and…
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #adelaidefestival #adelaidewriters'week #AU #randaabdel-fattah
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Adelaide festival apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to participate in 2027 writers’ week https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/15/adelaide-festival-apologises-randa-abdel-fattah-2027-invite-ntwnfb #AdelaideFestival #Culture #AustraliaNews #SouthAustralia
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Randa Abdel-Fattah threatens defamation action against South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/14/randa-abdel-fattah-defamation-concerns-notice-peter-malinauskas-sa-premier #PeterMalinauskas #Culture #DefamationLawAustralia #SouthAustralianPolitics #AdelaideFestival #AustraliaNews
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https://www.europesays.com/2700548/ Former Adelaide Writers’ Week director Louise Adler attacks government and lobby groups over censorship #AdelaideFestival #AdelaideWriters'Week #australia #LouiseAdler
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A non-apology from the Adelaide writers festival.
For the avoidance of doubt the decision was improper, not the communication of that decision.
Dr Abdel-Fattah gets it.
"We also apologise to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah for how the decision was represented and reiterate this is not about identity or dissent but rather a continuing rapid shift in the national discourse around the breadth of freedom of expression in our nation following Australia's worst terror attack in history."
In a post on Instagram, Abdel-Fattah said she rejected the board's apology.
#AusPol #adelaide #Adelaidefestival #adelaidewritersweek #notanapology #foreigninterference #Bondi -
Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/13/louise-adler-resigns-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfbRespect for Louise Adler, and admiration for her sense of integrity.
After the Board overruled her and cancelled Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation, she resigned from her position of Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week.
"I cannot be party to silencing writers, so with a heavy heart I am resigning from my role as the director of the AWW."
Speaking as the daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors, and whose grandfather and extended family were murdered by Nazis, she implores us not to look away from what Israel is doing in Palestine.
"And that it is incumbent upon humanity to look at what is happening in Gaza now and to say, ‘We will not accept this. We will say no, not in our name.’"#AdelaideFestival #AdelaideWritersWeek #AusPol #LouiseAdler #RandaAbdelFattah
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Adelaide Festival board decided last week to rescind an invitation for author Randa Abdel-Fattah to speak at Adelaide Writers' Week. All board members have now resigned and AWW 2026 has been cancelled following more than 180 writers pulling out of the event.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-randa-abdel-fattah-controversy/106225170#AdelaideFestival #authors #books #Palestine #RandaAbdelFattah #Solidarity WritersWeek
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Adelaide writers’ week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for ‘how decision was represented’ 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 #AdelaideFestival #AustraliaNews #Culture #BondiBeachTerrorAttack
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SA Premier becomes emotional in press conference
South Australian Premier Peter Malinaukas has become tearful during a media conference where he faced extensive questions about…
#Israel #News #adelaidefestival #AdelaideUnited #adelaidewriters'week #AWW #JoshCavallo #LouiseAdler #PeterMalinaukas #RandaAbdel-Fatteh
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Adelaide Festival music program hit as SA faces multimillion-dollar black hole
https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/01/12/adelaide-festival-music-program-hit-as-sa-faces-multimillion-dollar-black-holeSome big lessons from this Adelaide Festival debacle:
- Never underestimate the cultural and economic contribution of the arts to a city. In 2025, the festival brought $62.6Million into South Australia.
- Don't cave to a political lobby that's trying to hide their government's genocide. -
Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/13/louise-adler-resigns-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb #AdelaideFestival #Culture #Adelaide #SouthAustralia #AustraliaNews #Books
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler 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 #AdelaideFestival #FreedomOfSpeech #AustralianBooks #SouthAustralia #SouthAustralianPolitics #Race #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Culture #Books
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The boycott of the Adelaide Festival Board is spreading:
'The club component of day one of Tryp – the festival’s contemporary music program – has now been abandoned, with every artist programmed having pulled out.'
https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/01/12/adelaide-festival-music-program-hit-as-sa-faces-multimillion-dollar-black-hole #BDS #Israel #AdelaideFestival #auspol
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“noise icons Boris and Merzbow – announced their withdrawal over the weekend.”
Love them. #Adelaidefestival
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If we silence voices we don’t agree with, we’re doing the work of extremists for them | Peter Greste https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/12/adelaide-festival-board-decision-randa-abdel-fattah-silencing-voices-ntwnfb #AdelaideFestival #FreedomOfSpeech #Race #AustralianBooks #SouthAustralia #IslamicState #AustraliaNews #Culture
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Three board members resign from Adelaide festival as Randa Abdel-Fattah sends legal notice | Adelaide festival | The Guardian
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Former Adelaide Festival leaders label Palestinian author's exclusion 'grave mistake'
Nearly a dozen former leaders of the Adelaide Festival are calling for Randa Abdel-Fattah to be reinvited to Writers’ Week, adding to a mounting crisis over the Palestinian-Australian author’s exclusion from the literary festival.
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50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah
#AdelaideFestival #Boycott #Palestine #RandaAbdelFattah #Solidarity #WritersWeek
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Palestinian author seeks to be reinstated to Adelaide Writers' Week
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/sa-palestinian-author-calls-for-apology-over-writers-week-axing/106212878#AdelaideFestival #Authors #Palestine #RandaAbdelFattah #Solidarity #WritersWeek
