▶ Adelaide Writers’ Festival Backtracks After Dropping a Hamas Apologist

The Adelaide Writers’ Festival: killed by hypocrisy and intolerance

Jacinda Ardern and the global cognoscenti only care about ‘free speech’ when defending rabid haters of Israel.

▶ Adelaide Writers’ Festival Backtracks After Dropping a Hamas Apologist

On January 8, the Adelaide Writers’ Festival removed author Randa Abdel-Fattah from its program, citing “cultural sensitivity” concerns in the wake of the Bondi massacre. The decision referenced her public commentary following October 7, including posts that mocked Israeli victims and echoed or celebrated Hamas’s actions while the massacre was still unfolding. Those statements were not isolated or taken out of context. On October 7 itself, as Ha…

Claims of hypocrisy levelled over AWW as Abdel-Fattah invitation reissued | Books+Publishing

The new Adelaide Festival Board has invited Randa Abdel-Fattah to speak at the 2027 Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) and apologised “unreservedly for the harm the Adelaide Festival Corporation has caused her”. Earlier this month, the previous board withdrew Abdel-Fattah’s invitation to appear at this year’s festival. The 2027 invitation follows the revelation that American journalist […]