Pulp to rejoin Adelaide Festival after board fired in boycott

Pen Mightier Than the Board

Earlier this month, the Adelaide Writers’ Festival was cancelled after 180 participants pulled out, and the subsequent resignation of the board, over the decision to remove author and activist Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the Writers’ Week programme. Organisers cited “cultural sensitivity” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, as the reason for the removal.  On January 8th, the Adelaide Festival Board rescinded their invitation to Abdel-Fattah t…

Australian literary festival collapses after axing Palestinian author

A fortnight ago, Australia’s biggest literary festival rescinded its invitation to Palestinian Australian author and academic Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. In the time since, the furore of anti-authoritarian outrage and a successful boycotting campaign has made this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week untenable. The Adelaide Festival board, which oversees the Writers’ Week, justified their decision with a statement on 8 January citing ‘cultural sensitivity’ …

Pulp to rejoin Adelaide Festival after board fired in boycott

Pulp are now set to perform their free performance at Elder Park after a boycott of the festival due to the removal of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. The controversy between the band and Adelaide Festival was prompted by the removal ofPalestinian Australian academic Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the literary strand of the festival. The Adelaide Festival’s... The post Pulp to rejoin Adelaide Festival after board fired in boycott appeared first on Exposed Ma…