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Authors withdraw from Adelaide Writers’ Week in protest

Monday, 12 January 2026    Books+Publishing
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Approximately 110 authors have now withdrawn from Adelaide Writers’ Week following the Adelaide Festival Board’s removal of scheduled author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah (Discipline) from the 2026 Adelaide Writers’ Week program. Adelaide Festival board members Daniela Ritorto, Donny Walford, Nicholas Linke and chair Tracey Whiting resigned over the weekend after...

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