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Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after six-day dispute over Randa Abdel‑Fattah — I.guim.co.uk

Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after six-day dispute over Randa Abdel‑Fattah

The 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week has been cancelled after a six-day public dispute that centred on the withdrawal of an invitation to Palestinian Australian academic Randa Abdel‑Fattah and culminated in mass resignations from the festival board and the artistic director's departure. The row began with the

Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from Adelaide Writers’ Week 2024 — I.guim.co.uk

Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from Adelaide Writers’ Week 2024

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who is Jewish, has said he was uninvited from Adelaide Writers’ Week in 2024, confirming to Nine newspapers that after agreeing to appear by video link he was later notified “that the timing would not work out”. The withdrawal occurred amid a dispute in