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Author Randa Abdel-Fattah to appear at Sydney Writers Festival

Australia & NZ AAP J-Wire - 18/02/2026

Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah will appear at the Sydney Writers' Festival, Australia’s largest writers’ event. Her removal from Adelaide Writers’...

From disinvitation to apology: Abdel-Fattah and the Adelaide Festival fiasco

News Rob Klein - 15/01/2026

The new board of the Adelaide Festival has issued an unreserved apology and issued an invitation to Palestinian-Australian writer...

NCJWA says feminists backing Abdel-Fattah are “beyond hypocritical”

News J-Wire Newsdesk - 13/01/2026

Australia’s peak Jewish women’s organisation has condemned prominent writers and feminists who withdrew from the Adelaide Writers Festival in...

Writers’ festival cancelled

News AAP - 13/01/2026

The axing of a Palestinian-Australian author has led to the cancellation of one of Australia's premier writers' festivals as...

Festival ‘must answer’ for dropping Palestinian author

News AAP - 12/01/2026

Palestinian-Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah says her cancellation by a major national festival was calculated to link her to the...

Writers’ mass exodus after festival bans Palestinian

News AAP - 09/01/2026

Dozens of authors have withdrawn from a major Australian festival over a decision to remove its only Palestinian writer...

Bendigo Writers Festival uproar

News David Marlow - 19/08/2025

Pro-Palestine activists are in a perpetual state of outrage over recent events surrounding the Bendigo Writers Festival (BWF). The BWF...

Queensland University of Technology under fire for anti-Israel speakers at anti-racism symposium

News Rob Klein - 23/01/2025

The Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) National Symposium on Unifying Anti-Racist Research and Action is generating controversy due to...

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