Adelaide Writers' Week boycott (English Wikipedia)

Abdel-Fattah, Randa (14 July 2016). "Both Freedom and Constraint: An Interview with Randa Abdel-Fattah". Center for Palestine Studies | Columbia University. Interviewed by Handal, Nathalie. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

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Muller, Denis (9 January 2026), Freeman-Greene, Suzy; Ley, James (eds.), As authors abandon Adelaide Writers' Week after cancelling of Randa Abdel-Fattah, is free speech in tatters?, The Conversation, doi:10.64628/aa.pd5hqv6p9

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Hallam, Mark (13 January 2026). "Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

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Kroll, Ben (11 January 2026). "Australian Literary Festival Drops Palestinian Author Who Signalled Support for Oct. 7 Attack, Citing 'Sensitivity' After Bondi". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

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The Associated Press (14 January 2026). "Adelaide Writers Week Canceled as 180 Speakers Withdraw After Exclusion of Palestinian Writer". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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Karakulak, Helen (11 January 2026). "Writers' Week 'spin' under fire". InDaily. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (16 January 2026). "Pulp puts the squeeze on festival as Jewish author speaks out". InDaily. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (9 January 2026). "Shock Writers' Week call as Palestinian advocate pulled from lineup". InDaily. Retrieved 10 January 2026. Jan 08, 2026, updated Jan 09, 2026
Marsh, Walter (17 February 2026). "Adelaide Festival director breaks silence on Writers' Week, reaffirms 'defiant spirit'". InDaily. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
Karakulak, Helen; Simmons, David (27 February 2026). "Inside Writers' Week crisis talks: Minutes show why Randa was cancelled". InDaily. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (10 January 2026). "'Wickedness thrives in darkness': Former Adelaide Festival leaders pen scathing letter on Writers' Week". InDaily. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (9 January 2026). "Guerilla festival on cards as city councillor moves to pull Writers' Week funding" ,InDaily. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (9 January 2026). "'Dark days': Writers' Week staff reject axing as authors leave in droves", InDaily. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
Simmons, David (9 January 2026). Writers' Week controversy contagion spreads as music program headliner drops out InDaily. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (11 January 2026). "Board members resign after Writers' Week backlash". InDaily. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (14 January 2026). "Writer Abdel-Fattah launches legal action against Premier". InDaily. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
Simmons, David (19 January 2026). "Abdel-Fattah launches second legal action against Premier". InDaily. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
Simmons, David (12 January 2026). "Adelaide Festival music program hit as SA faces multimillion-dollar black hole". InDaily. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (12 January 2026). "'Not the Premier's book club': Malinauskas addresses criticism over resignations". InDaily. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
"Premier considered axing Writers' Week funding over controversy". InDaily. 3 March 2023.
Karakulak, Helen (13 January 2026). "Arts leader, newsreader and finance guru take over Adelaide Festival Board". InDaily. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
Simmons, David (16 January 2026). "Writers' Week books in warehouse limbo after festival implodes". InDaily. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
Simmons, David; Karakulak, Helen (15 January 2026). "New board invites cancelled author to return to next Writers' Week". InDaily. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
Gilchrist, Charlie (20 January 2026). "Read the room: Guerilla Writers' Week is happening". InDaily. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
Karakulak, Helen (28 January 2026). "Top authors signing up for alt Adelaide Writers' Week". InDaily. Retrieved 28 January 2026.

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Yasmin, Shahana (13 January 2026). "Adelaide Writers Week festival cancelled after mass boycott over Palestinian author's removal". The Independent. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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Jewish Council of Australia (8 January 2026). "Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah". Instagram. Retrieved 11 January 2026.

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"Adelaide Writers' Festival cancelled and why the Chair resigned". Jewish Voice for Liberation. 14 January 2026. Archived from the original on 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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Amler, Justin (16 January 2026). "Writers' block at the Adelaide festival". JNS.org. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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Folta, James (9 January 2026). "Dozens of writers are boycotting the Adelaide festival for booting Palestinian-Australian Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah". Literary Hub. Retrieved 11 January 2026.

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"Randa Abdel Fattah". Macquarie University. 1 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.

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Kim, Victoria (13 January 2026). "Writers' Festival Unraveled After It Disinvited Palestinian Australian Author". New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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Griffiths, Neil (16 January 2026). "Pulp Confirm Adelaide Festival Performance After Controversy". Rolling Stone Australia. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

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"South Australian premier's push for Adelaide Festival to drop Abdel-Fattah revealed in letter". SBS News. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
McIlwraith, Phoebe (9 January 2026). First Nations authors join boycott of Adelaide Writers' Week over the removal of Palestinian guest SBS/NITV. Retrieved 9 January 2026.

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Brook, Stephen (14 January 2026). "Adelaide Writers Week: Ex-board member accuses Louise Adler of hypocrisy over NYT writer". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
Bachelard, Michael; Jaspan, Calum (27 January 2024). "How the sacking of a casual presenter tipped the ABC into turmoil". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

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Ferguson, Hannah (12 January 2026). "The racism that imploded Adelaide Writers' Week". Cheek Media Co. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

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Kellaway, Emma; Katanasho, Gabrielle (19 January 2026). "Adelaide Writers' Week has been cancelled, Randa Abdel-Fattah launches legal action". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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Demetriadi, Alexi (16 February 2024). "Political and Jewish leaders raise Clementine Ford curatorship red flag after creatives doxxing". The Australian.
Pike, Elizabeth (14 January 202). "Doxxed creatives condemn public outcry for festival 'hero'". The Australian.

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Cain, Sian (11 March 2023). "Adelaide Writers' Week: rare moments of empathy and nuance found amid a storm of controversy". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
Belot, Henry (24 February 2023). "Adelaide Writers' Week withdrawals 'sad' and 'unfortunate', director Louise Adler says". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (11 January 2026). "Adelaide festival did not dump Jewish columnist from 2024 program despite request from Randa Abdel-Fattah and others". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (15 January 2026). "Jewish American columnist Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from 2024 Adelaide writers' week over 'timing'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
Haydar, Nour (30 August 2025). "'I have no interest in the white gaze any more': Randa Abdel-Fattah on Gaza, boycotts and her new novel". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
Ore, Adeshola; Burke, Kelly (9 January 2026). "Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (10 January 2026). "SA premier denies pressuring Adelaide festival to drop Randa Abdel-Fattah". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
Hinsliff, Gaby (5 June 2025). "A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern review – not your usual PM". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
Beazley, Jordyn; Visser, Nick; Beazley (now), Jordyn; Visser (earlier), Nick (13 January 2026). "Australia news live: Adelaide writers' week cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for 'how decision was represented'". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (14 January 2026). "Randa Abdel-Fattah threatens defamation action against South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (16 January 2026). "Call this social cohesion? The war of words that laid waste to the 2026 Adelaide writers' festival". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
Adler, Louise (12 January 2026). "I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers' week". The Guardian.
Cain, Sian (13 January 2026). "Adelaide writers' week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for 'how decision was represented'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
"New board and chair appointed after event called off – as it happened". The Guardian. 13 January 2026. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
Cain, Sian; Burke, Kelly (13 January 2026). "Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers' week". The Guardian.
Visser, Nick (15 January 2026). "Australia news live: Adelaide festival apologises 'unreservedly' to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to speak in 2027". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
Cain, Sian (28 January 2026). "Adelaide writers' week was cancelled two weeks ago. 'Not Writers' Week' is determined to do things differently". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

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"Writers' mass exodus after festival bans Palestinian". The New Daily. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.

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Lagan, Bernard (13 January 2026). "Literary festival axed as Zadie Smith joins pro-Palestinian walkout". The Times and The Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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"Australian writers' festival canceled after anti-Israel Palestinian writer booted". The Times of Israel. Reuters. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
"Australian arts festival apologizes for disinviting Palestinian writer who lauded Oct. 7". The Times of Israel. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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"Discipline". UQP. 2 September 2025. Archived from the original on 15 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

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"About Writers' Week". Adelaide Festival. 18 September 2025. Archived from the original on 9 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
"Randa Abdel Fattah". Macquarie University. 1 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
Heath, Nicola; Nichols, Claire (15 October 2025). "Randa Abdel-Fattah reveals how the Israel-Gaza war shaped her new book Discipline". ABC News. Archived from the original on 11 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
Haydar, Nour (30 August 2025). "'I have no interest in the white gaze any more': Randa Abdel-Fattah on Gaza, boycotts and her new novel". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
Abdel-Fattah, Randa (14 July 2016). "Both Freedom and Constraint: An Interview with Randa Abdel-Fattah". Center for Palestine Studies | Columbia University. Interviewed by Handal, Nathalie. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
Kelsall, Thomas (10 January 2026). "Former Adelaide Festival leaders pressure board to reinstate Palestinian author". ABC News. Archived from the original on 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
Ore, Adeshola; Burke, Kelly (9 January 2026). "Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
Graham-McLay, Charlotte (13 January 2026). "Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer". AP News. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
Keane, Daniel (12 January 2026). "Adelaide Writers' Week is in disarray". ABC News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
Spina-Matthews, Sarah (15 January 2026). "Pulp agree to Adelaide Festival show after apology to Randa Abdel-Fattah". ABC News. Archived from the original on 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
Griffiths, Neil (16 January 2026). "Pulp Confirm Adelaide Festival Performance After Controversy". Rolling Stone Australia. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (16 January 2026). "Call this social cohesion? The war of words that laid waste to the 2026 Adelaide writers' festival". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
"Adelaide Writers Week crisis: former Adelaide Festival leaders call on Board to reinstate Randa Abdel-Fattah". ArtsHub Australia. 10 January 2026. Archived from the original on 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
"Adelaide Writers' Week". Adelaide Festival. 17 September 2025. Archived from the original on 9 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
"New board and chair appointed after event called off – as it happened". The Guardian. 13 January 2026. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
Kelsall, Thomas; Bermingham, Kathryn (6 February 2026). "Adelaide Festival leader Julian Hobba reflects on Writers' Week controversy". ABC News. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
Bachelard, Michael; Jaspan, Calum (27 January 2024). "How the sacking of a casual presenter tipped the ABC into turmoil". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
Turnbull, Tiffanie (27 January 2024). "Antoinette Lattouf: ABC presenter sacked over Gaza post ignites row in Australia". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025.
Livingstone, Helen (12 January 2026). "Randa Abdel-Fattah: How Adelaide Writers' Week imploded after axing Palestinian author". BBC Home. Archived from the original on 13 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
"Adelaide Writers' Festival cancelled and why the Chair resigned". Jewish Voice for Liberation. 14 January 2026. Archived from the original on 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
"Discipline". UQP. 2 September 2025. Archived from the original on 15 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
Cain, Sian (28 January 2026). "Adelaide writers' week was cancelled two weeks ago. 'Not Writers' Week' is determined to do things differently". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

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Burke, Kelly (11 January 2026). "Adelaide festival did not dump Jewish columnist from 2024 program despite request from Randa Abdel-Fattah and others". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (15 January 2026). "Jewish American columnist Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from 2024 Adelaide writers' week over 'timing'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
Beazley, Jordyn; Visser, Nick; Beazley (now), Jordyn; Visser (earlier), Nick (13 January 2026). "Australia news live: Adelaide writers' week cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for 'how decision was represented'". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
Burke, Kelly (14 January 2026). "Randa Abdel-Fattah threatens defamation action against South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
Cain, Sian (13 January 2026). "Adelaide writers' week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for 'how decision was represented'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
Visser, Nick (15 January 2026). "Australia news live: Adelaide festival apologises 'unreservedly' to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to speak in 2027". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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"Constellations: Not Writers' Week". Writers SA. 27 January 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
"Constellations: Not Writers' Week". Writers SA. 11 February 2026. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
"Event Registration". Writers SA. Retrieved 21 February 2026.

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Jewish Council of Australia. "Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 11 January 2026.

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