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Federal minister backs axing of Palestinian author from writers' festival
Madeleine King is supporting the Adelaide Festival board's decision. (ABC News: Adam Kennedy)
Federal cabinet minister Madeleine King has backed the Adelaide Festival's controversial decision to axe a Palestinian-Australian writer from its writers' week event.
It is the first time a federal minister has offered their views on the growing furore, which has led multiple board members to step down and dozens of writers to pull out of the event.
A federal cabinet minister has backed the controversial call to axe a Palestinian-Australian author from the Adelaide writers' festival, amid a growing furore over the decision that has led several board members to resign and dozens of writers to withdraw from the literary event.
‘Cannot be party to silencing writers’: Louise Adler resigns from Adelaide Writers’ Week
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Louise Adler has resigned as director of Adelaide Festival’s Writers’ Week, saying she “cannot be party to silencing writers” after the festival board removed Palestinian-Australian writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from this year’s program.
Writing for The Guardian, Adler said she did so “with a heavy heart”.
It is the first time Adler has spoken since the board’s decision, which she argued vehemently against, was revealed last Thursday. Since then, four members of the Adelaide Festival board have resigned, including the chair, and writers have pulled out en masse. Adler says her count is 180.
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