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World News@quokk.au · 1 month ago

Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer

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Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer

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World News@quokk.au · 1 month ago

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Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer.

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Credit to all the good writers and speakers for standing up against manipulation and hate.
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  Indeed. Nice to see enough people joining in to have a real effect.

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