Louise Adler
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Sydney Writers’ Festival director steps down as leadership shake-up continues
Ann Mossop exits after record ticket sales and a challenging year navigating political debate.
- Melanie Kembrey
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‘I won’t throw authors under the bus’: Cancelled literary festival names new director
After this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week was cancelled, its incoming director has pledged to repair its reputation through fearless programming.
- Linda Morris and Kerrie O'Brien
Randa Abdel-Fattah sells out Sydney Writers’ Festival appearance
The academic was sensationally dumped from Adelaide Writers’ Week in January, sending the festival into meltdown. Her Sydney appearance has already sold out.
- John Buckley
Randa Abdel-Fattah to feature in Australia’s biggest literary festival
The announcement comes just weeks after the Adelaide Writers’ Week event collapsed following a mass boycott when the Palestinian-Australian academic was dumped from the program.
- Linda Morris
Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah headline rebel Adelaide literary festival
A rebel literary festival created in direct response to the cancellation of Adelaide Writers’ Week will feature the two women at the centre of the major event’s implosion.
- Kerrie O'Brien
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Trump a reminder that governments should govern, not police
We expect politicians to act within the constraints imposed by that role. With Trump, we have had too much Trump, not enough president.
- Sean Kelly
How Australia’s premier books event went from peak excitement to disaster
A letter from South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas to the Adelaide Festival board detonated like a thunderclap.
- Kerrie O'Brien and Stephen Brook
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SA premier disagrees with offer to add ousted writer to festival program
Peter Malinauskas says he does not support Adelaide Festival’s offer to add Randa Abdel-Fattah to the 2027 Adelaide Writers’ Week program a week after it controversially dumped her.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Ex-board member accuses Louise Adler of hypocrisy over NYT writer
Ex-Adelaide Writers’ Week director Louise Adler has been accused by a former Adelaide Festival board member of threatening to quit in 2024 unless the board cancelled an invitation to a New York Times journalist.
- Stephen Brook
Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after director quits
The event will not proceed this year following author boycotts and resignations over the decision to dump a Palestinian-Australian writer from the program.
- Kerrie O'Brien