"Adelaide Festival removing Palestinian author is an act of censorship."
"Hannah Ferguson explains why she pulled out of the Adelaide Writers' Week, along with more than 180 other speakers, forcing organisers to cancel it."
Organisers removed a Palestinian participant from the Adelaide Festival program. The removal was characterized as an act of censorship. More than 180 invited contributors withdrew in protest against the decision. The mass withdrawals made the Adelaide Writers' Week unsustainable to run. Organisers cancelled the event as a consequence of the coordinated pullouts. The controversy prompted debate about institutional decision-making, political pressure on cultural programming, and the limits of expression in festivals. The incident highlighted tensions between inclusion, solidarity actions, and governance within major cultural events.
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