Festival of fractures that silence the voices
SYDNEY: One of Australia’s top writers’ festivals has been canceled after 180 writers boycotted the event and its director resigned, saying she could not participate in the silencing of a Palestinian writer and warning moves to ban protests and slogans after the mass attack on Bondi Beach threatened free speech. Louise Adler, the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors, has said she is stepping down from her role at Adelaide Writers’ Week after more than 180 international and Australian writers boycotted the event. The boycott followed a decision by the festival board to name Palestinian-Australian author and academic Radha Abdel-Fattah. The
