The rancour surrounding the implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week has meant all upcoming festivals in 2026 are risk-checking ...

Yanis Varoufakis is among those still making the trip to Adelaide in February after Writers’ Week was cancelled ...

The event is a major draw for the state and generated millions of dollars in revenue and hundreds of jobs in 2025.

A community literary festival will go ahead in the wake of the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week, but those involved say ...

How a boardroom flare-up sparked an international boycott – and a looming defamation battle ...

This afternoon, Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled for 2026 – less than a week after Palestinian-Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah was disinvited by the Adelaide Festival board. This came despite ...

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is among the authors invited to a one-off literary festival designed to fill the void left by the ...

Louis Adler, a Jewish Australian and the director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, announced her resignation in an op-ed in The Guardian where she said the disinvitation of Abdel-Fattah “weakens freedom of ...

Adelaide City Council will consider supporting an alternative literary festival following the cancellation of the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week.

The recent cancellation of the Adelaide Writer’s Week (AWW), and resignation and reinstatement of its Director – Louise Adler ...

Four respected arts leaders appointed to lead Adelaide Festival’s new board have been barred from speaking publicly about the sensational implosion of Writers’ Week.

The Adelaide Festival has retracted a statement it made on Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah and has invited her to speak at next year's Adelaide Writers' Week. It comes after her ...