‘Masterclass in poor governance’: what was the board’s role in the end of Adelaide Writers’ Week?
- Written by Kim Goodwin, Lecturer in Arts Management and Human Resources, The University of Melbourne
Kristoffer Paulsen, Macquarie University, Wikimedia, CC BY-NCThis 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 the “strongest opposition” from Writers Week director Louise Adler,...





