Adelaide festival apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to participate in 2027 writers’ week

By Kelly Burke · The Guardian World

Apology comes as former Adelaide festival board member accuses Louise Adler of hypocrisy after she resigned citing free speech concerns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The new Adelaide Festival board has issued a public apology to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, and has promised she will be invited to Adelaide Writers’ Week in 2027. “On 8 January 2026 the Adelaide Festival Corporation published a statement announcing that it had decided to exclude Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from participating as a speaker at Adelaide Writers’ Week this year,” the statement from the Adelaide Festival Corporation said. Continue reading...