Adelaide Writers’ Week is set to bring Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah back to its program after she was previously removed, which some speakers responded to by pulling out and the event being cancelled. Multiple outlets report that she has now been invited to appear again.
The West Australian and PerthNow frame the development around the backlash that followed her axing, describing a “mass speaker exodus” and cancellation, and they add that a new festival board has extended the invitation. ABC Australia focuses more on the festival’s broader next-year program rollout, saying the festival director confirms Abdel-Fattah has accepted an invitation to appear.
All accounts agree on the central point: the festival reverses its earlier decision, and Abdel-Fattah is again scheduled to take part in Adelaide Writers’ Week next year.
