Morry Schwartz has called on Louise Adler to resign as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, claiming she invited “authors of hate speech” to the festival.
The Saturday Paper, has called on Louise Adler to resign as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, claiming she invited “authors of hate speech” to the festival.of the festival, at which 15 Black Inc authors will be appearing, because of public statements made by two authors Adler has programmed at Writers’ Week, Susan Abulhawa and Mohammed El-Kurd. International technology company Capgemini has also withdrawn its backing.
On Tuesday, before Schwartz’s call, Adler said she had found the “antagonism towards individual writers [to be] disturbing and immoderate”. Mainland said the fact that the festival brought in challenging work or opinions helped build its reputation. “We’re asking the arts to hold up a mirror to society and explain what’s going on in the world and give us a chance to see alternate views. Sometimes that’s more challenging than just the kind of entertaining corporate night out, but it’s all balance.”
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