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Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week
Exclusive: Writing for Guardian Australia, Adler says she ‘cannot be party to silencing writers’ after Adelaide festival board cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation to appear Louise Adler: I cannot be party…
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