Helen Karakulak

Inside Writers' Week crisis talks: Minutes show why Randa was cancelled - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal why the former Adelaide Festival board decided to deprogram a Palestinian-Australian author

"Documents obtained via Freedom of Information confirm the former Adelaide Festival Board removed Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from its 2026 Writers’ Week lineup because it feared government intervention, despite pleas from a festival leader, InDaily can reveal."

From @helen-karakulak.bsky.social.

Abdel-Fattah confirmed double-bill for alt Writers’ Week - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Randa Abdel-Fattah, whose cancellation sparked an Adelaide Writers' Week implosion, will speak in Adelaide alongside Louise Adler.

Randa Abdel-Fattah and Lousie Adler will be part of alt-writers week Constellations. Reports @helen-karakulak.bsky.social

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Adelaide Festival music program hit as SA faces multimillion-dollar black hole - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia A day of Adelaide Festival’s music program is now abandoned by artists. SA could lose millions in economic benefit if the festival collapse.

The Adelaide festival generated $62.6 million in gross expenditure for South Australia in 2025 - Writers’ Week pulled in a record-breaking 160,000 attendees. @davidsimmons94.bsky.social reports: www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

'Not the Premier's book club': Malinauskas addresses criticism over resignations - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas today assured the Adelaide Festival board is still functional after its chair and three members resigned.

Despite being down four members, including its chair, the premier says the Adelaide Festival board is functional. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Writers' Week 'spin' under fire - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Amid the Adelaide Writers’ Week backlash, a letter has emerged indicating a Jewish writer was not "cancelled" from the speaker lineup by the board in 2024.

Friedman didn’t attend AWW2024 due to scheduling conflicts, but it doesn’t look like he was cancelled. Here’s the latest:
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'Wickedness thrives in darkness': Former Adelaide Festival leaders pen scathing letter on Writers' Week - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Eleven SA art directors pen a scathing letter criticising Adelaide Festival Board's decision to drop a Palestinian author from Writers’ Week.

11 of the states former Festival leaders have called on the AF board to reinstate Randa Abdel-Fattah and called out the arts institution board’s lack of artists.

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Apologies, the article was originally published with a typo. It should have referred to Thomas Friedman and was updated shortly after initial publication.

Thanks Jane!

Writers’ Week controversy contagion spreads as music program headliner drops out - CityMag | InDaily, Inside South Australia A major headliner of Adelaide Festival’s music program has withdrawn in the wake of the festival board’s decision to axe a Palestinian author from Writers’ Week.

And how many others will follow suit? www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/cult...

Guerilla festival on cards as city councillor moves to pull Writers' Week funding - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia A guerrilla festival could be on the cards as boycotting writers discuss protest options and city councillors explore cutting funding.

As @jennifermills.net.au put it: why should cultural institutions pay the price? www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Writers' Week under threat of collapse as list of writers leaving nears 100 - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia A multitude of high-profile authors has joined the flood of names demolishing the Writers' Week lineup.

By now we expect over 100 of the 124 announced artists to have withdrawn. The Premier stands by the board’s move.
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'Dark days': Writers' Week staff reject axing as authors leave in droves - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Writers' Week staff reject the board's decision to axe a prominent Palestinian author, in an email to authors seen exclusively by InDaily.

The Adelaide Festival board went over the heads of its Writers Week director & staff, who’ve likely had a hellish 24 hours dealing with the fall out. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

SA Health ranked in nation's biggest govt Facebook ad spenders - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Confusion surrounds the administration of child protection initiatives on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, with the State Government unable to say whether a committee established to co...

How much does SA Health spend on its social media advertising? www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

SA anti-abortion lobbyist in top three national social media spenders - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Sarah Game’s controversial abortion bill lost in the upper house last night – as details emerged about big spends on Meta advertising.

The same anti-abortion lobbyist, who helped write the bill, was the third biggest spender in the country on Meta advertising in the past month, forking out almost $100,000. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Attorney-General refers SA abortion debate 'game' for investigation - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Kyam Maher has confirmed a controversial game linked to anti-abortion campaigner Joanna Howe has been referred for investigation.

This week our reporting prompted a state govt department to look into a “game” run by an anti-abortion lobbyist. The game asked people to buy words she predicted would come up in the parliamentary debate on changes to SA’s late-term abortion laws. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Santos name disappears from botanic building - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Adelaide Botanic Gardens has removed oil and gas company Santos’ name from its renowned botany museum building.

Adelaide Botanic Gardens drops Santos branding from Museum of Economic Botany as the oil company is drawn into Darwin gas tank fiasco.