Australian writers festivals are engulfed in controversy over the war in Gaza. How can they uphold their duty to public debate?
- Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
A string of controversies are engulfing Melbourne Writers’ Festival, the Perth Festival’s Writers’ Weekend, the Sydney Opera House’s All About Women and Adelaide Writers Week. There’s a high-profile resignation, calls to cancel speakers and allegations of the spread of “historically untrue” facts and of...