A Palestinian author's award ceremony has been cancelled at Frankfurt Book Fair. This sends the wrong signals at the wrong time
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Adania ShibliA ceremony scheduled for the Frankfurt Book Fair, at which a Palestinian author, Adania Schibli, was to receive a prestigious award, has been cancelled in the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel.
A jury had awarded Schibli the 2023 LiBeraturpreis award for her novel, Minor Detail. It juxtaposes the true story of the rape and murder of...

















