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Adelaide Writers Festival cancelled amid escalating reaction to disinviting Palestinian-Australian writer

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Australia's oldest literary festival has been cancelled, days after the dropping of writer Randa Abdel-Fattah, an Australian of Palestinian background. The announcement comes after more than 100 guest speakers and authors pulled out of the festival.
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