Ructions within festival board over Palestinian-Australian academic’s inclusion began in October, email reveals Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest international headline act to pull out of the 2026 Adelaide writers’ week in protest over the Adelaide festival board’s decision to rescind its invitation to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah. Ardern had been scheduled to discuss her memoir A Different Kind of Power with the ABC’s host of 7.30, Sarah Ferguson, on 3 March. Continue reading...
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Jacinda Ardern pulls out of Adelaide writers’ week as fallout over Randa Abdel-Fattah’s axing continues
Jacinda Ardern, former New Zealand prime minister, has withdrawn from the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week. The decision is a protest against the Adelaide Festival board's earlier rescinding of an invitation to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Kelly BurkeThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-01-12 · 06:58 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Jacinda Ardern, former New Zealand prime minister, has withdrawn from the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week. The decision is a protest against the Adelaide Festival board's earlier rescinding of an invitation to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah. Ardern was scheduled to discuss her memoir on March 3rd with Sarah Ferguson, host of the ABC's 7.30 program. The controversy surrounding Abdel-Fattah's initial inclusion began in October and has caused significant disruption within the festival board. Ardern is the latest international figure to pull out of the event due to this controversy.
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Ardern was scheduled to discuss her memoir with Sarah Ferguson on 3 March.
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Ardern's withdrawal is a protest over the Adelaide festival board’s decision to rescind its invitation to Randa Abdel-Fattah.
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Jacinda Ardern pulls out of Adelaide writers’ week.
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Ructions within festival board over Palestinian-Australian academic’s inclusion began in October, email reveals
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