{"id":10198,"date":"2026-04-24T02:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/04\/24\/after-collapse-and-controversy-adelaide-writers-week-has-a-new-director-i-dont-envy-anyone-in-this-position-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:40:10","slug":"after-collapse-and-controversy-adelaide-writers-week-has-a-new-director-i-dont-envy-anyone-in-this-position-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/04\/24\/after-collapse-and-controversy-adelaide-writers-week-has-a-new-director-i-dont-envy-anyone-in-this-position-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers\u2019 week has a new director: \u2018I don\u2019t envy anyone in this position\u2019 Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rosemarie Milsom, who formed and runs Newcastle writers festival, will take over from Louise Adler after the literary festival imploded over invitation to Randa Abdel-Fattah<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In January, as the implosion of Adelaide writers\u2019 week made headlines around Australia and the world, Rosemarie Milsom was watching closely.<\/p>\n<p>The Adelaide festival board, which oversees AWW, had overridden the literary festival\u2019s director, Louise Adler, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/jan\/08\/adelaide-writers-week-dumps-prominent-academic-randa-abdel-fattah-over-cultural-sensitivity-concerns-after-bondi-attack-ntwnfb\">disinvited the Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah<\/a> over past comments she\u2019d made about Israel and Zionism. This decision resulted not in a quieter, less-controversial festival as the board members may have hoped, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/jan\/13\/an-australian-writers-festival-cut-a-palestinian-author-in-the-wake-of-a-terror-attack-then-the-whole-thing-fell-apart-ntwnfb\">a boycott by 200-odd writers<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/jan\/13\/i-cannot-be-party-to-silencing-writers-which-is-why-i-am-resigning-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb\">resignation of Adler<\/a> \u2013 followed by the whole board \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/jan\/18\/peter-malinauskas-adelaide-writers-week-letter-randa-abdel-fattah-ntwnfb\">a potential defamation lawsuit against the South Australian premier<\/a> and the collapse of AWW.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2026\/apr\/23\/after-collapse-and-controversy-adelaide-writers-week-has-a-new-director-i-dont-envy-anyone-in-this-position\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2026\/apr\/23\/after-collapse-and-controversy-adelaide-writers-week-has-a-new-director-i-dont-envy-anyone-in-this-position\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3394a6539774b888cd453ffaffe825da322ecc72\/302_0_2000_1601\/master\/2000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5121100e239ef16daeaad73b7e33c502\" title=\"After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers\u2019 week has a new director: \u2018I don\u2019t envy anyone in this position\u2019\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosemarie Milsom, who formed and runs Newcastle writers festival, will take over from Louise Adler after the literary festival imploded over invitation to Randa Abdel-Fattah Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email In January, as the implosion of Adelaide writers\u2019 week made headlines around Australia and the world, Rosemarie Milsom was watching closely. 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