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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sian Cain

Adelaide writers’ week was cancelled two weeks ago. ‘Not Writers’ Week’ is determined to do things differently

A previous Adelaide Writers' Week, a free literary festival which has been held annually in Adelaide’s Pioneer Women’s Memorial Gardens.
A previous Adelaide writers’ week, a free literary festival which has been held annually in Adelaide’s Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden. Now AWW has been cancelled, a new festival, Constellations, has been announced. Photograph: Shane Reid

A grassroots group of authors, publishers and booksellers in Adelaide have scrambled to pull together an entirely new literary festival for the city in just two weeks, after the controversial cancellation of this year’s Adelaide writers’ week.

Constellations – also jokingly dubbed “Not Writers’ Week” – is being put on by “a loose coalition” of writers and publishers and the support of not-for-profit Writers SA, with dozens of free events to be staged from 28 February to 5 March.

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