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Liz Hobday

Authors question State Library over cancelled workshops

Victoria's State Library is being accused of deferring a teen writing program for political reasons. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Some of Australia's most prominent authors have added their names to an open protest letter to the nation's busiest public library, over the postponement of a workshop involving pro-Palestine writers.

Writers Alison Evans, Omar Sakr, Jinghua Qian and Ariel Slamet Ries had been contracted to run the Teen Writing Bootcamp at the State Library of Victoria, however the program was cancelled in late February.

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