Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week

Louise Adler, who has resigned as director of Adelaide writers’ week. Photograph: /Kristoffer Paulsen

The director of Adelaide writers’ week, Louise Adler, has resigned after the board of the Adelaide festival announced it had dumped the Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from the literary event.

“I cannot be party to silencing writers, so with a heavy heart I am resigning from my role as the director of the AWW,” said Adler, one of Australia’s most influential literary figures.