Ukrainian authors who have chosen to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week have opened up on their reasons, with one saying she could not participate in "any kind of event that gives voice" to doubts about her nation's sovereignty.
Kateryna Babkina and Olesya Khromeychuk had been due to speak at the upcoming event at a session chaired by Australian-based cultural historian and compatriot Maria Tumarkin, but the trio has decided not to appear.
