the only mikewilson in oz (@mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social)

Australian arts and literature organisations never learn that criticism of genocide (well, Israeli genocide anyway) =|= antisemitism. They’d rather disembowel than offend a bunch of right wing fanatics

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Shaken staff and an author exodus: how a picture book plunged an acclaimed Australian publisher into a crisis over antisemitism The cancellation of Jazz Money’s children’s book Bila, A River Cycle over comments by the book’s illustrator, Matt Chun, has led to the publisher’s potential collapse https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/03/shaken-staff-and-an-author-exodus-how-a-picture-book-plunged-an-acclaimed-australian-publisher-into-a-crisis-over-antisemitism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other