The Adelaide Festival board has named a veteran literary festival boss to plot a new course for Adelaide Writers’ Week after the most turbulent time in its history. @waltermarsh.bsky.social

"Documents obtained via Freedom of Information confirm the former Adelaide Festival Board removed Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from its 2026 Writers’ Week lineup because it feared government intervention, despite pleas from a festival leader, InDaily can reveal." From @helen-karakulak.bsky.social.

Randa Abdel-Fattah and Lousie Adler will be part of alt-writers week Constellations. Reports @helen-karakulak.bsky.social www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

The Adelaide festival generated $62.6 million in gross expenditure for South Australia in 2025 - Writers’ Week pulled in a record-breaking 160,000 attendees. @davidsimmons94.bsky.social reports: www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Despite being down four members, including its chair, the premier says the Adelaide Festival board is functional. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

11 of the states former Festival leaders have called on the AF board to reinstate Randa Abdel-Fattah and called out the arts institution board’s lack of artists. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

The Adelaide Festival board went over the heads of its Writers Week director & staff, who’ve likely had a hellish 24 hours dealing with the fall out. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

How much does SA Health spend on its social media advertising? www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

This week our reporting prompted a state govt department to look into a “game” run by an anti-abortion lobbyist. The game asked people to buy words she predicted would come up in the parliamentary debate on changes to SA’s late-term abortion laws. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Adelaide Botanic Gardens drops Santos branding from Museum of Economic Botany as the oil company is drawn into Darwin gas tank fiasco.