Jennifer Mills
@jennifermills.net.au
Writer, reader. On Kaurna land.
SALVAGE out now ππͺβ¨
A Concise Compendium of Wonder coming 03/26 πΉπ§π»ββοΈπ³
Chair @asauthors.bsky.social, opinions my own
SALVAGE out now ππͺβ¨
A Concise Compendium of Wonder coming 03/26 πΉπ§π»ββοΈπ³
Chair @asauthors.bsky.social, opinions my own
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Jennifer Mills
@jennifermills.net.au
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Gary Shteyngart, Jennifer Mills and Rhett Davis ask what's next - ABC listen
Russian born US writer Gary Shteyngart imagines a future America with strong parallels to Russia in Vera, or Faith, Adelaide based author Jennifer Mills' latest novel Salvage rockets into space after ...
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Always cool to chat with the book show on ABC RN. Listen in if you want some laughs about billionaires leaving the planet so the rest of us can deal with the climate crisis, I write fiction I swear ππͺπ₯
#salvage
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#salvage
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She has more leadership aspirations than literacy skills
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
She has more leadership aspirations than literacy skills
The dog would like readers to note that her career is not toast and she is just getting started
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM
The dog would like readers to note that her career is not toast and she is just getting started
Very strongly both
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Very strongly both
I really want to tell 17yo me about all this
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I really want to tell 17yo me about all this
Reposted by Jennifer Mills
Statement from our client Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. It is a tragedy that Adelaide Writers' Week has been destroyed, for nothing. However, this is a massive win for artistic freedom and hopefully a turning point in this time of unhinged McCarthyist witch-hunting. Randa is a hero and we love her.
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Statement from our client Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. It is a tragedy that Adelaide Writers' Week has been destroyed, for nothing. However, this is a massive win for artistic freedom and hopefully a turning point in this time of unhinged McCarthyist witch-hunting. Randa is a hero and we love her.
Iβm still sad there wonβt be a Writers Week this year. But Iβm very proud of this moment.
January 15, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Iβm still sad there wonβt be a Writers Week this year. But Iβm very proud of this moment.
β¦and yet not a waste, because we have drawn a clear line in the sand. We will not accept racism or censorship. Authors have stood firm and we have won.
We will bear the losses now, but we have shown our strength and made it easier for others to take a stand.
We will bear the losses now, but we have shown our strength and made it easier for others to take a stand.
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 AM
β¦and yet not a waste, because we have drawn a clear line in the sand. We will not accept racism or censorship. Authors have stood firm and we have won.
We will bear the losses now, but we have shown our strength and made it easier for others to take a stand.
We will bear the losses now, but we have shown our strength and made it easier for others to take a stand.
Iβm glad the new board has admitted this was wrong. What an utter waste of everybodyβs time, energy and labour
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Breaking: Adelaide Festival Corporation apologises to author Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Adelaide Festival Corporation, which oversees Adelaide Writers' Week, has apologised to Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah and says she will be invited to speak at its next event in ...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Iβm glad the new board has admitted this was wrong. What an utter waste of everybodyβs time, energy and labour
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Spoke with ABC Arts for this great article on freedom of expression and writers festivals
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Can writers' festivals survive a 'censorship' crisis?
The shock cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week has left many concerned about the future of writers' festivals in an increasingly polarised political world.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Spoke with ABC Arts for this great article on freedom of expression and writers festivals
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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For goodnessβ sake Pete stop digging and start apologising
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
For goodnessβ sake Pete stop digging and start apologising
I spoke with @theconversation.com for this important piece on the Adelaide Festival disaster and the crisis in arts governance theconversation.com/masterclass-...
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βMasterclass in poor governanceβ: what was the boardβs role in the end of Adelaide Writers Week?
Just-resigned Adelaide Writers Week director Louise Adler calls the cancellation of the event βno surpriseβ. What went wrong?
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January 14, 2026 at 4:18 AM
I spoke with @theconversation.com for this important piece on the Adelaide Festival disaster and the crisis in arts governance theconversation.com/masterclass-...
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He is getting bad advice!
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
He is getting bad advice!
Compassion is no defence if your compassion does not extend to Palestinians.
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Compassion is no defence if your compassion does not extend to Palestinians.
As someone who has participated in efforts to get the SA premier to understand arts and culture since he was elected, this moment - Malinauskas looking lost in a crisis of his own making - has an eerie inevitability about it
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
As someone who has participated in efforts to get the SA premier to understand arts and culture since he was elected, this moment - Malinauskas looking lost in a crisis of his own making - has an eerie inevitability about it
Reposted by Jennifer Mills
The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
A failure of principle led to a failure of courage that led to a failure of governance and has now brought us to a failure of accountability.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
A failure of principle led to a failure of courage that led to a failure of governance and has now brought us to a failure of accountability.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
There were a lot of us babies in that bathwater.
January 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
There were a lot of us babies in that bathwater.
Reposted by Jennifer Mills
Few words.
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Few words.
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
βWe need writers now more than ever, as our media closes up, as our politicians grow daily more cowed by real power, as Australia grows more unjust and unequal.β
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writersβ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
βWe need writers now more than ever, as our media closes up, as our politicians grow daily more cowed by real power, as Australia grows more unjust and unequal.β
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
βIf writers can be disqualified from public forums based on past statements and changing political winds, then participation becomes contingent on institutional nervousnessβ
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If we silence voices we donβt agree with, weβre doing the work of extremists for them | Peter Greste
I do not need to share Randa Abdel-Fattahβs views to believe that removing her is wrong. This is why Iβve withdrawn from Adelaide writersβ week
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
βIf writers can be disqualified from public forums based on past statements and changing political winds, then participation becomes contingent on institutional nervousnessβ
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amidst all the powerful author, literary and bookshop solidarity the last few days, I am extra buoyed by learning that a friendβs book club - made up of retired country teachers and farmers - is also writing furious letters to the Adelaide Festival board
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Amidst all the powerful author, literary and bookshop solidarity the last few days, I am extra buoyed by learning that a friendβs book club - made up of retired country teachers and farmers - is also writing furious letters to the Adelaide Festival board
A guerrilla festival is indeed being discussed πβ€οΈ βπΌ
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Guerilla festival on cards as city councillor moves to pull Writers' Week funding - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
A guerrilla festival could be on the cards as boycotting writers discuss protest options and city councillors explore cutting funding.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
A guerrilla festival is indeed being discussed πβ€οΈ βπΌ
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
It will also do great damage to the standing of our much-loved Writers Week among authors and audiences. I am, like so many others, bitterly disappointed that cultural workers have been put in this position yet again.
I urge the Adelaide Festival Board to reverse this decision immediately.
I urge the Adelaide Festival Board to reverse this decision immediately.
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
It will also do great damage to the standing of our much-loved Writers Week among authors and audiences. I am, like so many others, bitterly disappointed that cultural workers have been put in this position yet again.
I urge the Adelaide Festival Board to reverse this decision immediately.
I urge the Adelaide Festival Board to reverse this decision immediately.
As Chair of the Australian Society of Authors, I stand for writersβ rights to participate freely in public discourse, to be engaged fairly and to work under fair conditions.
The Boardβs decision is one that undermines all those rights.
The Boardβs decision is one that undermines all those rights.
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
As Chair of the Australian Society of Authors, I stand for writersβ rights to participate freely in public discourse, to be engaged fairly and to work under fair conditions.
The Boardβs decision is one that undermines all those rights.
The Boardβs decision is one that undermines all those rights.
Yesterday I wrote to the Adelaide Festival Board to withdraw my participation from Adelaide Writers Week.
Their decision to intervene in Writers Week programming and cancel the participation of author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is completely unacceptable.
Their decision to intervene in Writers Week programming and cancel the participation of author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is completely unacceptable.
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Yesterday I wrote to the Adelaide Festival Board to withdraw my participation from Adelaide Writers Week.
Their decision to intervene in Writers Week programming and cancel the participation of author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is completely unacceptable.
Their decision to intervene in Writers Week programming and cancel the participation of author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is completely unacceptable.