@louiseadler1.bsky.social
Currently Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week.
On the Reading train is a trip down memory lane. Last century sat opposite F.R.Leavis .He disappeared into the toilet, leaving his briefcase on the seat. What was a young English Lit student to do ? What if Leavis had joined God’s other Great Critics in the sky?
October 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
On the Reading train is a trip down memory lane. Last century sat opposite F.R.Leavis .He disappeared into the toilet, leaving his briefcase on the seat. What was a young English Lit student to do ? What if Leavis had joined God’s other Great Critics in the sky?
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‘That Germany has a responsibility to remember the Holocaust is beyond question. But it’s striking how little concern there is for other populations that have experienced racial discrimination or violence at the hands of the Germans.’
@adamshatz.bsky.social in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@adamshatz.bsky.social in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · Berlin Diary
Throughout my stay in Berlin, I kept hearing from Germans quietly critical of Israel that ‘cracks’ had begun to...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
‘That Germany has a responsibility to remember the Holocaust is beyond question. But it’s striking how little concern there is for other populations that have experienced racial discrimination or violence at the hands of the Germans.’
@adamshatz.bsky.social in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@adamshatz.bsky.social in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nothing new about letters / phone calls being used to intimidate arts orgs & silence artists.Lobby groups simply ramped up efforts in the last 22 months. hhttps://www.theage.com.au/culture/books/letter-to-bendigo-writers-festival-emerges-flagging-concern-over-palestinian-writer-20250818-p5mnpd.html
Letter to Bendigo Writers Festival flagged ‘concern’ over Palestinian writer
A letter warning about the appearance of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah at the Bendigo Writers Festival was sent to event organisers by lobby group 5A in July.
www.theage.com.au
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Nothing new about letters / phone calls being used to intimidate arts orgs & silence artists.Lobby groups simply ramped up efforts in the last 22 months. hhttps://www.theage.com.au/culture/books/letter-to-bendigo-writers-festival-emerges-flagging-concern-over-palestinian-writer-20250818-p5mnpd.html
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Killing journalists.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Killing journalists.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
Shame on me , a book person , failing to spell an author’s name correctly . Forgive me @charlottemendelson.bsky.social
@Charlottemendelsnon.bsky.social thanks for this tribute to Australia’s best literary festival .It was a joy to have you join us . “My uneasy relationship with birdlife continued, until Australia.
‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies ne...
Birds had always been something of a mixed blessing for the writer, until a visit to Australia changed her mind
observer.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Shame on me , a book person , failing to spell an author’s name correctly . Forgive me @charlottemendelson.bsky.social
@Charlottemendelsnon.bsky.social thanks for this tribute to Australia’s best literary festival .It was a joy to have you join us . “My uneasy relationship with birdlife continued, until Australia.
‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies ne...
Birds had always been something of a mixed blessing for the writer, until a visit to Australia changed her mind
observer.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@Charlottemendelsnon.bsky.social thanks for this tribute to Australia’s best literary festival .It was a joy to have you join us . “My uneasy relationship with birdlife continued, until Australia.
Sad news today of the death of Rose Wight , a brilliant Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week and the co-founder of the Festival of Ideas . She was a passionate advocate for writing and reading and her festivals were unmissable for everyone in the book business.
August 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Sad news today of the death of Rose Wight , a brilliant Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week and the co-founder of the Festival of Ideas . She was a passionate advocate for writing and reading and her festivals were unmissable for everyone in the book business.
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‘It hasn’t escaped Palestinians’ notice that Israel’s strikes against Gaza have been far less precise than its strikes against Iran and Lebanon: a measure of the contempt in which they are held.’
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October
The inability of Western powers to condemn Israel’s conduct – much less bring it to an end – has made a mockery...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
‘It hasn’t escaped Palestinians’ notice that Israel’s strikes against Gaza have been far less precise than its strikes against Iran and Lebanon: a measure of the contempt in which they are held.’
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Read this to understand the playbook that underpins the Segal report and the proposed “report card” to assess the compliance of Australian universities to the lobby’s edicts . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Read this to understand the playbook that underpins the Segal report and the proposed “report card” to assess the compliance of Australian universities to the lobby’s edicts . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Exhibit A re Israel’s policy of mass starvation? Oct 9th,
2023 then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”
2023 then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”
July 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Exhibit A re Israel’s policy of mass starvation? Oct 9th,
2023 then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”
2023 then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”
Gazans are not being starved as a matter of fiat by the Netanyahu government ? Really ?
July 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Gazans are not being starved as a matter of fiat by the Netanyahu government ? Really ?
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Dan Tehan has taken trips to Israel - at Israel's expense
He is compromised by Israel's many gifts to him and their soft propaganda fed to him
Dan Tehan is not a reliable source
He is compromised by Israel's many gifts to him and their soft propaganda fed to him
Dan Tehan is not a reliable source
July 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Dan Tehan has taken trips to Israel - at Israel's expense
He is compromised by Israel's many gifts to him and their soft propaganda fed to him
Dan Tehan is not a reliable source
He is compromised by Israel's many gifts to him and their soft propaganda fed to him
Dan Tehan is not a reliable source
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He argued the point saying we needed to know *the facts*, suggesting what we have currently from Gaza is not reliable. Every time someone says this they should be reminded that Palestinian journalists get killed, sometimes deliberately, and Israel won’t allow access to International press.
July 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
He argued the point saying we needed to know *the facts*, suggesting what we have currently from Gaza is not reliable. Every time someone says this they should be reminded that Palestinian journalists get killed, sometimes deliberately, and Israel won’t allow access to International press.
Here’s the link to the Ha’aretz article. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'The children haunt me at night': A protest forces Israelis to face kids killed in Gaza
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www.haaretz.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here’s the link to the Ha’aretz article. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
You can’t say you didn’t know . Adi Ronen Argov’s project documents the reality in Gaza and the West Bank on her website “The Daily File“ and collects data “Forcibly Involved”. “The children haunt me at night': A protest forces Israelis to face kids killed in Gaza.
July 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You can’t say you didn’t know . Adi Ronen Argov’s project documents the reality in Gaza and the West Bank on her website “The Daily File“ and collects data “Forcibly Involved”. “The children haunt me at night': A protest forces Israelis to face kids killed in Gaza.
Devastating .
“Our Palestinian friends on the West Bank sometimes say, correctly, “War or no war, it hardly matters—we are living on the edge of an abyss…If Israel’s external enemies have been temporarily defeated, the rampant internal illness of this country remains to be healed.”
“Our Palestinian friends on the West Bank sometimes say, correctly, “War or no war, it hardly matters—we are living on the edge of an abyss…If Israel’s external enemies have been temporarily defeated, the rampant internal illness of this country remains to be healed.”
Netanyahu’s War | David Shulman
Engineering a second Nakba and annexing the occupied territories are integral parts of Netanyahu’s war against the State of Israel’s democratic institutions, its social solidarity, and above all the r...
www.nybooks.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Devastating .
“Our Palestinian friends on the West Bank sometimes say, correctly, “War or no war, it hardly matters—we are living on the edge of an abyss…If Israel’s external enemies have been temporarily defeated, the rampant internal illness of this country remains to be healed.”
“Our Palestinian friends on the West Bank sometimes say, correctly, “War or no war, it hardly matters—we are living on the edge of an abyss…If Israel’s external enemies have been temporarily defeated, the rampant internal illness of this country remains to be healed.”
@cathywilcox.bsky.social nails it again! 👏👏👏
July 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@cathywilcox.bsky.social nails it again! 👏👏👏
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Yet again, to our shame, an Israeli newspaper is more forthright than our mass media and politicians
"Under the smokescreen of Gaza's destruction, Israel has been working simultaneously on two tracks – a genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank"
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
"Under the smokescreen of Gaza's destruction, Israel has been working simultaneously on two tracks – a genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank"
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Israel is ethnically cleansing the West Bank, too | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Yet again, to our shame, an Israeli newspaper is more forthright than our mass media and politicians
"Under the smokescreen of Gaza's destruction, Israel has been working simultaneously on two tracks – a genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank"
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
"Under the smokescreen of Gaza's destruction, Israel has been working simultaneously on two tracks – a genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank"
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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"How is it even possible that the government did not check on those adjacent to #JillianSegal?
How did it think it was appropriate to nominate a person to this role who so clearly supports Israel's current behaviour?" 💯
For Albo, seems that social cohesion ranks behind appeasing the Israel lobby.
How did it think it was appropriate to nominate a person to this role who so clearly supports Israel's current behaviour?" 💯
For Albo, seems that social cohesion ranks behind appeasing the Israel lobby.
July 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
"How is it even possible that the government did not check on those adjacent to #JillianSegal?
How did it think it was appropriate to nominate a person to this role who so clearly supports Israel's current behaviour?" 💯
For Albo, seems that social cohesion ranks behind appeasing the Israel lobby.
How did it think it was appropriate to nominate a person to this role who so clearly supports Israel's current behaviour?" 💯
For Albo, seems that social cohesion ranks behind appeasing the Israel lobby.
To understand the deeply ideological and dangerous implications of the Segal evidence-empty report , read Australia’s literary luminary #RichardFlanagan. www.smh.com.au/national/to-...
To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report
Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.
www.smh.com.au
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
To understand the deeply ideological and dangerous implications of the Segal evidence-empty report , read Australia’s literary luminary #RichardFlanagan. www.smh.com.au/national/to-...
I should add that it is an honour to be cited alongside #ProfessorBenSaul, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
July 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I should add that it is an honour to be cited alongside #ProfessorBenSaul, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
The Oz opinionistas matter little given the paper’s circulation but here’s a screenshot of their latest effort .Two women in Adelaide came up to me and said we like politics but more fiction please? Another attendee replied: if you want fiction buy The Australian. Gotta love our festival audience.
July 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Oz opinionistas matter little given the paper’s circulation but here’s a screenshot of their latest effort .Two women in Adelaide came up to me and said we like politics but more fiction please? Another attendee replied: if you want fiction buy The Australian. Gotta love our festival audience.
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Watched Louis Theroux’s doco The Settlers tonight on i-view. Worth a watch. Really nice people. Very neighbourly.
July 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Watched Louis Theroux’s doco The Settlers tonight on i-view. Worth a watch. Really nice people. Very neighbourly.
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Opinion | To speak of Gaza one must comply to an ever-growing list of blacklisted words, and avoid action on protected dates, lest others be "upset or intimidated", Nasser Mashni writes.
How to shut down discussion of Palestine? Rob language of its meaning
In Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty proclaims, 'When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less'. He then declares, 'The question is which is to be master — that’s all.'
www.crikey.com.au
July 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Opinion | To speak of Gaza one must comply to an ever-growing list of blacklisted words, and avoid action on protected dates, lest others be "upset or intimidated", Nasser Mashni writes.