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I wish they were James :-)
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I wish they were James :-)
I love that I could be looking up through the tree or down at the reflection, and I can't tell which it is :-)
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I love that I could be looking up through the tree or down at the reflection, and I can't tell which it is :-)
Some have fabulous titles!
October 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Some have fabulous titles!
Presumbly BWF admired the writers who withdrew, which is why they were on the program in the first place. And yet they will let these writers leave with no more than a thanks anyway? Surely it would be robust and principled to re-consider the Code of Conduct when so many of those writers oppose it?
August 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Presumbly BWF admired the writers who withdrew, which is why they were on the program in the first place. And yet they will let these writers leave with no more than a thanks anyway? Surely it would be robust and principled to re-consider the Code of Conduct when so many of those writers oppose it?
Session after session on the program is cancelled
August 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Session after session on the program is cancelled
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“I cannot take part in any festival that asks me to endorse a framework that demands my self-censorship. At a time when journalists are being permanently silenced by Israel’s genocidal forces, it is incomprehensible that a writers’ festival should also seek to silence Palestinian voices.”
Exclusive | Speakers are boycotting the Bendigo Writers Festival after receiving a code of conduct from event organisers that required “compliance” with a controversial definition of antisemitism.
Writers boycott Bendigo Writers Festival for demanding 'compliance' with controversial antisemitism rule
Several notable speakers have already bowed out, with more set to follow, Crikey understands.
www.crikey.com.au
August 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“I cannot take part in any festival that asks me to endorse a framework that demands my self-censorship. At a time when journalists are being permanently silenced by Israel’s genocidal forces, it is incomprehensible that a writers’ festival should also seek to silence Palestinian voices.”