Writers’ festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest. By Adeshola Ore, The Guardian

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo writers’ festival, arguing she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code.

A number of authors and academics have withdrawn from this weekend’s Bendigo writers’ festival over a speaker code that one says requires “complete self-censorship” over Israel’s war in Gaza.

Writers’ festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest. By Adeshola Ore, The Guardian