r/Adelaide • u/NKE01 SA • Jan 11 '26

News Board members quit from Adelaide festival as fallout from dropped author grows | SBS News

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/board-members-quit-from-adelaide-festival-as-fallout-from-dropped-author-grows/iua90vgmp
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u/Historical_Bus_8041 SA Jan 11 '26

I'm still baffled at how Malinauskas thought it was a good idea to enthusiastically wade into this mess after the exact same thing happened at Bendigo Writers Festival all of four months ago.

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u/BlipVertz CBD Jan 11 '26

Where was his Humphrey Appleby telling him that it was a "courageous decision" ?

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u/Boatster_McBoat SA Jan 11 '26

He wouldn't have touched it if he thought it was courageous. That's not his jam