Outgoing chair Kathy Shand says ‘freedom of expression cannot and should not be used as a justification to accept language and conversations that compromise the festival’
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The chair of the Sydney writers’ festival board has resigned over concerns about the festival’s balancing of views on matters such as the Israel-Gaza war, saying “freedom of expression cannot and should not be used as a justification to accept language and conversations that compromise the festival”.
The festival board confirmed Kathy Shand’s resignation on Monday, less than a month before the 2025 lineup of writers, speakers and panelists is due to be announced on 13 March.
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