Event disputes accusations by Melbourne University Press that dropping the pair from its program was an attack on free speech
The Brisbane writers’ festival has disputed accusations by the publisher of Germaine Greer and Bob Carr that the decision to “disinvite” the pair from this year’s event was an attack on free speech.
Melbourne University Press publisher Louise Adler said dropping the controversial feminist and the outspoken former New South Wales premier from the September program “seems counter to the ethos of freedom of speech”.
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To be uninvited to what is possibly the dreariest literary festival in the world ... is a great relief
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