State Library Victoria staff accuse management of ‘censorship and discrimination’ over pro-Palestine authors controversy
by Jordyn Beazley from World news | The Guardian on (#6KB2V)
Library says decision to defer workshops not based on political beliefs or identity of anyone involved'
Staff at State Library Victoria have claimed senior management sent a message of censorship and discrimination" to three authors when it postponed a series of writing events at the library seemingly because of the authors' support for Palestine".
Last week, the library suddenly pulled from its program free annual writing bootcamps for teenagers, claiming it had concerns over child and cultural safety". The workshops covered fiction, nonfiction, playwriting and poetry.
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