Adelaide Writers’ Week was cancelled two weeks ago. ‘Not Writers’ Week’ is determined to do things differently

Constellations – or ‘Not Writers’ Week’ – has been pulled together by a grassroots coalition of authors who have turned ‘heartbreak’ into a community-led event – and one that won’t police speakers’ social mediaA grassroots group of authors, publishers and booksellers in Adelaide have scrambled to pull together an entirely new literary festival for the city in just two weeks, after the controversial cancellation of this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week.Constellations – also jokingly dubbed “Not Writers’ Week” – is being put on by “a loose coalition” of writers and publishers and the support of not-for-profit Writers SA, with dozens of free events to be staged from 28 February to 5 March. Continue reading...