Evelyn Araluen is an award-winning writer published by UQP. Her most recent book, The Rot, won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award this year and is short-listed for The Stella Prize.
After Lamestream broke the news that the University of Queensland Press had cancelled the publication of a children’s book, Bila, a river cycle, written by Jazz Money and illustrated by Matt Chun, citing the University's controversial new anti-Semitism policy, Araluen announced she was leaving the publisher.
Exclusive: University of Queensland scraps Indigenous children’s book, citing controversial anti-Semitism policy
The book’s author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it “sets a chilling standard”.
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This is her termination email in full:
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