A library has lost its role administering Queensland’s biggest literary prize, after a review into the controversial revocation of a prestigious fellowship awarded to an Adelaide-based Indigenous author.

Queensland Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek sensationally made a last-minute intervention in the awards last year when he accused First Nations author and poet K A Ren Wyld of “glorifying terrorism”.

Wyld had been set to receive the black&write! fellowship, worth $15,000, for a manuscript that documented seven generations of stolen children.

The fellowship was part of the State Library of Queensland’s Queensland Literary Awards, which last year had a total prize pool of $261,000.

Langbroek stepped in after Wyld referred to slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a “martyr” in a social media post, which she later deleted.

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The minister told parliament at the time that he had taken the decision that the award should not be presented at the state library.

A review by former Supreme Court judge Martin Daubney KC has recommended the State Library of Queensland cease its involvement in the Queensland Literary Awards on behalf of the government.

The SLQ accepted the recommendation after the review was published on Thursday.

Langbroek said in a statement the SLQ was expected to “enhance its governance, policies and processes, and to better balance the priorities and expectations of Queenslanders and the Crisafulli Government”.

While creative diversity and robust debate were important, “we’ve taken decisive action to make Queensland safer”, he said.

“The Crisafulli Government unashamedly holds the position that state-owned buildings will not be a platform for hate speech,” Langbroek said.

The library was working with Creative Australia to “transition” the Queensland Literary Awards to new providers, who are yet to be named, he said.

In 2012, the former LNP government led by Campbell Newman cancelled the funding of the awards, then known as the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, on the pretext of saving taxpayer’s money.

Wyld is one of the organisers of Adelaide’s alternative writers’ festival Constellations and curated a panel event that featured Palestinian-Australian author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.

-with AAP