Addi Road Writers Festival 2022 – Some Kind of Day

by Mark Mordue | May 19, 2022

Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022 is over for another year. All that’s left to do is pack up a few chairs and clean Gumbramorra Hall and the Greek Theatre, although we did most of that last Saturday night as a full moon rose over us. It really was some kind of great...

Addi Road Writers Festival 2022 – The People

by Mark Mordue | May 13, 2022

Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022 takes place on Saturday 14 May. We begin at 12 midday and end at nightfall. Two venues are being used at the community centre. Twelve panels, over 30 writers in conversation and another ten ‘hot spots’ with speakers,...

Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022 – The Program

by Addison Road Community Organisation | May 2, 2022

Program PDF download Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022 returns on Saturday 14 May, back bigger and bolder this year. • 30+ writers, poets, journalists and artists across 12 panels • Short, sharp ‘hotspots’ of thought and energy from 10 solo speakers and...

Directors’ Statement for Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022

by Mark Mordue | Apr 14, 2022

No one can escape the reality of how strange and difficult these times have been. War, Covid, climate change. And that persistent feeling our digital communications are polarising attitudes to everything from politics to telling a joke. Claustrophobia and oppression...

Another Rainy Day in Sydney

by Mark Mordue | Apr 13, 2022

Backyard table; golden leaves. Addi Road autumn in Marrickville. So much rain the wood of the old table is soaked right through. More than a moment’s silence can be found here. Our hearts and minds with friends in Lismore and all those flood-affected at this time....