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,...

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...

Get with the Program: Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021

by Mark Mordue | Apr 28, 2021

    Addi Road Writers’ Festival Program Saturday, May 1st 12pm – 7pm   The day at a glance    Blood on the Tracks / rock ‘n’ roll lives (12.00pm) Bush Medicine and Cultural Heritage / Uncle Jimmy Smith (1.00pm) Songbirds and Broken Wings /...

Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021

by Mark Mordue | Apr 17, 2021

‘An Unruly Idea’     Saturday, 1st May, 12-6pm   Gumbramorra Hall, Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville     The Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021 marks the first step towards an annual literary and storytelling event in...