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– confirmed guests for the day (updated)

by Mark Mordue | Apr 24, 2021

  With only a week to go the inaugural Addi Road Writers’ Festival is assuming final shape. You will find below a list of all the confirmed guests. Panel themes and times will be announced on Monday.  Created and hosted by the Addison Road Community Organisation, the...

Creativity and Mental Health in Tough Times – A Conversation

by Mark Mordue | Sep 30, 2020

What do we make of ourselves in the time of Covid-19? What kind of face might we have behind our masks? How do we cope with a year that began in fire and smoke, and closes with the same environmental nightmare looming? All the while, we must learn how to cope with the...

ABC Drive Adelaide: Newstart and the Job Providers

by Mark Mordue | Oct 17, 2019

Jules Schiller: Listening to you and some of these callers there’s a sense of dehumanisation about these experiences that is difficult to comprehend if you haven’t been through it. Mark Mordue: “Oh yeah, look, honestly Julian, it’s impossible...