Addi Road Food Pantry here in Marrickville is closing for another day. A barefoot schoolboy nearby, standing behind a tree, makes high calling sounds. “Is that a bird? Is that a bird?” a couple of women call out, as if they can’t see him.
Today is May Day. Also known as Labour Day and Eight Hour Day. In Marrickville we will maintain just a little of the May Day spirit in a conversation between the novelist Alan Fyfe and the poets DG Lloyd and Magdalena Ball at our Addi Road Writers’ Festival.
It’s been a very busy month at Addi Road. Meet our new Chief Operating Officer (COO), Melissa Holmes. And hear about our new collaboration with The Bower, as well as a host of Addi Road initiatives.
Some behind-the-scenes insights from writers who attended, participated and volunteered at Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022.
Anthony Albanese calls Addi Road “the heart and soul of the Inner West”. We congratulate him as our local member for Grayndler and our 31st Prime Minister.
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.
Here’s an A to Z of all the people appearing at Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022. Poets, storytellers, journalists, memoirists, cartoonists and more.
As surely as sunlight after months of rain, coming together at a community arts event is a tonic. Most especially with an election looming. Come join us Sat 14 May from 12 o’clock for a great day.
Photographer Johnny Barker has spent years documenting the lives of men who pass through and live around Central Station. Exhibition at StirrUp Gallery: Thursday 12 May to Sunday 15 May, 11am–4pm every day. In association with Addi Road Writers Festival 2022.
Last night Addi Road hosted almost 300 people to the film premiere of ‘Die. Or Die Trying. Escaping the Taliban.’ Full story and photos from the event here.
