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.
Addi Road inspired Mike Williams to create a half-hour documentary, ‘The Dignity Business’, for Radio National’s Earshot program.
“I think the real question you have to ask is, why is it that all this volunteer labour is providing this level of essential service and care?” Leong says, gesturing around the Addi Road Food Relief Hub.
The inaugural Addi Road Writers’ Festival announced itself as ‘An Unruly Idea’. Our slogan captured an undercurrent of idealistic disruption that charged the day with energy, marking out the nature of what will now be an annual event.
The Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021 marks the first step towards an annual literary and storytelling event in Sydney’s Inner West: Saturday, 1st May, 12-6pm at Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville.
“We must be the change that we wish to see in the world”
