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...

The Story Teller

by Mark Mordue | Oct 27, 2021

Mike Williams has kept returning to Addi Road. The Radio National journalist and podcaster first came here “to capture a specific moment in time,” he says.  “With the pandemic, things are changing so fast. I wanted to get an insight into the work that was going on...

Politics and Poverty

by Mark Mordue | Sep 29, 2021

Jenny Leong is down in Marrickville packing hampers at Addi Road Food Relief Hub. Only a hundred more to go from the volunteer team she has joined and they can get another pallet of food out the door. Vans and cars are waiting outside to take the hampers all over the...

Disruption, Idealism and Promise – Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021

by Mark Mordue | May 12, 2021

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. Festival t-shirts sold like hot...

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...