Directors’ Statement for Addi Road Writers’ Festival 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...
Not all ‘people smugglers’ are the same…
As part of our government’s ongoing attempt to deny refugees and asylum seekers a right to safety in Australia, politicians from both sides of politics have demonised so-called people smugglers. Many refugees don’t deserve our sympathy, the argument runs, because they...
Disruption, Idealism and Promise – Addi Road Writers’ Festival 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...