Impressions of Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022

by Sheila Ngoc Pham | Jun 3, 2022

Writers’ festivals are ephemeral by nature and difficult to capture the essence of, but this year we were lucky to have CuriousWorks film the day for us. The video they’ve cut together does manage to convey something of the congenial atmosphere. Given the...

Addi Road Writers Festival 2022 – Some Kind of Day

by Mark Mordue | May 19, 2022

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. It really was some kind of great...

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...

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

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...