Addi Road Writers' Festival 2023

2023 marks the third birthday for one of the most innovative literary and storytelling events in Australia

Our theme this year is ‘Inner Worlds’.

​Talks and panels about books, writing, politics and ideas will be accompanied by spoken word and music performances across three locations on-site at the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville.

All ticket proceeds go to Addi Road Food Relief.

Highlights

• Bad Art Mother – Author Edwina Preston and poets Magdalena Ball and Gillian Swain discuss writing, motherhood and independence.

• Pomegranates and Figs in Afghanistan – Author Zaheda Ghani reflects on war, family, tradition and displacement with Zarlasht Sawari.

• Songwriting: Muse or Machination? – Murray Cook (Warumpi Band, Mixed Relations) speaks with Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil), Amanda Brown (The Go-Betweens, REM) and Reg Mombassa (Mental As Anything, Dog Trumpet) about the lines between theft, influence and originality in music.

• Inside and Outside the Wall – Contemporary Chinese artist Guo Jian joined the People’s Liberation Army in his youth, was a student witness fired on at Tiananmen Square, and was later expelled from the country due to his art. He discusses his life and work with author and Sinologist Linda Jaivin.​

• Poetry for Beginners panel and workshop.

• No Fixed Address – Pioneering Aboriginal rock n reggae band open up about their history and songs with biographer Donald Robertson. A brief acoustic performance follows.

• Life in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism – Anthony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory, discusses spying technology and hi-tech defensive hardware with award-winning journalist Peter Cronau. 

And, of course, much, much more.