Overland magazine
Overland, the most radical of Australia’s long-standing literary and cultural magazines, celebrated its 50th year in 2004.
Publishing features, fiction, poetry, reviews, comment, artwork and opinion pieces, Overland is committed to engaging with important literary, cultural and political issues in contemporary Australia. It has a tradition of publishing dissenting articles with a political and cultural focus.
With ‘culture that matters … since 1954’ as its motto, Overland is the only high-profile Australian literary magazine that sees the publication and advancement of new and marginal writers as part of its charter.
Produced quarterly, Overland was founded in 1954 under the editorship of Stephen Murray-Smith, with the motto ‘temper democratic, bias Australian’. At the time it incorporated The Realist Writer, the journal of the Melbourne Realist Writers’ Group.
Contributors over the years include Peter Carey, Patrick White, Garry Disher, Elizabeth Jolley, Stuart Macintyre, David Foster, Germaine Greer, Dorothy Hewett, Bob Ellis, Mark Davis, Sam Watson, David Williamson, Thomas Shapcott, Judith Wright, Rodney Hall, Gwen Harwood, Thea Astley, Alan Marshall, Xavier Herbert, Amanda Lohrey, Eric Beach, Bruce Dawe, Frank Moorhouse, Manning Clark, Humphrey McQueen, Christina Stead, Geoffrey Dutton, Max Harris, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Nancy Cato, Frank Hardy, Lily Brett, Peter Porter, James McAuley, Geoffrey Serle, Graham Pitts, Desmond O’Grady, Robert Adamson, Ian Turner, Jack Hibberd, Dean Kiley, Christos Tsiolkas, Alex Buzo, Martin Flanagan, Marcia Langton, Fiona Capp, Margaret Simons, Linda Jaivin and many others.
Yet Overland also gives a voice to the experiences that are excluded from the mainstream media and publishing outlets. The magazine has been part of an ongoing attempt to document lesser-known stories and histories, dissect media hysteria and dishonesty, debunk the populist hype of politicians, give a voice to those whose stories are otherwise marginalised, misrepresented or ignored, and point public debate in alternative directions.
While Overland remains committed to the quarterly print journal, the journal’s project now also includes regular online publication.
Overland is available in bookstores or by subscription.
EDITOR:
PUBLISHER:
Alex Skutenko
DEPUTY EDITOR:
ASSOCIATE EDITOR:
CONSULTING EDITOR:
John Marnell
FICTION EDITOR:
POETRY EDITOR:
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR:
PROOFREADER:
David Hudson
PATRON:
Barry Jones AO
Overland is published by:
O L Society Limited: 9 David Street, Footscray VIC 3011. Incorporated in Victoria.
ABN: 78 007 402 673.
BOARD:
Richard Llewellyn (chair), Alex Skutenko (secretary), Andrew Leggatt (treasurer), Nathan Hollier (deputy chair), Bronwyn Cran, Jenny Lee, John McLaren, Nita Murray-Smith, David Murray-Smith, Malcolm Neil, John Timlin, Jeannie Rea, Jeff Sparrow, Jacinda Woodhead
Overland is distributed to the book trade by:
Peribo Pty Limited: 58 Beaumont Road, Mt Kurin-gai NSW 2080.
Tel: 02 9457 0011. Email: info[at]peribo.com.au
Overland is a member of SPUNC: the Small Press Underground Networking Community.