I recently had the opportunity to talk with writer and academic Luke Johnson about his story ‘Of rivers and blood’, which appears in the most recent issue of Overland.

Stephen Pham is a nineteen-year-old writer from Cabramatta. ‘Holiday in Little Saigon’, which appears in the current issue of Overland, is his first published story. We talked to Stephen about his inspiration, influences and thoughts on writing.

‘Human rights’ is the hegemonic political language of our time.

Diana M Pho is a scholar, activist, blogger and founding editor of the award-winning Beyond Victoriana. She recently earned a Masters in Performance Studies from New York University. Her article ‘Leftist Constructs: on steampunk and progressive politics’ is featured in the current issue of Overland. I spoke to her about the pull of the steampunk movement today, politics, blogging and more.

Tariro Mavondo is an actor, poet and writer. Her article, ‘The dangers of a single story’, is featured in the new Overland, as part of the CAL Connections series. We spoke to her about her essay, diversity on television, the position of the migrant artist, and performing spoken word poetry.

Here's my pick of interesting bits and pieces from around the interwebs, from guerilla poetry and ‘book-trafficking’ to the story of African punk, and other things you may have missed.