Published 20 November 200820 November 2008 · Main Posts Overland 193 launched admin Overland 193 is now out, officially launched last night with a conversation between Antony Loewenstein and Christos Tsiolkas. The full contents will come online over the next weeks. In the interim, you can access Alexis Wright’s important essay on Oodgeroo and the state of Indigenous Australia today, and economist Frank Stilwell’s critique of market-based solutions to climate change. This issue also features some special online only content, intended to provide space for new and emerging writers. Nicola Haywood’s ‘Sometimes the Best You Can Do is Just Jump Back In‘, Jane Price’s ‘The Arrangement‘, Anna Bennetts’ ‘Beneath Our Skins‘ and Richard Millar’s ‘The Classroom‘ appear exclusively in the web edition of Overland 193 and will also be downloadable in PDF form. The print edition contains stories by Louise Swinn, Eva Sallis and Richard Lawson; they too are available online now. It may take a few days for the edition to reach the shops. You can, of course, purchase it here. Better still, you can take out a subscription. If you missed the launch event, make sure you’ve signed up for our e-bulletin — it’s the best way to keep track of events and other happenings. Audio and video from the discussion between Christos and Antony will be available soon. admin More by admin Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 25 May 202326 May 2023 · Main Posts The ‘Chinese question’ and colonial capitalism in New Gold Mountain Christy Tan SBS’s New Gold Mountain sets out to recover the history of the Gold Rush from the marginalised perspective of Chinese settlers but instead reinforces the erasure of Indigenous sovereignty. Although celebrated for its multilingual script and diverse representation, the mini-TV series ignores how the settlement of Chinese migrants and their recruitment into colonial capitalism consolidates the ongoing displacement of First Nations peoples. First published in Overland Issue 228 15 February 202322 February 2023 · Main Posts Self-translation and bilingual writing as a transnational writer in the age of machine translation Ouyang Yu To cut a long story short, it all boils down to the need to go as far away from oneself as possible before one realizes another need to come back to reclaim what has been lost in the process while tying the knot of the opposite ends and merging them into a new transformation.
