Published 17 November 200818 November 2008 · Main Posts Summer read admin From the website of the State Library of Victoria: 14 November 2008 – 28 February 2009 A good book is essential equipment for summer, whether you’re at the beach, in the bush or in your own backyard. That’s why we’ve put together a selection of great reads for the 2008 Summer Read program. The list includes something for everyone – novels, short stories, non-fiction and poetry. And they’re all set in Victoria or by Victorian authors! How can I get involved? read the books on the Summer Read shortlist vote online or by SMS for your favourite summer read and be in the running to win one of several great prizes share your ideas about books with other readers and the summer read authors on the blog from 21 November attend free events in public libraries across the state. How does it work? Well, say, you wanted to, say, vote for Radical Melbourne, you might click here or else you could SMS ‘RADICAL’ to 13 46 88. Just sayin’. 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 16 August 202416 August 2024 · Poetry pork lullaby Panda Wong but an alive pig / roots in the soil /turning it over / with its snout / softening the ground / is this a hymn 28 March 20249 April 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body.