Published 1 September 20091 September 2009 · Main Posts aural text overload Maxine Beneba Clarke Radio made the poetry star… and tomorrow (Wed September 2) from midday till 2pm Melbourne time, Aural Text’s Steve Grimwade and Alecia Sometimes will be chatting with Overload Poetry Festival Director James Waller and Melbourne poet and Overland blogger Maxine Clarke about the Overload Poetry Festival, the Overload All-Stars event and the Overland Overloaded blog collaboration. The Overload All-Stars event is on at Northcote Social Club on Wednesday September 9, and will also feature the amazing Ali Cobby Eckermann, the unbeatable wordplay of Geoff Lemon and the soulful poetry of Lewis Scott. Aural Text is on RRR radio: 102.7 on your dial, or you can access streaming information here. Maxine Beneba Clarke Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian author and slam poet of Afro- Caribbean descent. Her short fiction collection Foreign Soil won the 2015 ABIA Award for Best Literary Fiction and the 2015 Indie Award for Best Debut Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize. Her memoir, The Hate Race, her poetry collection Carrying the World, and her first children’s book, The Patchwork Bike, will be published by Hachette in late 2016. More by Maxine Beneba Clarke › 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 20 March 20262 April 2026 · Main Posts Final results of the 2025 Judith Wright Poetry Prize Editorial team Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize seeks outstanding poetry from new and emerging writers. This year’s judges, Shastra Deo, Harry Reid and […] 20 March 202620 March 2026 · Main Posts Final results of the 2025 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize Editorial team Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize seeks outstanding original short fiction of up to 3000 words themed loosely around the notion […]
