Published 17 December 200917 December 2009 · Main Posts More prizes, courtesy of Readings… Karen Pickering Readings was one of the first sponsors to come on board for our Subscriberthon and it’s just one of the many ways they show their support for Australian writing and local culture. For instance, The Readings Foundation is a particularly wonderful new initiative that I’ll be keeping an eye on. And now, let’s announce some winners! Readings National Prize: a spritely selection of DVDs and CDs will be winging its way to Judy Durrant. Readings Local Prize: a shiny gift voucher for a hundred whole dollars was won by Clare Wright. Congratulations both! And if you missed out today, stay tuned to see if you scored any of the other amazing prizes. Karen Pickering More by Karen Pickering 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.
