The Day of the Renaissance Person

You read Overland because you’re interested in politics but you’ve also got your finger on the cultural pulse. You like poetry but you love prose. You’re in print but you’re online.  You don’t just like art – you’re into music, film, philosophy, theatre.

In other words, you, my friend, are a Renaissance Person – and today’s specially for you.

As per the normal Subscriberthon process, any subs, renewals or $40 or more donations go into pot for the massive overall prizes (scroll down). But there’s also some special inducements just for today.

Feast your eyes on these!

Music Lover’s Pack 1

$50 Voucher from Egg Records and 1001 Australian Nights by Dave Graney (Affirm Press)

Music Lover’s Pack 2

$20 Voucher from Northside Records, a guitar lesson from My Side of the Mountain Music Tuition (valued at $40), and a copy of 1001 Australian Nights by Dave Graney (Affirm Press).

Film Lover’s Pack

Double pass to Dendy Cinemas ($36), The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick (Monash University Press), Race and the Modern Exotic by Angela Woollacott (Monash University Press).

Art Lover’s Pack

$20 voucher from Blue Dog Posters and Prints, Personal View Photography by Janine Burke (MUP), Peace of Wall: Street Art from East Timor by Chris Parkinson (Affirm Press), and Everfresh Black Book: Melbourne Graffiti and Street Art by Everfresh Studio (Miegunyah Press).

Theatre Lover’s Pack

Double pass to a performance at the Malthouse (valued at $80), two double passes to performances at Melbourne Theatre Company (valued at $400), and books including The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick (Monash University Press), Race and the Modern Exotic by Angela Woollacott (Monash University Press).

Florentine Aristocrat Pack

A $150 voucher from Porter’s Paints, double pass to a performance at the Melbourne Theatre Company (valued at $200), two double passes to the Sun Theatre (valued at $66), and a collection of books including Illegal Harmonies: Music in the Modern Age by Andrew Ford (Black Inc), Personal View: Photographs 1978 – 1986 by Janine Burke (Monash University Press), A Companion Guide to Philosophy edited by Graham Oppy and N. N. Trakakis (Monash University Press), The Best Australian Poems: A Ten-Year Collection (Black Inc), A Thousand Tiny Truths by Kyo Maclear (Pan Macmillan, On Longing by Blanche d’Alpuget (MUP) and The Voyage by Murray Bail (Text).

Everyone also goes into the draw for the major prizes.

Free Books, Movies and Magazines Almost Forever Major Prize Pack

Unlimited voucher from Video Dogs, a year’s subscription to Meanjin, a lifetime subscription to Overland, a $50 voucher to Mag Nation, latest model Kobo reader and a $300 box of new titles from Gleebooks.

Take Me Back to Hipster Heaven Major Prize Pack

A $50 voucher to Cookie, a $50 voucher to Searchers Books and Records, a guitar lesson from ‘My Side of the Mountain’, an $85 voucher to Miss Gertrude Hair Salon, two double passes to Rooftop Cinema, four free cocktails at the Toff in Town, The Everfresh Blackbook: Melbourne Graffiti and Street Art by Everfresh Studio (Miegunyah Press) and a selection of books from Affirm Press.

I’m an Anticapitalist and I Shop Major Prize Pack

A Jasper’s Fair Trade Coffee Pack, Fair Trade chocolate from Monsieur Truffe, the latest model Kobo reader, Monster Threads t-shirt voucher, a voucher from Mrs Secondhand Vintage Furniture and a selection of books including  Money Shot by Jeff Sparrow (Scribe), The Unfair Trade by Michael Casey (Scribe), Octopus: Sam Israel, The Secret Market and Wall Street’s Wildest Con by Guy Lawson (Scribe), Peace With Justice: Noam Chomsky in Australia edited by Clinton Fernandes (Monash University Press) and Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile by Ariel Dorfman (MUP).

Culture Vulture Major Prize Pack

Eight double passes to Palace Cinemas, a double pass to a Melbourne Theatre Company performance, a double pass to a Malthouse Theatre performance, a membership to ACMI, a $50 voucher to Movie Reel video rental, a double pass to the Rooftop Cinema, and a selection of books including India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking by Anand Giridharadas (Black inc), Griffith Review: Small World, A Thousand Tiny Truths by Kyo Maclear (Pan Macmillan), The Last Thread by Michael Sala (Affirm Press) and When We Think about Melbourne: The Imagination of  City by Jenny Sinclair (Affirm Press).