Published 13 May 201427 May 2014 · Main Posts 23 May: Seminar – ‘Who is paying authors what?’ Editorial team Seminar: Who is paying authors what? This panel session will consider the questions from a variety of perspectives, and with a view to further informing and guiding the ASA’s campaign for better pay and conditions for Australia’s authors, be they amateur, semi or fully professional. Wine and refreshments will be provided. With Jacinda Woodhead (Overland), Angelo Loukakis (the ASA), Jock Given (Swinburne University), and chaired by Jeremy Fisher. When: 6:30–10pm, Friday 23 May Where: The Victoria Room, 4th Floor, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, 210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne Cost: Free. RSVP essential. Call the ASA on 1800 257 121 or email events@asauthors.org. Editorial team More by Editorial team 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.
