Published 20 November 201711 December 2017 · News / Writing / Announcement Announcing Overland’s next resident writer Editorial team Supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the Overland Writers Residency aims to address a lack of opportunities for marginalised writers. In 2017, the program was open to First Nations writers at any stage of their writing career. We are very pleased to announce the successful applicant of our next residency: Laniyuk Garcon Born of a French mother and a Larrakia/Kungarrakan/Gurindji father Laniyuk’s writing often reflects the intersectionality of her cross-cultural and queer identity. She was fortunate enough to contribute to the book Colouring the Rainbow: Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives as well as winning the Indigenous residency for Canberra’s Noted Writers Festival 2017. She currently lives in Melbourne but is hoping to one day return to her home town Darwin. During the three-month residency, running late November to late February, Laniyuk will receive a weekly stipend, private workspace at the Overland office and a mentorship with the extraordinary writer, poet and editor Ellen van Neerven. 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 10 March 202610 March 2026 · Writing The role of the committed writer in an unfree world André Dao No, the committed writer is a movement writer. I mean that the committed writer knows that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggle. 1 1 December 20251 December 2025 · Writing With respect to the poor essay Jonno Revanche Style is now a feature that we surrender to a digital pattern recognition machine, which attempts to replicate our own but often falls short, feeling convincing enough but too superficial in its noticing to get to the heart of human concerns.
