Overland 254 is the first in a set of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. This issue also launches a new design and format by Common Room Editions, inspired by Overland’s trove of radical literature spanning from 1954 to today. Andrew Brooks and Astrid Lorange consider the asymmetrical responses to two events: the wearing of keffiyehs by three cast members during the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Anton Chekov’s The Seagull, and, on the same day in the US, the shooting of three Palestinian men wearing keffiyehs. Jeff Sparrow uncovers the Sydney Herald’s legacy of Terra Nullius, and Daniel Lopez writes on Marx, Meredith and the festival as an inversion of modern life.
‘I can’t wait to rip open the envelope, make myself a coffee or pour myself a drink, and jump into the conversation.’ – Christos Tsiolkas
For more than sixty years, Overland has been recognised as a cultural institution – a pugnacious magazine discovering new writers, courting controversy and keeping the flame of Australian culture alight.
Over its sixty-five years, Overland has published Australia’s most provocative writers, historians, humourists and cultural critics – Judith Wright, Peter Carey, Patrick White, Elizabeth Jolley, Stuart Macintyre, Germaine Greer, Rodney Hall, Gwen Harwood, Thea Astley, Xavier Herbert, Amanda Lohrey, Bruce Dawe, Manning Clark, Humphrey McQueen, Christina Stead, John Kinsella, Christos Tsiolkas, Cate Kennedy, Nam Le, Alexis Wright, Benjamin Law, Kirsten Tranter, Anwyn Crawford and many others.
Overland is not only iconic – it’s now more read than ever before. At a time when many journals are in decline, Overland enjoys substantial and sustained growth, with circulation increasing each year. The estimated print readership in 2019 is about 12,000 per issue, while the Overland website sees over 90,000 monthly readers.
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