This issue goes to print on the cusp of a darkening world… Overland 255 is the second issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. In this issue, Samuel J Cox interviews Kim Scott on his works True Country (1993) and Benang (1995) in ‘Writing from the South’. Elsewhere, Juliet Scott interrogates ‘The Australian Media’s problem with Palestine’ and Sam Ryan looks back at Overland and the state of arts funding in Australia from 1973 to 1975. This issue also features poetry from Yeena Kirkbright, DJ Huppatz, Debbie Lim, among others, and short fiction from Lauren Collee, Madeline Byrne and Jordan Smith.
Carly Godden is a writer, historical researcher and audio documentary maker and has been published among other in the Meanjin blog and Kill Your Darlings. Her history podcast, Dead and Buried was rated among the ‘Best of 2019—So Far’ by Apple. She has also made audio documentaries for ABC Radio National to be broadcast later in the year.
