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.
Caroline de Costa AM is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at James Cook University College of Medicine, Cairns Campus in North Queensland, Australia. Caroline has been a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist for 37 years and is firmly committed to the pro-choice position on abortion rights for women. She has been awarded honorary life membership of Children by Choice, Brisbane, and is a member of Reproductive Choice Australia. Caroline is also a writer of both fiction and nonfiction. See carolinedecosta.com
