Donna Mazza

Donna Mazza is a West Australian author and academic at Edith Cowan University South West. She is author of Fauna (Allen & Unwin, 2020) and The Albanian (Fremantle Press, 2007), which received the TAG Hungerford Award. Her stories have recently been published in KYD New Australian Fiction 2020 and Westerly. She has written for The Conversation, Science-Write-Now and Antipodes on kangaroos, swearing and science in Australian literature.

Articles by Donna Mazza:

Published in Overland Issue 243 Winter 2021 ·

Green thumb

Donna Mazza

Out at the rubbish tip, she was first to spot the old caravan. It sat proud amid the twisted swing-sets, crushed white dishwashers, and dejected hot water systems. ‘If you fix it up maybe we can go up north next winter, Jase?’ Jason was always up for bringing new life where others had abandoned hope. ‘The world has gone mad with all this stuff,’ he’d often say. ‘Why we need all this shit is beyond me.’

Published in Overland Issue 240.5: a special digital fiction edition · Fiction

From the editorial collective

Melissa Manning, Katelin Farnsworth, Linda Godfrey, Zoë Meager, Melanie Saward, Donna Mazza, Belinda Rule, Sara Navissi, Andrew Doyle and Raaza Jamhshed

Who are we? We’re some of the volunteer readers at Overland – you might recognise our names from the editorial pages of the journal. Ordinarily, we have the pleasure of reading a selection of the works submitted to the journal each month before they move onto Claire’s desk for further consideration. We read and carefully consider each piece, but don’t make the final choice of what’s published, and we don’t ordinarily interact with the authors.