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.
Karen Whitelaw is an award-winning Newcastle writer. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Mascara Literary Review, Meniscus Literary Journal, F(r)iction Literary Journal (USA), Award Winning Australian Writing 2016, Shuffle, Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology. Her flash fiction has appeared on a variety of multi-media platforms. She is currently writing a novel.
