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.
Maeve Marsden is a writer, performer, producer and theatremaker. She directs national storytelling project Queerstories, curates Queer Thinking for Sydney Mardi Gras, tours internationally with critically acclaimed cabaret productions, and in 2020, will be a member of Belvoir Theatre’s Philip Parsons Writers Lab for Early-Career Playwrights. She has been published by the Sydney Morning Herald, Guardian Australia, Junkee, ABC, SBS, ArtsHub, Daily Review, Archer Magazine and Audrey Journal. She tweets from @maevemarsden.
