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.
Nia Sims is a writer, an ex-registered nurse and activist for the rights of the sick and disabled. She lives in Sunshine, Melbourne, with her mum. She volunteers with Go Gentle Australia. The five-minute film (18+ warning) about her experience of her father’s death in hospital can be viewed at stopthehorror.com and the writing that inspired the film is on the ‘story wall’ at the Go Gentle Australia website gogentleaustralia.org.au
