Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.
Ruth Taylor is a retired English GP currently working for a medical charity, Doctors of the World, where she sees refugees and undocumented migrants. Since marching with her parents and brother on Bastille Day at the age of six, she has continued a family tradition of protesting against social injustice.