Name: The First Annual Overland May Day Address
Start: 2026-04-29T17:30:00+10:00
End: 2026-04-29T21:00:00+10:00
Location: Solidarity Hall at Trades Hall

259: Feb/Mar 2026

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In this highly anticipated new issue, we encounter brilliant examples of what writing can do in a hypernormal time – whether that's Benjamin Gready on the absurdity of fieldwork on land under active occupation or Zahid Gamieldien's short story about a dancing rat who finds itself enmeshed in systems too shadowy to be true. But, as with the emotional cycles of resistance, hope and snark are features too. Dan Hogan considers the lawn as a class obsession, and π.ο. asks a question: why people hate poetry? We also read about a rakhasa family who passes on wisdom to their young kin, a story by Shefali Mathew. And you’ll find new poetry by Eli McLean, Fiona Hile and Sol Chan, among others, as well as a comic by Safdar Ahmed, plus heaps more. Co-editors Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk write in the editorial, "Writing always matters, but it matters most directly in the face of this kind of thuggish assault on language, our first and last commons. We can’t let the bastards have it.”

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April 2026
The First Annual Overland May Day Address

April 29 @ 5.30 pm - 9.00 pm

Solidarity Hall at Trades Hall 54 Victoria St, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Delivered by activist, author and linguistics scholar Nick Riemer, with readings from award-winning poets Micaela Sahhar and Ender Başkan.29 April 2026Solidarity Hall at Trades Hall 54 Victoria St Carlton 5.30PM till 9PMBook your tickets here.Nick Riemer is a frequent contributor to Overland and works in the English and Writing and Linguistics departments at the University of Sydney. He […]

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April 2026

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