Overland 254 is the first in a set of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. This issue also launches a new design and format by Common Room Editions, inspired by Overland’s trove of radical literature spanning from 1954 to today. Andrew Brooks and Astrid Lorange consider the asymmetrical responses to two events: the wearing of keffiyehs by three cast members during the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Anton Chekov’s The Seagull, and, on the same day in the US, the shooting of three Palestinian men wearing keffiyehs. Jeff Sparrow uncovers the Sydney Herald’s legacy of Terra Nullius, and Daniel Lopez writes on Marx, Meredith and the festival as an inversion of modern life.
Speaking of prizes, we are extremely thankful to our generous friends and supporters who made this year’s Subscriberthon possible! Read about them and their work here.
What’s in this major prize?
An absolutely state-of-the-art turntable from Vinyl Revival.
Two mind-blowing pairings from Funky Duck Vinyl:
Both Sides of the Sky (Jimi Hendrix) + Blackbilly Sangiovese &
The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East (2LP) + Mountain Goat Steam Ale 6 pack
A one-year subscription to Crikey
8 nights in Byron Bay for one of the (in)famous Global Hobo writing workshops, hosted by your experienced writing tutors, Gemma Clarke, Nat Kassel and Mariama Mansfield-Njie!
$300 towards flights and/or transport to Byron Bay
A limited edition Overland tote, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman
An enviable book pack from Scribe, including:
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Rise & Shine by Patrick Allington
The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs
Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
An outstanding 8-week ceramics course at ClayTalk, Montsalvat.
One-year subscription to Kill Your Darlings, including a copy of New Australian Fiction
A fresh fruit and veg box from The Flying Zucchinis, delivered to your door!
A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz
Limited edition Overland T-shirt, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman
A collection of Seizure titles, including the following:
Offshore by Joshua Mostafa
Dark Wave by Lana Guineay
Listurbia by Carly Cappielli
Swim by Avi Duckor-Jones
Late Sonata by Bryan Walpert
An amazing 6-month Craftwork Roasting coffee subscription (2 x 250 bags delivered to your door once a month)
A one-year subscription to Meanjin
A delicious block of plant-based Winnow Chocolate
A UQP tote bag
A collection of UQP titles, including the following:
Ask Me About the Future by Rebecca Jessen
The White Girl by Tony Birch
Throat by Ellen van Neerven
Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
Talkin’ up to the white woman by Aileen Morton-Robinson
Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today, edited by Alison Whittaker
A mixed dozen of dreamy P&V wines to see you out of 2020
$30 voucher to North Melbourne Books
The following amazing titles from Scribe, Giramondo and UQP:
Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery
The Fogging by Luke Horton
The F Team by Rawah Arja
A $300 voucher for your very own tattoo from Crucible Tattoo Co
A one-year subscription to Archer
An amazing merch pack from Triple R, including:
A Triple R classic logo T-shirt
A RRRadio city T-shirt
2 x Triple R stubby holders
A killer collection of CDs, including: English Graffiti by The Vaccines, Needle Paw by Nai Palm, Revival by Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Mothers by Swim Deep, Get to Heaven by Everything Everything, Little Dark Age by MGMT and Lost & Found by Jorja Smith
Radio City: the first 30 years of 3RRR by Mark Phillips
Midnight Oil, Armistice Day: Live at the Domain, DVD
Triple R tote bag
These exciting SubbedIn titles:
Uncle Hercules and other lies by Patrick Lenton
wheeze by Marcus Whale
The Naming by Aisyah Shah Idil
Girls and Buoyant by Emily Crocker
Haunt (The Koolie) by Jason Gray
The Hostage by Šime Knežević
When I Die Slingshot My Ashes Onto The Surface of the Moon by Jennifer Nguyen
blur by the by Cham Zhi Yi
If You’re Sexy and You Know It Slap Your Hams by Eloise Grills
Parenthetical Bodies by Alex Gallagher
Your very own DIY veggie patch half crate from The Little Veggie Patch, including seeds and a book called The Little Veggie Patch Co: An A-Z Guide to Growing Food in Small Places
These enviable Ventura Press and Wakefield Press titles:
Dreams They Forgot by Emma Ashmere
Untethered by Hayley Katzen
Poly by Paul Dalgarno
The Night Letters by Denise Leith
Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson
A 3-month coffee subscription to Wide Open Road
A $50 voucher to Paperback Books
A one-year PBS membership and PBS tote bag
The following Penguin Random House titles:
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Fire, Flood, Plague, edited by Sophie Cunningham
Untold Resilience, edited by Helen McCabe and Jamila Rizvi
Either Side of Midnight by Benjamin Stevenson
The following exciting Affirm Press and Black Inc titles:
The Inheritors by Hannelore Cayre
75 Must-See Places to Take the Kids (Before They Don’t Want To Go) by Robin Esrock
Men at Work by Annabel Crabb
Bad Yogi by Alice Williams
How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
A Couple Of Things Before The End by Sean O’Beirne
These super exciting titles from Giramondo:
Heide by π.O.
Womerah Lane: Lives and Landscapes by Tom Carment
A Novel Idea by Fiona McGregor
A one-year print subscription to Voiceworks
The Good Copy ‘Stop. Grammar Time enrolment (online)
These excellent UQP titles:
Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe
Mammoth by Chris Flynn
Just Money by Royce Kurmelovs
Talkin’ up to the white woman by Aileen Moreton-Robinson
These excellent Magabala titles:
Guwayu–For All Times, edited by Jeanine Leane
Maar Bidi: Next Generation Black Writing, edited by Elfie Shiosaki and Linda Martin
A collection of Cordite titles, including:
About the Author is Dead by Pascalle Burton
These Wild Houses by Omar Sakr
Breathing Plural by Em König
Yuiquimbiang by Louise Crisp
Dirty Words by Natalie Harkin
Labour and Other Poems by Astrid Lorange
Walk Back Over by Jeanine Leane
A one-year subscription to The Monthly
Three pottery classes at The Pottery Shed in Surry Hills
Free coffee every day for a month at Bourke Street Bakery
The following mixed titles:
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn
Oh Happy Day by Carmen Callil
How To Break Up With Friends by Hannah Korrel
There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
A really cool Print Pals lino kit from Print Safari
One-year membership to NT Writers Centre
We Are Here, edited by Meg Mundel (Affirm Press)
A collection of Penguin Random House titles, including:
The Spill by Imbi Neeme
Life After Truth by Ceridwen Dovey
The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham
Vida: A Woman For Our Time by Jacqueline Kent
2 x $50 voucher to Avid Reader (to be spent in store or online)
A one-year subscription to Jacobin
A one-year membership to Queensland Writers Centre
Craftwork Roasting coffee beans (250g)
The following excellent UQP titles:
Born Into This by Adam Thompson
Only Happiness Here by Gabrielle Carey
A one-year subscription to Southerly
Two passes to Laneway Learning (online)
A one-year membership to Writers SA
The following Recent Work Press titles:
I Don’t Know How that Happened by Oliver Driscoll
Airplane Baby Banana Blanket by Benjamin Dodds
Some Sketchy Notes On Matter by Angela Gardner
Unbelonging by Nathaniel O’Reily
Man-Handled by Melinda Smith
Wild Curious Air by Jill Jones
These fabulous mixed titles:
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
Half Wild by Pip Smith
Just Like You by Nick Hornby
Mother of Pearl by Angela Savage
Things Nobody Knows But Me by Amra Pajalic
The Kowloon Kid: A Hong Kong Childhood by Phil Brown
A one-year subscription to Island
A collection of Affirm Press titles, including:
Shirl by Wayne Marshall
Eight Lives by Susan Hurley
Anchor Point by Alice Robinson
Water Colour by Greg French
Barking Dogs by Rebekah Clarkson
My Tidda, My Sister by Marlee Silva (HardieGrant Publishing)
A fabulous collection of Seizure titles, including:
The Bed-Making Competition by Anna Jackson
Melbourne Djembe West African Dance or Drum class pass x 2
A one-year membership to Writers Victoria
Limited edition Overland t-shirt, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman
Two ground passes to Montsalvat
$100 Miss Gertrude Salon voucher
These UWAP titles:
Scratchland by Noëlle Janaczewska
Anh and Lucien by Tony Page
Recipe for Risotto by Josephine Clarke
The Weave by Thurston Moore and John Kinsella
A one-year subscription to How We Roll 100% recycled eco toilet paper
An exciting book pack from Better Read Than Dead, including:
Behind the Enigma: the Authorised History of GCHQ by John Ferris
A one-year subscription to Westerly
The following enviable titles from Fremantle Press:
Of Memory and Furniture by Bron Bateman
Small Steps: a Physio in Ethiopia by Julie Sprigg
How to be an Author: The Business of Being a Writer by Georgia Richter and Deborah Hunn
Return Ticket by Jon Doust
Shore Leave by David Whish-Wilson
An incredible collection of titles from Victoria University Press, including:
Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker
The Swimmers by Chloe Lane
Monsters in the Garden by Elizabeth Knox and David Larsen
Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter
