Published 6 July 20096 July 2009 · Main Posts Readings and Writings: 40 Years in Books Jeff Sparrow You might have seen that Readings, the legendary Carlton bookshop (OK, I know it’s in other places as well now but it’s located in Carlton on the spiritual plane) is celebrating its anniversary by publishing a collection of short stories by Australian writers.The Readings site explains: Readings and Writings is a collection of new Australian short stories from writers who have been involved with Readings over the years. All have contributed freely to celebrate the shop and its achievements, and to assist The Readings Foundation in supporting literacy, the arts and the community. The list of contributors is below: Alex Miller Cate Kennedy Robert Egan Chris Womersley Jenny Sinclair Michael McGirrv Peter Goldsworthy Josephine Rowe Christos Tsiolkas Myfanwy Jones Kalinda Ashton Mark Seymour Barry Divola Amy Tsilemanis Louise Swinn Chris Grierson Elliot Perlman Paddy O’Rielly Miles Allinson Tony Birch Catherine Harris Paul Mitchell David Cohen Leanne Hall Kate Holden Steven Amsterdam Not bad company Overland‘s associate editor keeps these days. Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland. More by Jeff Sparrow › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 28 March 20249 April 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body. 5 March 2024 · Main Posts Andrew Charlton’s school assignment Alex McKinnon Australia's Pivot to India exists for three reasons: so that when Andrew Charlton is interviewed on the radio or introduced on Q+A, his bio includes the phrase "he has written a book about Indian-Australian relations"; to fend off accusations that he is another Kristina Keneally engaging in electoral colonialism in western Sydney; and to help the Albanese government strengthen economic and military ties with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.