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It’s our end-of-year affair! Hosted at the Fringe Common Rooms (Trades Hall) join Nam Le, John Kinsella, Lucy Van, π.O., Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak, Neika Lehman and the Overland crew for a night to take stock of these last few complicated years. RSVP: tally.so/r/OQQvOp
“The day after his father beat him for something that was my fault, but for which I escaped any consequence, James Royal and I went looking for the dead whale.”
Our latest #fridayfiction is HEADLAND, by Harry Goddard.
overland.org.au/2026/11/head…
“If the art cinema spectator is at work, and that work is impeded by the presence of a mother and baby, then what does that say about the nature of caregiving?”
Alicia Byrnes on the "baby incident" at a screening of Minotaur and maternal labour. overland.org.au/2026/11/miff…
“Australia has the money, the expertise, the institutions, and the public support to reverse this crisis. What it doesn’t have is the political will to stop approving the destruction of the same habitat it claims to be protecting.”
overland.org.au/2026/11/natu…
“Drew has assigned images of deceased ancestors an ongoing public life they could not have anticipated and cannot refuse.”
Tiana Marshall Wong on Peter Drew’s “Aussie” posters and the ethics of representation.
overland.org.au/2026/10/an-u…
“I don’t want or need representation or ret-conning. I want to see what happens to the celluloid of my childhood memories when the maligned, the twisted, and the monstrous take hold of the camera."
Arani Ahmed on CAMP MIASMA as trans cinema.
overland.org.au/2026/10/camp…
“A future with trans people in it is possible, and there is much to be gained by fighting together.”
Shoshana Rosenberg reviews Raewyn Connell’s TRANS LIVES — with the generous support of the @CopyrightAgency's Cultural Fund.
overland.org.au/2026/10/pull…
“... it’s all
dramatic: the world becoming shapes. A mound
in the mid-distance, already sub-
merged, those clutching the roof turning to barely
blotches;”
Our latest #fridaypoem, by Jocasta Suzanne, take its inspiration from Winifred Knights' THE DELUGE.
overland.org.au/2026/10/the-…
“These exhibitions closed the distance of conflict, creating in its place room to learn, listen, grieve and form connections.”
Tahney Fosdike on the Gaza Biennale in Sarajevo. overland.org.au/2026/10/witn…
We are now stocked right around the country! Check out our list of stockists to see if your local bookshop has a copy of issue 260. Want to stock us for future issues? Email Emma at [email protected].
"The process of editing, talking, thinking, arguing, debating, and critiquing together matters deeply to our organising."
Alex Kelly on what happens if we devolve to AI the everyday tasks that stitch together relationships and entire social movements. overland.org.au/2026/10/thin…
“Joy had, after all, messed up the office coffee order. This was insufferable, said her colleagues.
“Protect the space. Call security. Point to the exit. For the sake of the workplace. Was a mistake.””
From JOB READY, a brand new story by Kristen Tytler overland.org.au/2026/10/job-…
"The Archibald’s presentation turns an artistic relationship into an institutional narrative of friendship and reconciliation, while the formal language of the portrait draws on a racialised visual vocabulary whose politics are largely left unexamined." overland.org.au/2026/10/the-…
"What happens when a regulator committed to consistency asks universities to treat different forms of racism through different definitions?"
An open statement by members of SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND DUE PROCESS on their "dehumanisation" standard. overland.org.au/2026/10/coul…
“Maybe the exclusion of comics from the official literary scene is a blessing, and it’s up to the rest of the arts community to sort out their own platforms.”
Joshua Santospirito talks himself out of demanding that comics be included in literary festivals overland.org.au/2026/10/dear…
The 2026 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is now open for submissions. Read more and submit here: overland.org.au/2026-neilma-…
The 2026 Judith Wright Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. Read more and submit here: overland.org.au/2026-judith-…
"Above all, the sum of John Miller's works demonstrates an ethic of love and hope, and a way for us as artists to play a role in political movements."
A major examination by Hana Pera Aoake of the oeuvre of Māori photographer John Miller. overland.org.au/2026/10/the-…
It’s finally here - issue 260. In your mailbox shortly.
Limited copies will be available online to purchase in the coming days.
Thank you to our subscribers and supporters for their patience while we brought this issue to life 💗
“I can think of no better antidote to capitalism than the fruits of one’s labour being eaten by skinks.”
A beautiful review/meditation by Edie Mitsuda on Hannah Moloney’s WHY WE GARDEN — generously supported by the @CopyrightAgency's Cultural Fund.
overland.org.au/2026/09/huma…
