Tan announced as managing editor for Overland

Overland has announced Cher Tan will step into the role of managing editor.

An essayist, editor and critic, Tan takes over from Natasha Seymour, who is leaving the journal after seven years.

Tan said, “To say I am thrilled to join Overland is a gross understatement. [I]t is beyond exciting to have the privilege to join a legendary literary journal with a grounded ethos and respected colleagues that also publishes ambitious and trailblazing writing. Overseeing the journal’s day-to-day operations while at the same time helping to build its future is something I feel honoured to be a part of.”

Overland editors Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk, said, “Tash has contributed to Overland during a critical stage in our history; her commitment and dedication have helped us navigate difficult times for the Australian writing community. While we’re sorry to see her go, we know her future endeavours will thrive. We’re thrilled that Cher Tan will be joining the team to help us ensure that Overland will always be a home for writers to speak radical, fierce, poetic truth to power.”

Overland was founded in 1954 by writer and critic Stephen Murray-Smith, who summed up its editorial ethos as “‘temper democratic; bias, Australian.” Editors over the past seventy years include Nathan Hollier (now with ANU Press and chairing the Small Press Network), Jeff Sparrow and Jacinda Woodhead.

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