Five years later people no longer stop me in the street and ask: ‘What happened? Did the Taliban kidnap you? Why are you still alive?’ During two strange and chaotic days in June 2004, I was on the front page of Melbourne’s Age, and the second news item on Channel Nine, sandwiched between the war […]

OVERLAND 196 spring 2009 ISBN 978-0-9805346-3-4 published 22 August 2009 A life in mirrors Jeff Sparrow and Rjurik Davidson meet Thomas Shepherd, a former ASIO informer Thomas Shepherd does not seem like a spy. He walks slowly, gently, into the Overland office, and accepts a proffered cup of tea. He speaks softly; his tone measured, […]

OVERLAND 196 spring 2009 ISBN 978-0-9805346-3-4 published 22 August 2009 With the support of the City of Melbourne’s ‘Writing About Melbourne’ program, Overland approached four authors whose work we admired and invited them to contribute stories set in the city’s future. There were no other stipulations. You can see the results on pages 49−80, strikingly […]