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During this period he was one of the last people arrested under the state's Anti Street March legislation. Birmingham was convicted of the heinous misdemeanor of displaying a sheet of paper with the words 'Free Speech' written on it in very small type. The local newpaper carried a photograph of him being frogmarched off to a waiting police paddy wagon. Birmingham is most notable for the novel '' He Died With A Felafel In His Hand '' ( 1994 ), which has since been turned into a play, film and a graphic novel. The sequel is '' The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco '' (Duffy and Snellgrove, 1997 ). The play was written and produced by thirty-six unemployed actors. It went on to become the longest running stage play in Australian history. Birmingham is also a foreign affairs expert, and has written an essay about , ISBN 0091842034). It won Australia's National Prize For Non-Fiction in 2002 . In 2004 he published '' Weapons Of Choice '', the first in the Axis Of Time trilogy, a series of Tom Clancy -like techno-thrillers; simultaneously a satire of the technothriller and alternate history genres. Many writers from those genres appear as minor characters. It was published by Del Rey Books in the US and by Pan Macmillan in Australia. In August 2005 , the second book, ''Designated Targets'' was published in Australia. US publication followed in October. The third and final book in the trilogy, Final Impact , has yet to have a release date, but will probably be available late August 2006 in Australia and shortly after in the US. He maintains a blog at http://birmo.journalspace.com EXTERNAL LINKS |
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