My Israel Question has been short-listed for the 2007 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. It is an honour to be recognised in such a prestigious category (though I clearly have no idea if I will win, announced late May.)
I’ll comment more fully in the coming weeks and month, but I look forward to the accusations of anti-Semitism by the usual suspects towards the judging panel.
To the awards themselves, I thank them for the acknowledgement.
Congratulations Ant.
I imagine Danby and the usual suspects are busily making phone calls right now to make sure your book doesn’t get the blue ribbon.
How many copies did you sell?
Congratulations. I expect another barrage of bullshit in the papers will follow this but well done nonetheless.
This is a very embarrassing comment on literacy levels in NSW. What did one reviewer say, “whole pages are complete mysteries of incoherence.”
Congrats mate.
Next comes the small minded attack machine with nothing better to do.
You sure they weren’t talking about a book by Dershowitz or Horowitz?
Still waiting for an answer. Perhaps my question was unclear?
How many copies has Antony sold?
Andre
Ah the old bait and switch. Again. And yet Ant remains an appalling writer.
Viva,
By who’s standards does Ant remains an appalling writer? Care to link to books you may have written, or what you regard as literary excellence?
Evidently not yours Andre.
Admittedly even Antony would struggle to beat your latest effort wherein you wrote:
Fircest fo? Deary me Andre, you must have been in a hurry to bash out your latest damning evidence of Israeli failure…
BenZ,
Another example of ingoing the elephant in the room by staring at the wallpaper.
At least we know where you stand. Picking at typos is your idea of literary excellence.
“Ingoing” the elephant in the room Andre?
Everybody seems to be ignoring my earlier question, repeated subsequently: How many copies were sold.
it’s a fairly easy question, but by all means, continue “ignoing” it and extolling the virtues of Antony’s literary prowess.
By the way, there is a big difference between typos, which can be overlooked as opposed to simply bad English.
Suffering delusions of grandeur BenZ? Who’s everyone?
I have no idea how many were sold. You will have to wait for Ant to answer that question for you.
In any case, those with much more astute appreciation of literary excellence than you or Viva, have decided that Ant’s book is worthy of consideration.
Yours and Viva’s ungracious response is just sour grapes.
Well done Antony, and good luck in the awards!
Thanks Andre. Feel free to draw it to his attention. While you are at it, you may care to ask why several of my comments remain permanently “in moderation”.
I eagerly look forward to his answer…
…And as predictably as sunrise, I am still waiting. Knowing full well, that Antony has read these comments and is ignoring the question. Why?
The “Gleebooks prize” is a prestigious category?
BenZ,
You are an impatient little putz aren’t you?
You have already had egg on your face, assuming last time that Ant was not celebrating Seder, when in fact he was doing so in NY.
Ant is currently in Cuba, where Internet access for him is painfully slow and unreliable. He has managed a few posts, but doesn’t have the luxury at the moment of surfing and replying to precocious posters who demand to be taken seriously.
And when can we expect to see your book is being published?
What? He was in Australia, appearing on a live show on the ABC. What are you talking about?
Sure sure… That’s the excuse is it? So what you are saying then, is that the comments in question will be approved in due course? You do realise Antony has a well documented history of censoring opposing comments on his blog, don’t you?
If one were to believe your excuse however, one might be prompted to ask how he manages to write any number of lengthy blog posts, you know, given the terrible internet access, yet doesn’t manage to click a single button and release maybe 2 or three comments from moderation.
Do you actually believe your own bullshit Andre?