I continue to be overwhelmed with the global reach of my book, The Palestine Laboratory. Here’s one more example. Interdependent Study is a US-based podcast: Class is in session. Interdependent Study is a podcast about the learning and unlearning work for social justice and collective liberation. Interdependent Study is hosted by Damien Franze, an angry…
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The Palestine Laboratory secures honourable mention in Moore Prize literary award
I’m excited to reveal that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, has received an honourable mention in the Moore Prize, an international literary and human rights award based in the UK. As the organisation states: Faced with a record number of high quality submissions and a remarkable shortlist, the Jury would like to recognise the other…
The Palestine Laboratory scores position in Wired magazine top books of 2023
Happy that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, has secured a spot in the top 16 books of 2023 in US magazine Wired (by journalist Kate Knibbs): What does the Jeff-Bezos-phone-hacking incident have to do with the plight of the Palestinians? Australian-German journalist Antony Loewenstein connects the dots in this compelling, horrifying investigation. The Palestine Laboratory…
The Palestine Laboratory shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024
What an honour for my book, The Palestine Laboratory, to be shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024, one of Australia’s major writing prizes. The judges comments: Can power be measured by a state’s ability to weaponise the business of oppression? This is the timely question at the heart of independent journalist Antony Loewenstein’s…
“Israel’s Palestine laboratory thrives on global disruption and violence”
A great review of The Palestine Laboratory in Middle East Monitor by Ramona Wadi: Antony Loewenstein’s book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world (Verso Books, 2023), is a timely read at any given moment, but the unfolding ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the complicit response of the international…
“Don’t give up if people are attacking you”
During the recent Ubud Writer’s Festival in Bali, Indonesia, where I was a guest speaker, I was asked by the literary magazine, Kill Your Darlings, about what I wished I knew about being a writer back in the day: I’ve been a journalist for over twenty years, and if you write about political issues, works…
#ReadPalestine
Through my UK/US publisher of The Palestine Laboratory, Verso, I was pleased to be involved in this recent initiative: A group of publishers has launched a week-long initiative encouraging people to read books by Palestinian authors and about Palestinian history by offering free ebooks. #ReadPalestine begins on Wednesday and runs until 5 December. The campaign…
Journalist responsibilities in a time of conflict
Soon after the 7 October attacks, University of Technology in Sydney organised a panel to discuss how the media covers Israel/Palestine. I spoke alongside many others and it was broadcast on ABC RN’s Big Ideas program: Rawan Damen Director-general, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism Zahera Harb International Journalism Studies Cluster lead, City University, London, former…
The Palestine Laboratory wins prestigious Walkleys Book Award of 2023
I’m excited to announce that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is the winner of the Walkleys Book Award of 2023. It’s Australia’s leading journalism prize, the equivalent of the Pulitzers. In a time of such grief, violence and anger in the Middle East and beyond, I’m managing a range of emotions but thankful to the judging…
The Palestine Laboratory secures short-listing for prestigious Moore Prize literary award
I’m excited to announce that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, has been selected as a short-list finalist in the Moore Prize, an international literary and human rights award, based in the UK. In June, my book was announced as a long-list finalist and now it’s down to six books. Here’s the official announcement: The Christopher…