Yesterday I was rapt to discover that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is a short-list finalist for best book of the year in Australia’s leading journalism prize, The Walkley Awards. After being recently long-listed, amongst 9 titles, I’m happy that my years-long investigation is now a a serious contender with two other books. Independent journalism…
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The Palestine Laboratory scores Walkley finalist position
I’m excited to announce that my latest book, The Palestine Laboratory, published by Scribe in Australia and Verso in the US and UK, has been long-listed for Australia’s most prestigious journalism award, The Walkleys: I’m honoured to be a finalist alongside these fine other authors: Jackie Dent, The Great Dead Body Teachers, Ultimo Press Christine Kenneally,…
The AI “revolution” is piracy for authors
I recently discovered that some of my books are being used illegally to “train” AI models: This story in Books + Publishing explains what’s at stake: The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has responded to the large-scale unauthorised use of books by Australian authors in a dataset used to train generative artificial intelligence. The training…
On not ignoring the struggles of Africa
My essay/book review in the US outlet The Markaz Review is on a new book by the great writer, Anjan Sundaram, Break-Up: A Reporter’s Marriage Amid a Central African War: The Central African Republic (CAR) is mostly ignored in the mainstream media, but in sparse depictions it’s often portrayed as a faraway nation bedeviled by…
Discussing Lachlan Murdoch with Paddy Manning
Journalist Paddy Manning has written a fascinating book on Lachlan Murdoch, the heir apparent of the global media empire, called The Successor. I interviewed him about the book and his methods behind it at this year’s Newcastle Writer’s Festival:
The Palestine Laboratory makes long-list for the Christopher G. Moore Foundation literary prize
I’m honoured to be a long-list finalist for the Moore Prize, a global literary and human rights award. My book, The Palestine Laboratory, has been selected alongside 13 other titles. The Moore Prize is international, with submissions coming from all over the English speaking world (and beyond through translations). Its headquarters are in the UK.…
BBC World Service interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview on the BBC World Service’s daily program, Newsday, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. I talked with the host James Copnall about the EU use of Israeli drones and the Israeli arms industry:
Democracy Now! covers The Palestine Laboratory
The US TV show, Democracy Now!, interviewed me in a long 20-minute segment on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, where we discussed the EU use of Israeli drones, ethno-nationalism, Israeli spyware et al. I’ve previously appeared on Democracy Now! in 2008, 2013 and 2015.
“Antony Loewenstein has brought a book to a gunfight”
My new book, The Palestine Laboratory, was positively reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age on the weekend in a piece written by Michael Ruffles: Antony Loewenstein has brought a book to a gunfight, taking on Israel’s enormous and expanding military-industrial complex and invasive cyber spy operations with the low-tech tool of words…
ABC Radio National Drive interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview on Australia’s Radio National’s Drive program talking about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, where we discuss my family’s Jewish trajectory, Israel’s testing of weapons in Palestine and the threat that this poses to the world.