We are proud to share that two Scribe books have been longlisted for this year’s Walkley Book Award: The Palestine Laboratory by Antony Loewenstein and Hard Labour by Ben Schneiders.
Shona Martyn, CEO of the of the Walkley Foundation commented on the longlist that, ‘This year’s finalists include stellar coverage of such pressing issues and more. Australia’s reporters, commentators, photographers, camera operators, cartoonists, podcasters, authors and documentary makers have produced extraordinary works of public interest journalism in the last 12 months. As they will in the next year. The quality of the finalists is high and they are all to be commended for shining a light on darkness and on telling the stories that need to be told in their own mediums.’
The shortlist will be announced on 2 November.
Congratulations to Antony and Ben!
WINNER OF THE 2023 WALKLEY BOOK AWARD
WINNER OF PEOPLE’S CHOICE AT THE VICTORIAN PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 ABIA SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK OF THE YEAR
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel’s occupation-enforcing technologies.
For more than 50 years, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an ‘enemy’ population, the Palestinians. It’s here that they have perfected the architecture of control, using the occupied Palestinian…
A startling investigation of how some of Australia’s best-known companies have abused their power to systematically underpay their workers in recent years.
Whether it’s at McDonald’s, Coles, 7-Eleven, Woolworths, the major banks, high-end restaurants, or on farms, wage theft has become endemic. Billions of dollars have been unlawfully taken from workers at countless businesses, large and small.
Hard Labour is an examination of why this has occurred and what it says about inequality and power in twenty-first century Australia. It tells the stories of individual workers, temporary migrants, and those…
Ben Schneiders
Ben Schneiders is an investigative journalist at The Age. His reporting…
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Antony Loewenstein
Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, bestselling author,…
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