Publisher launches crowdfunding campaign for slain photojournalist’s book

Tom Hurndall, a British photojournalist and peace worker, was shot by an Israeli Defence Force (IDF) sniper in Gaza in 2003. Publisher Trolleybooks is today launching a campaign to crowdfund money for a book of Hurndall’s work called The Only House Left Standing: The Middle East Journals of Tom Hurndall. Along with his journals the book will contain some of his poetry and an introduction by renowned foreign correspondent Robert Fisk.

The eight-week campaign will launch this afternoon with a panel talk featuring:

  • Tom’s parents Anthony and Jocelyn Hurndall
  • John Sweeney – BBC Panorama journalist and maker of 2003 documentary When Killing is Easy.
  • Rowan Joffe and Simon Block – director and screenwriter of BAFTA-nominated Channel 4 documentary The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
  • Mohammed Qeshta – who was with Hurndall when he was shot and worked for the International Solidarity Movement
  • Gigi Giannuzzi – publisher and founder of Trolley Books

The talk begins at 5pm this afternoon. Follow this link to watch it live on the Trolleybooks site.

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