Chief Minister's NT Book Awards (2020-)
Territory Read Book of the Year
or Territory Read Awards (2009-2018); or Northern Territory Book of the Year Award

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History

The Territory Read Book of the Year Awards are presented by the Northern Territory Writers' Centre at the Wordstorm Darwin Festival. Presented biennially, the Territory Read Awards recognise excellence by writers living in the Northern Territory. From 2020, the awards were known as the Chief Minister's NT Book Awards.

Latest Winners / Recipients (also see subcategories)7440002

Year: 2010

winner y separately published work icon Every Secret Thing Marie Munkara , 2008 St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2009 Z1523127 2008 selected work short story (taught in 4 units)

'In the Aboriginal missions of far northern Australia, it was a battle between saving souls and saving traditional culture.

'Every Secret Thing is a rough, tough, hilarious portrayal of the Bush Mob and the Mission Mob, and the hapless clergy trying to convert them. In these tales, everyone is fair game.

'At once playful and sharp, Marie Munkara's wonderfully original stories cast a taunting new light on the mission era in Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)

Year: 2009

inaugural winner y separately published work icon An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land Andrew McMillan , Sydney : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2001 Z1561471 2001 single work prose travel

'Andrew McMillan's An Intruder's Guide To East Arnhem Land is part history, part journalism, part literature, part love story with a people and a place. The writing is both edgy and contemporary; a narrative of history in remote Australia where the echoes of the past continue to resonate with us today. Passionate, sensitive, witty and surprising, this book will give you a sense of Australia and national identity you have never known before.' (From the publisher's website.)

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