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
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Year: 2010
winner y
Every Secret Thing
2008
St Lucia
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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.)
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Year: 2009
inaugural winner y
An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land
Sydney
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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.)
For the 2007 Niblock publication.
