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national year of reading 2012 - Our story Reading list
(Posted: Nov 2011)
We are very pleased to announce that three CDU Press Titles have been short-listed to represent the Northern Territory on the ‘National Year of Reading 2012 – Our Story’ Reading List.
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The Sound of the Sky By Daena Murray |
The Shadow's Edge: By Alan Powell |
Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory By Alan Powell |
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What is the ‘Our Story’ Reading List
The search has begun for eight books that together paint a picture of the Australian people and the land that we live in. An independent panel of readers has decided on the shortlist of 6 titles for each state and territory, choosing from a selection put forward by publishers and libraries. The shortlist is a selection of 6 titles that have been chosen by reading experts who have selected them against criteria of what it means to live in, be from, that particular state or territory.
For more information see: http://www.love2read.org.au/our-story.cfm
Voting
The final eight books chosen to represent each State and Territory of Australia are chosen by the public. The general public can vote online at the ABC Arts gateway or visit their local library or bookstore and fill out a voting slip. Voting opens on the 1st November 2011 and closes on the 6th January 2012. The 8 winning titles will be announced on the 14 February 2014 at the official launch of the National Year of Reading.
To vote online for CDU Press Titles go to the ABC Arts Gateway: http://www.abc.net.au/arts/yearofreading/nt.htm
Aquatic biodiversity in northern australia launched at Charles darwin university
(Posted: November 2011)
New CDU Press title Aquatic Biodiversity in Northern Australia: Patterns, Threats and Future, edited by Brad Pusey from Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge research hub was launched by Andrew Campbell, Director of the CDU Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods on 14 November 2011.
This new book from the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge research hub provides an entry into the rich, highly distinctive and economically important aquatic biodiversity of northern Australia. It provides the most comprehensive resource yet about the biodiversity of northern Australia’s freshwater ecosystems and will help inform the continuing debate about the future of the region.
Launch of Brass disks, dog tags and finger scanners
(Posted: November 2011)
Telstra national aboriginal and torres strait islander art award catalog featured on ABC television
(Posted: May 2011)
Recent CDU Press publication Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 1984-2008: Celebrating 25 years was featured in an item with Laetitia Lemke on ABC Television in May:
Contact Zones shortlisted for 2011 chief minister's northern territory history book award
(Posted: May 2011)
Matthew Stephen's book Contact Zones has been shortlisted for this year's Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award. The award is presented annually to the author of a book on an aspect of northern Territory History published in the previous calendar year under the auspices of the Northern Territory Library.
Contact Zones traces the extraordinary journey taken by the Northern Territory’s non-White sportsmen and women from sporting exclusion and segregation to integration and liberation. In the Territory sport is hotly contested social and political terrain, a form of public theatre where issues of race and identity continually collide.
Contact Zones was one of three finalists:
- Darwin – No Place Like Home: Australia's Northern Capital in the 1950s through a Social History of Housing,
by Mickey Dewar and published by the Historical Society of the Northern Territory.
- Northern Voyagers: Australia’s Monsoon Coast in Maritime History,
by Alan Powell, and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing, and
- Contact Zones: Sport and Race in the Northern Territory, 1869-1953,
by Matthew Stephen and published by Charles Darwin University Press.
Mickey Dewar's Darwin - No Place Like Home won the award, which was presented at a ceremony held at Parliament House on 12 May 2011.
More about Contact Zones book>>
Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award>>
LAUNCH OF CATALOG CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE Telstra national aboriginal and torres strait islander art award
(Posted: March 2011)
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award: celebrating 25 years is the latest joint CDU Press publication with the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT). The full colour art catalog was launched on 1 March 2011 at the Gallery of Indigenous Art, MAGNT.
This publication formally acknowledges the extensive body of artwork produced over the duration of the award. It celebrates the creativity, ingenuity and application of Australia’s Indigenous artists by documenting the artistic achievements of a selection of significant artists, past and present, whose work has been exhibited in the award over its twenty-five year history. Many of these artists, through their art, continue to challenge, innovate and reinvigorate notions of what constitutes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art today.
Also featured are each year’s major prize-winning work and the posters produced by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory to promote and celebrate each award.
Farram hosting double launch
(Posted: Nov 2010)
Author and editor, Steven Farram, is hosting a combined launch for his two recent CDU Press titles, A Short-lived Enthusiasm: The Australian Consulate in Portuguese Timor, and Locating Democracy: Representation, Elections and Governance in Timor-Leste.
Acclaimed author and journalist Jill Jolliffe will launch the books on Friday 3 December at 5.00 pm in the foyer of the Mal Nairn Auditorium at Casuarina Campus of Charles Darwin University.
More about A Short-lived Enthusiasm>>
More about Locating Democracy>>
charlie king to launch contact zones
(Posted: Nov 2010)
Recent CDU Press publication, Contact Zones: Sport and Race in the Northern Territory 1869-1953 is to be launched by well-known Darwin sport commentator Charlie King. The launch, scheduled for 12.30 lunchtime on Thursday, 25 November 2010, is being held at Angus & Robertson Bookshop in the Galleria in Darwin's Smith Street Mall.
Contact Zones traces the extraordinary journey taken by the Northern Territory’s non-White sportsmen and women from sporting exclusion and segregation to integration and liberation. In the Territory sport is hotly contested social and political terrain, a form of public theatre where issues of race and identity continually collide.
Yalangbara exibition at National museum of australia, december 2010
(Updated: September 2010)
An exhibition of Yalangbara artworks is opening at the National Museum of Australia on 7 December 2010. The exhibition will include a number of the artworks featured in the award-winning CDU Press/MAGNT publication Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu. The exhibition will also be shown later in 2011 at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
Link to the exhibition at the National Museum of Australia>>
Darwin - whose city is it?
(Posted: Nov 2010)
Recent CDU Press title, Whose City is It? A thinking guide to Darwin, was featured at the opening function of the Beyond Periphery Symposium on 26 October 2010. The book encourages locals and visitors alike to debate how the city functions as a place to live, work, invest or visit and includes both formal research and informal accounts of personal experiences from guest commentators in leading positions within Darwin society.
More about Whose City is it?>>
Visit the Beyond Periphery Symposium website >>
new CDU Press titles explore northern Territory sport, profile of darwin and democracy in timor Leste
(Posted: Nov 2010)
CDU Press presents three new releases this month. The first, Contact Zones, by Matthew Stephen tells the history of Indigenous involvement in sport in the Northern Territory, covering the period 1869 to 1953. The second book, Whose City Is It?, edited by Dean Carson et al is a ‘thinking guide’ to Darwin encouraging locals and visitors alike to debate how the city functions as a place to live, work, invest or visit. The book includes both formal research and informal accounts of personal experiences from guest commentators in leading positions within Darwin society. Lastly, Locating Democracy, edited by Steven Farram, is a collection of papers from a symposium held in Dili earlier this year on democracy in Timor-Leste. All three books will be launched in coming weeks.
Click on the images below for more information or to order online now.
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Independent nation launched at 2010 history colloquium 
(Posted: Sept 2010)
Recent CDU Press title Independent Nation: The Evolution of Australian Foreign Policy 1901-1946: Australia, the British Empire and the Origins of Australian-Indonesian Relations, by Adam Henry, was launched by Professor David Carment at this year's NT History Colloquium, on Saturday, 6 November 2010, at the Theatrette, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
The History Colloquium is an annual event, this year co-hosted by the Professional Historians Association (NT), The Centre for Environmental History, ANU; the School of Creative Arts and Humanities, CDU; and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
2010 History Colloquium Program>>
In your face launched at CDU 
(Posted: Sept 2010)
Margot Ford's In Your Face: A Case Study of Post Multicultural Australia was launched by Shane Motlap at CDU on Friday, 1 October 2010. The launch was held in the foyer of the Mal Nairn Auditorium on CDU's Casuarina Campus.
New Release Explores Australian Consulate in Portuguese Timor 
(Posted: September 2010)
CDU Press is proud to present a new release by Steven Farram, entitled A Short-lived Enthusiasm: The Australian Consulate in Portuguese Timor. The book, which inludes many images, outlines the story of the consulate from 1946 to 1950.
East timorese women tell their stories
(Updated: August 2010)
A series of launches is letting people know about the stories of 13 East Timorese women, as told in the recent CDU Press publication, Step by Step: Women of East Timor, Stories of Resistance and Survival, edited by Jude Conway. More information about the book>>
Sydney Launch
Step by Step was first launched in Sydney at the 6th Annual Andrew McNaughtan Lecture, given by Jude Conway (Editor) on the 12 February 2010. Every year the Australia-East Timor Association NSW (AETA) honours Dr Andrew McNaughtan with a memorial lecture to remember the important role he played in emergency aid and human rights advocacy for Timor Leste. The launch of Step by Step in this arena was fitting, as it tells the stories of resistance, adaptations and survival of 13 outspoken East Timorese women in their struggle for independence. The book was further launched in Newcastle, Canberra, Darwin, Dili, Brisbane and Byron Bay in association with various writers’ festivals and events. The launches have been exceedingly successful with interest from local media, local MP’s and various East Timorese societies including Canberra Friends of Dili and others.
Further launches have been held as follows:
Newcastle, 25 March 2010, MacLeans Booksellers in Hamilton.
Canberra, 8 April 2010, Manning Clarke House
Darwin, 16 May 2010, Deckchair Cinema in association with the WordStorm Festival. The book was launched by Suzanne Belton, a Senior Lecturer in Health who is undergoing research in Women’s health in East Timor. A special feature of this launch was Cesarina Rocha and Ferreira Exposto, two of the East Timorese women who contributed to the book, speaking about their experiences. The launch was followed by a screening of Balibo with commentary by Jill Joliffe and Jose Belo.
Dili, 22 July 2010.
Brisbane, 3 August 2010, Avid Reader in West End, launched by Christine Mason.
Byron Bay, 6 August 2010, Byron Writers Festival, by local MP Janelle Saffin.
ABC Radio Australia Interview
Jude was interviewed by ABC Radio Australia, on the Asia Connect Program: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201007/s2967601.htm
World Matters Festival, 30-31 October 2010: View Program>>
Margot Ford presenting at ISA-2010 congress
(Posted: July 2010)
Dr Margot Ford, author of recent CDU Press title In Your Face is presenting a paper at the XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology in Gothenburg in July 2010. The paper, entitled 'Shopping for Identity: Experiences of Inclusion and Exclusion in a Northern Territory Shopping Centre' , follows on from her work presented in the book.
call for submissions for Hot Topics from the Tropics
(posted June 2010)
CDU Press has released a call for submissions to the next issue of its ejournal Hot Topics from the Tropics.
The-journal is aimed at researchers (including research students) working at or in partnership with Charles Darwin University and focuses on issues of importance to the communities of the Northern Territory, northern Australia and Southeast Asia.
Hot Topics from the Tropics welcomes not only traditional text-based articles but also other forms of submission, including slideshows, short video/music clips, etc. It also features book reviews as well as other features, which may include reviews of performances, exhibitions, etc.
Visit Hot Topics from the Tropics>> website for more information about the ejournal, including author and submission guidelines.
Indigenous Issues volume launched in Brisbane
(Updated: May 2010)
Recent CDU Press release, Indigenous Issues in Australian Universities: Reseach, Teaching, Support, edited by Jack Frawley, Maggie Nolan and Nereda White, was launched at Australian Catholic University in Brisbane on 23 March 2010.
Vice Chancellor launches Prepare for Impact
(Updated: March 2010)
On 22 February 2010, CDU's Vice Chancellor, Barney Glover officially launched two new international titles, the new CDU Press volume Prepare for Impact: When people and environment collide in the tropics, and a second book RIMBA: Sustainable Forest Livelihoods in Malaysia and Australia. Both titles stem from significant collaborations between CDU's School for Environmental Research and research partners across the world.
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