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07 June 2025

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Batchelor Press recently participated in the 2025 AIATSIS Summit which took the theme Voices of Empowerment: Strengthening our Future and was held at Darwin Convention Centre 2 to 6 June. The Institute was a Youth Delegate Sponsor for the Summit and as part of this sponsorship ran a stall at the event which was managed by Batchelor Press in tandem with Maninder Malhi from the Institute’s marketing team. Visitors to the stall availed themselves of Institute tote bags which included course guides and various Institute merchandise. A range of Batchelor Press products were also available for sale.

The Batchelor Institute stall attracted steady interest and sales throughout the week. The Larrakia-related books Gulumerrdjin Colouring Book and Gulumerrdjin Madawa were popular sellers no doubt because the Summit took place in Larrakia country and possibly as the book’s vibrant illustrations are by Jason Lee whose artwork also featured on the Summit T-shirt. Among the Summit’s keynote speakers was Pat Anderson, former Chair, Batchelor Institute Council, who presented online from Canberra. Other former Institute people such as Penny Watson also attended, now part of the AIATSIS team at their relatively new Alice Springs office. Watson took great interest in the book All my Country, the Batchelor Institute Art Collection (available at the stall) as a former Institute art lecturer working with many of the artists and artist-in-residence programs included in the book.

Maurice O’Riordan and Praveen Sudaraka, 2025 AIATSIS Summit, Darwin Convention Centre

Many thanks to Maninder (Mani) for coordinating the Institute’s participation, and to Jo Wood (Batchelor Library) and Praveen Sudaraka (Finance) who assisted Maurice O’Riordan (Batchelor Press) on the stall throughout the week.