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Batchelor Press: New relationships, new resources
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As a niche publisher focused on Indigenous Australian language-related resources, Batchelor Press is all about relationships – with communities, language speakers, linguists, writers, artists and a host of other research and print/publishing industry-wide partners. In 2023 we were involved with a number of new publishing initiatives which also enabled new working relationships to develop. In some cases, as with our work with the Ngukurr Language Centre on the publication of the Ngandi Dictionary, these were with communities and sometimes individuals we had previously worked with but towards new goals.

When Sylvia Wurramarrba Tkac and Bình Văn Phan approached us early 2023 about a classic children’s story they had adapted for the Anindilyakwa language from Groote Eylandt, they were new to the world of publishing but full of enthusiasm and with many other book ideas on foot. It’s gratifying for Batchelor Press to help realise the dreams of first-time published authors especially when such books work to keep endangered languages alive.

Nilaburnda
pages from Nilaburnda Nabungkawa (The Frog Prince); authors: Sylvia Wurramarrba Tkac and Bình Văn Phan; illustrator: Katarzyna Kołodyńska

Ngandi birds
The ‘Birds’ pages from the Ngandi Dictionary also produced as one of two accompanying posters for the book; published by Batchelor Press in association with the Ngukurr Language Centre