2015 Inky Awards Longlist announced

To all those fans of the Inky's (and who wouldn't be a fan of book awards selected, judged and voted for by teens), the 2015 Longlist has been announced! See the list below and read more at Insideadog! They're also recruiting for judges, so if you're keen, check it out!

Which books have you read? Which ten books will make it to the Shortlist?

Gold Inky Award Longlist

Nona & Me by Clare Atkins

Head of the River by Pip Harry

The Other Side of Nowhere by Steve Johnston

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil

Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier

The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim

Clariel by Garth Nix

Laurinda by Alice Pung

The Intern by Gabrielle Tozer

The Protected by Claire Zorn

Silver Inky Award Longlist 

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

Bird by Crystal Chan

Spark by Rachael Craw

Half Bad by Sally Green

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

Noggin by John Corey Whaley

What now?

• Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
• Go to the catalogue and reserve it.
• Borrow it as an ebook.
• Review a book yourself.

The Inky Awards 2014!!! And the winners are...

The Inky Awards, which recognise outstanding young adult literature, are selected by, and judged by, young adults right here in Melbourne. The awards are divided into two categories, the Gold Awards (for Australian books) and the Silver Awards (for International books).

Have a look at the winner's announcement on the Inside-a-Dog blog, right here!


The Gold Inky (for an Australian YA Novel) goes to....

The first third by Will Kostakis

And the Silver Inky (for an International YA novel) goes to...

All the truth that's in me by Julie Berry

Congratulations to both authors for another year! If you want to read either of these titles, or any of the books on the Inky Awards Longlist, check out our catalogue and ebook collection!


What now?

• Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
• Go to the catalogue and reserve it.
• Borrow it as an ebook.
• Review a book yourself.

It's Inky's time! Voting now open....

Hooray, the shortlist for the 2014 Inky awards has been announced! If you don't know what I'm talking about, the Inky Awards recognise outstanding young adult literature, and are selected by, and judged by, young adults right here in Melbourne. The awards are divided into two categories, the Gold Awards (for Australian books) and the Silver Awards (for International books).

The short list for this year's awards was announced at the Melbourne Writer's Festival, and voting has opened! 

Have a look at the shortlist on the Inside a Dog blog, right here!

Voting runs from 25 August - 5 October, so get reading and get voting!


What now?

• Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
• Reserve the Inky Awards shortlisted books through our catalogue.
• Borrow the Inky Awards books from our ebook collection.
• Review a book yourself.

Inky Awards 2014! Longlist announced!

Yes folks, it's that time again! The Inky Awards, which recognise outstanding young adult literature, are selected by, and judged by, young adults right here in Melbourne. The awards are divided into two categories, the Gold Awards (for Australian books) and the Silver Awards (for International books).

Have a look at the longlist on the Inside-a-Dog blog, right here!

If you want to catch up with 2013's Inkys, you can see our post about them here.

Happy reading!


What now?

• Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
• Go to the catalogue and reserve it.
• Borrow it as an ebook.
• Review a book yourself.

Vote now for the Inky Awards!

Yes, that's right! The shortlist has been announced and voting is now open for 2013's Inky Awards! If you don't know what I'm on about, I've blogged about the awards right here.

In a nutshell, the Inky Awards nominate the best of Australian and International YA fiction, with the winners voted by you the reader, online at the brilliant Inside a Dog blog, from the State Library of Victoria.

The shortlisted titles are:

Gold Inky (Australian YA Fiction):

Girl Defective - Simmone Howell

My Life as an Alphabet - Barry Jonsberg
Cry Blue Murder - Kim Kane and Marion Roberts
Life in Outer Space - Melissa Keil
Friday Brown - Vikki Wakefield

Silver Inky (International YA Fiction):

The Diviners - Libba Bray

See You At Harry's - Jo Knowles
The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
This Is Not a Test - Courtney Summers
Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein

What are you waiting for? Voting closes on 18th October, so vote now!!

What now?

• Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
• Go to the catalogue and reserve one of the nominated books.
• Browse our ebooks.
• Review a book yourself.

It's the Inky's!! Have you looked at the longlist yet?

Yep, it's exciting! The Inky's longlist has been announced for 2013, giving you a ready selection of the best in national and international YA fiction to peruse (if you haven't done so already). Inside a dog is a wonderful blog run by the State Library of Victoria, celebrating all literary-YA-stuff!

For those of you who haven't seen them, you can have a look at the nominated books below! The long list is divided into two categories: Gold Inky (Australian authors) and Silver Inky (international authors).


Gold Inky:
Fire in the Sea by Myke Bartlett
Girl Defective by Simmone Howell
My Life as an Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg
Cry Blue Murder by Kim Kane and Marion Roberts
Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
City by James Roy
Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield
Wildlife by Fiona Wood

Silver Inky:
The Diviners by Libba Bray
This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
Hostage Three by Nick Lake
Every Day by David Levithan
The Originals by Cat Patrick
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey


The shortlist will be announced on 26th August, I wonder who will make the cut? Most importantly, the winners of the Inkys are voted for by you! Voting opens on 26th August, and you can vote online at Inside a dog.


What now?

• Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
• Go to the catalogue and reserve an Inky award nominee.
• Borrow one as an ebook.
• Review an Inky nominated book yourself.

2008 Inky Awards

While we're on the subject of awards, the longlist has been announced for this year's Inky Awards. If you're not familiar with the Inkys, they are a people's choice award, which means you get to vote for them. It all happens over at insideadog.com.au which is run by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria (that's the big building full of books right opposite Melbourne Central).

Here's their explanation of how it works:

• The Centre for Youth Literature picks a longlist of 10 Australian books and 10 International books from the last year.
• A panel of 4 young people and 2 famous people pick a shortlist of 3 Australian, 3 international books.
• YOU VOTE.
• The International winner gets the Silver Inky (snazzy trophy), and the Australian winner gets the Golden Inky (snazzy trophy PLUS $2000).

So get on over to insideadog, check out the longlist and start reading so you can start voting when the polls open on September 12. I've only read 4 of the 20 longlisted books, so I've got a long way to go.