More award news with the 2014 Inky Award Winners announced today! See all the shortlisted novels here 2014 Inky Award Shortlist.
It sounded like a fabulous morning down at the State Library of Victoria. All five Australian authors nominated were present, with each author taking the stage to talk about their books, followed by a session talking with the with teen judges and a YA literature pop quiz. The tweets were coming thick and fast with the #InkyAward hashtag trending in Melbourne.
What an awesome effort of the teen judges to read through all of the twenty nominated long listed books! Then the ten shortlisted books were chosen in consultation with the other judges and the voting went online for young adults from 12 – 20 to vote for the winners. I don’t have many teen readers of my blog – wish I had more – but if this sounds like something your son or daughter would be interested in (yes, I’m talking to you Melissa – about Aidan!) then get online, register with Inside a Dog and post your book reviews and next year apply to be a judge. Go on!
Here is a little of the Twitter feed of the 2014 Inky Awards:
First of our shortlisted #inkyawards authors takes to the stage to say hello: it's These Broken Stars author @AmieKaufman!
Description: Life is made up of three parts: in the first third, you’re embarrassed by your family; in the second, you make a family of your own; and in the end, you just embarrass the family you’ve made. That’s how Billy’s grandmother explains it, anyway. She’s given him her bucket list (cue embarrassment), and now, it’s his job to glue their family back together. No pressure or anything. Fixing his family’s not going to be easy and Billy’s not ready for change. But as he soon discovers, the first third has to end some time. And then what?
Silver Inky Award for an International Book
Description: Four years ago, Judith and her best friend disappeared from their small town of Roswell Station. Two years ago, only Judith returned, permanently mutilated, reviled and ignored by those who were once her friends and family. Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her own home, silently pouring out her thoughts to the boy who’s owned her heart as long as she can remember—even if he doesn’t know it—her childhood friend, Lucas. But when Roswell Station is attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her, forever. This startlingly original novel will shock and disturb you; it will fill you with Judith’s passion and longing; and its mysteries will keep you feverishly turning the pages until the very last.
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The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the longlist and shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by the teen readers of InsideaDog.com.au.
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19 replies to “2014 Inky Award Winners”
How great that only teenagers can judge when so many adults read YA, myself included. That the target market judges is wonderful.
19 replies to “2014 Inky Award Winners”
How great that only teenagers can judge when so many adults read YA, myself included. That the target market judges is wonderful.
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