Inky Awards longlists 2017
The Centre for Youth Literature has just announced the two longlists for the Inky Awards.
The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature. There are two awards: the Gold Inky Award for an Australian book, and the Silver Inky Award for an international book. The shortlist is selected by young adults, and the winners are voted for online by the teen readers of InsideaDog.com.au.
The Gold Longlist (Australian books)
The Gold Longlist makes for a fantastic LoveOzYA reading list, and in particular, the best of contemporary Australian YA realism (Nevernight is the sole fantasy title on this year’s longlist!) Hard-hitting The Bone Sparrow and political When Michael Met Mina have already garnered several deserved awards and shortlistings, but it’s wonderful to see the anthology My First Lesson included, as it contains stories written by teenagers themselves. Congrats to those young writers!
- Frankie by Shivaun Plozza
- The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
- The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis
- The Yearbook Committee by Sarah Ayoub
- My First Lesson by various, edited by Alice Pung
- When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah
- My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier
- Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
- Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
- One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn
The Silver Longlist (International books)
The Silver Longlist always delivers a few well-known international titles, as well as some lesser-known but amazing books that must be chased down immediately. Many Readings staff members have read and loved The Sun is Also A Star, but there’s other gems on the list, whether you like historical fiction (Salt to the Sea), romance (You Know Me Well) or urban fantasy (Lady Midnight).
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- Highly Illogical Behaviour by John Corey Whaley
- Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy
- Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
- Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
- You Know Me Well by David Levithan & Nina LaCour
- The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
- The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
- Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
