Honoring the best new international youth literature out there, the annual Inky Awards longlist has been announced. For those of you who are not familiar with this award, it is the annual literary prize for the best new young adult literature as chosen by teen readers.
The longlist book titles for the 2015 Inky Awards were announced at the Somerset Celebration of Literature festival on the Gold Coast last week. Ten Australian books, nominated for the Gold Inky Award, and ten international books, nominated for the Silver Inky Award, make up the highly anticipated 2015 longlist.
The shortlist, chosen by a panel of teen judges from around the country will be announced on 24 August during the Melbourne Writers Festival.
But for now, here are your nominees…
Gold Inky Award
Nona and Me by Clare Atkins
Head of the River by Pip Harry
The Other Side of Nowhere by Stephen 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
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
