2017 Inky Awards Shortlist

The shortlisted novels for the 2017 Inky Awards have been announced, including titles of potential genre interest:

Gold Inky (for Australian titles)

• Words in Deep Blue, Cath Crowley (Knopf)
• The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon (Disney-Hyperion)
• My Sister Rosa, Justine Larbalestier (Soho Teen)
• Frankie, Shivaun Plozza (Flatiron)
• One Would Think the Deep, Claire Zorn (University of Queensland Press)

Silver Inky (for international titles)

• You Know Me Well, Nina LaCour & David Levithan (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Holding Up the Universe, Jennifer Niven (Knopf)
• Radio Silence, Alice Oseman (HarperTeen)
• Salt to the Sea, Ruta Sepetys (Penguin)
• The Sun is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon (Delacorte)

The Inky Awards are run by the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library Victoria. The shortlist is selected by a panel of six teenage judges. Anyone aged 12-20 can then vote on the winner in each category. Winning authors receive a cash prize.

For more information, see the official website.

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