Following on the CBCA’s recent announcement of their Book of the Year Winners, the Centre for Youth Literature has announced the short list for the Inky awards. The Inky awards are different to the CBCA awards in that the books are short listed by a reading panel of young adult judges and then the winner is decided by ya readers by a voting for their favourite novel. The competition is divided into two categories, the Gold Inky for Australian titles and the Silver Inky for International novels. The Inky Awards are an annual literary prize for the best new Young Adult books.
We are very excited to see that two novels close to our Loreto heart, Fairytales for Wild Girls and Every Breath have been named on the short list. Allyse Near, author of Fairytales for Wilde Girls is an ex Loreto student and Ellie Marney, author of Every Breath, recently visited our school and impressed all who met and heard her speak. Congratulations to all short listed authors and good luck in the voting.