Aussie YA Book Awards

It's such a brilliant time of the year for the Aussie YA industry with a lot of awards being, erm, awarded ;)


I have been following along but not individually posting on inkcrush, so here's a bit if a humongous post full of Aussie goodness. Congrats to all the short-listed titles and winners of the awards. I love beefing out my TBR with the best of what Aussie YA has to offer

First Up: The Inky's


The longlist has been whittled down by the judges and now the short lists are open for voting ~ there is only one week left to vote so all Aussie teenagers ~ go and make your vote count :) NOW


Inky's Short List:

Golden Inky (Aussie YA)

• Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
• This Is Shyness by Leanne Hall
• Silvermay by James Moloney
• Black Painted Fingernails by Steven Herrick
• All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield

Oh, me? Eep. I have read all bar Silvermay (which I very much want to read). I SO love Graffiti Moon, hey. But I also fell in love with 'All I Ever Wanted' earlier in the year (gosh, what a gorgeous book). Seriously, what a tough, tough list to pick from.

Silver Inky (international YA)

• Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
• No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
• Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
• The Agency: The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Me? I have read three of these. I am thinking my fave probably goes out to Where She Went BUT I also lovelovelove No and Me (and I am ever so pleased to see it still standing in the shortlist)

Which book would you vote for? In the Gold and Silver?

(voting is only open to Aussies, aged between 12 and 20)

Vote NOW for the inky's

Next up, both the Victorian and Queensland Premier's awards have been awarded. These awards are for best Aussie YA of the year, awarded by judges and such. 

Queensland Premier's Award 

The Short List:

• Cath Crowley - Graffiti Moon 
• Ursula Dubosarsky - The Golden Day 
• Belinda Jeffrey - Big River, Little Fish 
• Barry Jonsberg - Being Here 
• Mark Svendsen - To Die For 

I've read four of these authors before (not yet familiar with Mark Svendsen) and they are all authors I adore/admire. 

The winner of the Queensland Premier's Award goes to 'Being Here'.

I do love Barry Jonsberg work but have not read his latest yet. Congrats Barry :) 

The Victorian Premier's Award

The short list (which is rather short):

• The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher, Doug MacLeod
• Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley
• The Three Loves of Persimmon, Cassandra Golds

And the winner of the Victorian Premier's Award is Cassandra Golds (CONGRATS)

NSW Premier's History Prize

HUGE congrats to Kirsty Murray for her stunning novel which won the award with her novel 'India Dark' last week :)

Short-listed with Kirsty's book was Sherryl Clark and Nicole Pluss (congrats):

Two Aussie YA books currently touring the US

While we are talking Aussie YA ~ one of my fave bloggers is ever so graciously touring two of my most most fave Aussie YA books in the US. Both these books are not readily available internationally. Both I gave 5 stars to (so so seriously good):

If you are in the US and interested in reading either of these books see this post here :)

(I think you should be interested in these books ;))

Sorry for the super long post but it is full of general Aussie goodness. 

Hope you're excited for some of these wins and have found some more books to add to your (ever-expanding TBR)