From: MShuttleworth at slv.vic.gov.au <MShuttleworth>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:15:38 +1100

Voting closes on Monday for the Inkys, Australia's first teen choice book award.

The Inkys has the Golden Inky for Australian books and the Silver Inky for international books.

You can view the shortlist here

http://www.insideadog.com.au/inkys/index.php

Interantional votes from peopel under 25 are welcome!

The three international books on the shortlist are all American YA: Looking for Alaska by John Green,

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan and

Valiant by Holly Black.

The Australian books are The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Notes from the Teenage Underground by Simmone Howell

The Arrival by Beth Montgomery

For more about the Inkys, you can listen to this podcast on from The Book Show on ABC Radio National (It starts at about the 18 minute mark!)

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2007/2075031.htm

Mike Shuttleworth Program Co-ordinator Centre for Youth Literature 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 PH: 03 8664 7262 FAX: 03 9639 4143 http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/youthlit/

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