This afternoon, the 2009 Inky Awards were launched!
A veritable crowd of teachers, librarians, students, and readers crammed into an Elluminate online session, to hear esteemed author and 2008 Golden Inky Award winner James Roy speak about the Inky Awards, which was followed by the announcement of the Inkys Longlist.
For those who missed it, you can watch a recording of it here.
Or, if you just want to go straight to the longlist, here it is...
GOLDEN INKY
My Candlelight Novel - Joanne Horniman
Screw Loose - Chris Wheat
Worldshaker - Richard Harland
Two Pearls of Wisdom - Alison Goodman
Everything Beautiful - Simmone Howell
Where the Streets Had a Name - Randa Abdel-Fattah
Broken Glass - Adrian Stirling
Jarvis 24 - David Metzenthen
White Silence - Anthony Eaton
The Beginner’s Guide to Living - Lia Hills
SILVER INKY
The 10pm Question - Kate de Goldi
Girl at Sea - Maureen Johnson
Paper Towns - John Green
Love, Aubrey - Suzanne La Fleur
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
If I Stay - Gayle Forman
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Ten Mile River - Paul Griffin
Skim - Mariko & Jillian Tamaki
Exposure - Mal Peet
What do you think? Have you read any of the listed titles, and particularly enjoyed any of them? Was there a title that you thought was overlooked? Feel free to leave comments.
