Your Say

So it’s nearly Inkys time again.

For those of you who are new to insideadog (or have just forgotten), here is a summary:

WE pick a longlist of 10 Australian books, 10 International books

a PANEL of judges reads the books, and picks a shortlist of 3 Australian and 3 International

YOU vote for your favourites

the International winner gets the Silver Inky (a fancypants trophy). the Australian winner gets the Golden Inky (fancypants trophy PLUS a cheque for $2000)

This year is going to be EVEN MORE exciting, because we’re adding another award called the Inkys Creative Reading Prize which could be WON BY YOU. But more on that later.

In the meantime, I’m opening up the floor for suggestions for the longlist:

What do you think are the best books from the last year?

Over here, were running a competition about what book you want to see written. And one of the most common responses is “more Harry Potter”.

And NEVER LET IT BE SAID that I don’t give you people what you want.

Sarah Rees Brennan is a US YA author. Her first book is called The Demon’s Lexicon, and it will be out in the States later this year. Sarah is also an avid writer of Harry Potter fanfiction, and is twenty-seven chapters into a Harry fanfic novel, a kind of sequel to The Half Blood Prince.

Some aspects of it are a little more… mature… than Rowling’s Potter. But it’s a cracking good read.

Here’s Chapter One.

By colour?

In a big stack?

Or just all over the place?

What do we reckon? Two thumbs up? Two fangs down? Did we like him better when he was Cedric Diggory?

Jack Heath has been shamelessly copying inspired by our Summer Fanfiction Contest, and is now running one of his very own!

Check it out at his website.