Inside A Dog | "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read."

August 10th, 2018

2018 Inky Awards Shortlist Announcement!

The Inky Awards Shortlist After the challenging process of narrowing down such an incredible longlist, we are ready to announce The 2018 Inky Awards shortlist. Our dedicated judges deliberated lovingly through the impressive selection,...

July 10th, 2018

Announcing the 2018 Inky Award Judges!

We are proud to announce our Inky Awards judges for 2018. Our 9 teen judges will work to whittle the longlisted titles down to a final shortlist for teens all over Australia to vote on. And they are... Fahma, age 13, from VIC Sophie, age 15, from...

March 1st, 2018

2018 Inky Awards Longlist Announced

We’re so excited to be able to share the 2018 Inky Awards longlist with you! The longlist of 10 Australian and 10 international YA titles was selected by a panel of past Inky Awards judges, the Dog’s Advisory Board and Inside a Dog alumni, all young...

February 22nd, 2018

Apply to be one of the Shadow Judges *cue evil laugh*

This year we are introducing a new component to the Inky Awards, as part of our soon to be launched Inside a Dog website. We’re offering teens (from anywhere in Australia with an decent internet signal) the opportunity to become one of our inaugural...

Welcome to Inside a Dog

All about books – by young people, for young people.

Inside a Dog is a place for teen readers and the home of Inky, the reading wonder-dog. Here you can:

Find great reads
Share your reviews of books you love – or hate
Discuss book news and hot topics on our news blog and in our forums
Gain insight into an authors’ thoughts about writing and reading with our Writer in Residence blog
Join or create a book club to talk about your reading