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

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...

February 15th, 2018

Wanted - 2018 Inky Awards Judges

If you love reading, talking about books and debating what makes a great book, then apply now to be a 2018 Inky Awards Judge! What does an Inky Awards Judge do? Reads all 20 longlisted books (which you get to keep) within three...

January 29th, 2018

Dog's Advisory Board: Interview with Nova Weetman, Author

Nova Weetman is an author of both middle grade and young adult fiction books. Some of her works include The Haunting of Lily Frost, A Hot Cold Summer and Everything Is Changed. The Secrets We Share is the sequel to 2016’s ...

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