Booked Out was proud to see so many of our talented speakers and friends on the shortlist for the WA Premier’s Book Awards when they were announced this week.

Congratulations to the following Booked Outers and to all the speakers who were short-listed this year. It is a tough competition, with a dramatic increase in the number of entrants this year from 2010. Winners will be announced in September.

• Scot Gardner, Happy as Larry (Young Adults)
• Leanne Hall This is Shyness (Young Adults)
• Anna Krien, Into the Woods (Non Fiction)
• Fiona McGregor “Indelible Ink” (Fiction)
• Isobelle Carmody “The Red Wind” (Children’s Books)