Teens came first at Australia’s world-leading Centre For Youth Literature – until it was axed
- Written by Bec Kavanagh, Senior Tutor in Publishing & Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
Eliott Reyna/UnsplashIn 2019, the State Library Victoria announced it was retiring the “brand” of its groundbreaking Centre for Youth Literature.
The centre ran – among other things – Australia’s first and only national teen-voted awards for teen literature, the Inkys; a lively online youth literature community; and a...





