Inked

Host Mia and young reader Ainsley discuss Inked with author Karen Wasson and illustrator Jake A Minton. Inked is Shortlisted for the 2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards for Younger Readers. — When 12-year-old Sid discovers a talking octopus in his family’s fish shop, he is shocked – and annoyed. Otto the octopus is cheeky, demanding, and won’t leave Sid alone until he helps Otto get to the ocean … roughly 300 kilometres away! But Sid has bigger fish to fry. He has to figure out how to get into...