Awards

• Long-listed for Best Young Adult Novel 2026 (Australia)
• Short-listed for Best Young Adult Novel 2026 (Australia)
• Short-listed for Indie Book Awards 2025 (Australia)

Overview

SHORTLISTED: 2026 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers LONGLISTED: 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, YOUNG ADULT AWARD Page Whittaker has always been an outcast. She's too smart, too quiet, too weird. And after the deadly incident that destroyed her only friendship at her old school, she needs a fresh start. Agathion College is everything Page has ever wanted: a safe haven of wood-panelled halls and dusty books, on a remote Scottish moor. And for the first time in her life, she has a close group of friends. Cyrus, Ren, Gideon, Lacey and Oak help her feel at home at Agathion; the only problem is, they're all keeping secrets from her. Page doesn't know it yet, but her perfect new school has a crooked foundation, rooted in an ancient clandestine society with rumoured ties to demonic magic. Soon, Page will learn that not everyone at Agathion is who they say they are. Least of all, her friends. Agathion claims to teach its students history...but some histories are better left buried. A wonderfully captivating dark academia fantasy from the award-winning author of A Hunger of Thorns and Deep is the Fen. 'A must-read for fans of magical realism, fantasy and stories with demons, Unhallowed Halls is a gripping, unputdownable read from start to finish. Recommended for readers who enjoy works by Leigh Bardugo or Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle series.' - Books & Publishing 'Moody, gripping dark academia steeped in magic.' - Kirkus Starred review 'Covert clubs, dangerous tests of wits, and a mystery shrouded in dark magic and strange and ancient secrets unfurl in this stunning foray whose skillful plotting is reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History.' - Publishers Weekly Starred review

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Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of more than twenty books for children and teenagers, including Deep is the Fen, A Hunger of Thorns, After the Lights Go Out, The Erasure Initiative and Bravepaw. Lili established the Inky Awards at the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, and lives in Melbourne with her partner, child, dog and three chickens.

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