Menu

Blog

Thank you once again to everyone who entered the giveaway, and to Penguin Random House for providing the books for the prize pack!

Keep Reading

Thanks to our friends at Penguin Random House Australia, we’re giving away a set of newly redesigned books by iconic Australian author Tim Winton!

Keep Reading

Enter this fabulous creative writing competition for primary and secondary students, revolving around the theme of change and continuity.

Keep Reading

We received 150 beautiful entries from Kindergarten through to Year 6, and it was very difficult to pick just two standouts…

Keep Reading

Thank you once more to everyone who participated, and to Penguin Random House for teaming up with us on this giveaway!

Keep Reading

Take part in our annual colouring competition with these exclusive designs from illustrator Charmaine Ledden-Lewis!

Keep Reading

Thanks to our friends at Penguin Random House, we have five copies of A Glasshouse of Stars to give away to Reading Australia subscribers!

Keep Reading

The results of our playwriting competition with the ACLF are in! Thank you to everyone who entered!

Keep Reading

Reading Australia has partnered with the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) to present an exciting opportunity for aspiring storytellers!

Keep Reading

A huge thanks once again to everyone for taking part, and to Nelson Cengage for partnering with us to offer this giveaway!

Keep Reading

In partnership with Nelson Cengage, we are giving away a set of resources from Our Land, Our Stories to a Reading Australia subscriber! Entry details here!

Keep Reading

Thank you to everyone who entered our National Reconciliation Week colouring competition – there were over 850 entries, so it was fiercely competitive! The Reading Australia team had a hard time choosing the final winners, but we are delighted to share the winning entries with you below. Dub Leffler is the wonderful illustrator behind this […]

Keep Reading

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is commemorated every year from 27 May to 3 June, giving Australians the opportunity to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this country, to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture, and to celebrate Indigenous culture. The theme of this year’s NRW is ‘In This Together’. To learn […]

Keep Reading

EDIT: The deadline has been extended! New deadline: 5 p.m. Friday 10 July 2020. We are thrilled to announce the launch of our annual poetry competition, this year hosted in partnership with Red Room Poetry. The competition will open on 21 March 2020 to coincide with World Poetry Day, a day which provides the chance […]

Keep Reading

Every year Reading Australia runs a NAIDOC Week colouring competition, and every year we are blown away by the enthusiasm and creativity of Australia’s students. We commissioned two brilliant illustrators to design colouring sheets inspired by their books that feature on Reading Australia: Angela Ramirez, who illustrated The Little Corroborree Frog, and graphic novelist, Brenton McKenna, who wrote […]

Keep Reading

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. This year we have commissioned two brilliant illustrators to create the artwork for our annual NAIDOC Week colouring competition: Angela Ramirez, who illustrated The Little Corroborree Frog, and Brenton McKenna, the graphic novelist who wrote and illustrated the Ubby’s Underdogs trilogy. The colouring sheets are designed to be used as […]

Keep Reading

We were blown away by all of the amazing poems we received throughout March – students experimented with form, genre, rhyming schemes, even their choice of muse (teachers, you are an inspiring bunch!). Thank you to the 550+ students who crafted such wonderful poems for us to read, and to the teachers who provided the guidance […]

Keep Reading

In commemoration of World Poetry Day on 21 March, we are running a poetry competition for primary and secondary students with two fabulous books to win in each category! World Poetry Day, proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999, celebrates the reading, writing and performance of poetry. How do my students enter? Challenge your students to write […]

Keep Reading

We asked students to redesign the cover of any book on Reading Australia, and they rose to the challenge with enthusiasm, sending in entries that demonstrated both creativity and keen understanding of their chosen books. We selected the best five entries as our prizewinners – scroll down to see the winning entries below. Each student […]

Keep Reading

It’s time to get creative! We are challenging students to design a new book cover for any title on the Reading Australia website. This challenge marks our third and last round of our competition run in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association. Students are to choose any book from the Reading Australia list and […]

Keep Reading

The first year of Morris Gleitzman’s two-year term as the Australian Children’s Laureate is drawing to a close, and we are commemorating the occasion with a competition! What’s the prize? One lucky school will receive a book prize pack valued at over $580! It includes all thirty-three books on this fabulous poster, celebrating the books […]

Keep Reading

We challenged the students of Australia to send us their best haiku inspired by a book on Reading Australia, and we received more than 900 entries! This competition was run in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and was shared by librarians around the country. Each entry demonstrated the creativity and beauty […]

Keep Reading

Eight hundred students from seventy-eight different schools from around the country entered our NAIDOC Week competition to win a set of books written and illustrated by Indigenous creators! To enter each student coloured in an illustration created exclusively for Reading Australia by artist Grace Fielding, the illustrator of The Lizard Gang, written by Kirra Somerville. […]

Keep Reading

Last term we gave away ten $100 Booktopia vouchers, and this term we’re offering the same prize, but with a different challenge! We will give five $100 Booktopia vouchers to students and another five to their school libraries. This competition is run in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association and is designed to […]

Keep Reading

Thank you to all the teachers and students who entered the Reading Australia 10-word challenge competition. This competition was run in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and was shared by librarians around the country. Over 1300 students took up the challenge to describe their favourite Reading Australia book in ten words […]

Keep Reading

To celebrate NAIDOC Week we are giving two primary students in Australia the opportunity to win a stack of books written and illustrated by Indigenous creators! The Lizard Gang will introduce your students to Zed, Boo, Eliza and Zoro – a spirited gang of monitor lizards who are constantly trying to outdo each other. They live deep in […]

Keep Reading

EDIT: THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. We are giving away ten $100 Booktopia vouchers in total – five to students and another five to their school libraries! This competition is run in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association and is designed to encourage students to explore Australian books. Who can enter? The competition is […]

Keep Reading

Thank you to all the teachers and students who entered our Leigh Hobbs colouring competition. We received over 1200 entries from students all across the country! Congratulations to the winners, who each won a book prize pack. They were: Madalina, Year 2, Airdale Primary School, SA Gabrielle, Year 5, St Francis Xavier’s Primary School, NSW […]

Keep Reading

In a few short months, it will be time to bid farewell to the 2016/17 Children’s Laureate, Mr Leigh Hobbs. He delights young readers and adults alike with his unique style of illustration and ironic manner of writing. Leigh has spent his two years as the Laureate travelling the country ‘to champion creative opportunities for children, and to highlight the […]

Keep Reading

Thank you to all the teachers and students who entered our Mad Magpie colouring competition during Reconciliation Week. We received over 550 entries from students all across the country! Congratulations to the winners, who each won a book prize pack. They were: Fellishia, Year 2, Nulsen Primary School, WA Jacob, Year 4, Northfield Primary School, SA […]

Keep Reading

We are thrilled to introduce you to the winner of our ‘Win a trip to the AATE/ALEA Conference’ competition! Name: Deborah Peters School: Georges Hall PS This year is teaching: Kindergarten Fun fact: has been a part of the Salvation Army since childhood. Deborah’s winning entry was a unit of work that integrated activities from the […]

Keep Reading

To celebrate Reconciliation Week AND the first release of our Indigenous resources created in partnership with Magabala Books, we are giving two primary students in Australia the opportunity to win a stack of books published by Magabala! In Mad Magpie, written and illustrated by Gregg Dreise, Guluu is an angry magpie who is being teased by a gang of […]

Keep Reading

WIN a trip to attend the AATE/ALEA National Conference 2017 6–9 July in Hobart Tasmania! Entering is easy! Tell us how you use Reading Australia to bring Australian literature to life in your classroom for your chance to win 5 days and 5 nights in Hobart, Tasmania, to attend the AATE/ALEA National Conference 6–9 July […]

Keep Reading

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2016 Ann James Colouring Competition! We selected two winners, one from lower primary and one from upper primary. Illustrator Ann James was one of the judges and she was so impressed with the entries that she offered to donate additional prizes, so we selected a further […]

Keep Reading

We are so excited to reveal the winners of the My Two Blankets colouring competition! Check out the winning entries below then browse through the entire gallery of entries. Laguna Street Public School (Year 6) Woollahara Public School (Year 4) Foundation Christian College (Year 3)

Keep Reading

It’s our 3rd Birthday and we’re celebrating by giving you the chance to win a print by Australian illustrator Ann James! Ann James, the well-loved Australian illustrator who has brought to life books such as The Midnight Gang, The Butterfly and Lucy Goosey, has designed a series of special colouring sheets just for Reading Australia’s 3rd birthday. For […]

Keep Reading

We ran a My Two Blankets colouring competition during National Literacy Week and received over 250 entries from students across the country! Browse our gallery below to see all the creative, colourful and unique artworks inspired by Freya Blackwood’s award-winning illustrations. Click on the images to enlarge them. The winners will be announced next week in […]

Keep Reading

Join Reading Australia’s Colouring Competition during National Literacy Week! My Two Blankets, written by Irena Kobald and illustrated by Freya Blackwood, has been selected for this year’s National Literacy and Numeracy Week as the ‘Read for Australia’ book. ‘Read for Australia’ is a national simultaneous reading event, where students and teachers, parents and children, across […]

Keep Reading

Do you live in or near Byron Bay? Do you love writers? Also festivals? One lucky person will receive TWO passes to the Byron Writers’ Festival. The prize includes two three-day passes, complimentary parking and VIP access to sessions sponsored by the Copyright Agency. To enter, simply go to our Facebook page, find the top […]

Keep Reading

Reading Australia turns two this month and we want you to help us celebrate! Reading Australia and your industry associations, AATE and ALEA, appreciate just how busy teachers are, and have created resources to make your working life a little easier. There are now over 100 teacher resources and 70 essays available to every teacher […]

Keep Reading