State Final Details
Thursday 4th September, 2025
Auditorium and Secondary Library
Moreton Bay College
450 Wondall Road, Manly
See below for specific details about each competition
Important information for finalists
– Advise competitors names asap after regional competition
– download form and email to [email protected]
– Hand out books in 5/6 and 7/8 competitions on June 20th.
– Parking and Catering Instructions pdf
– Map of Venue
– State final information pdf
– Lunch menu pdf
Competition Details
Year 5 and 6
Arrival Time: 10:00
Author talk: Carla Fitzgerald 10:30 – 11:30
Lunch: 11:30 – 12:00
Competition: 12:15 – 2:15
End approx: approx 2:30
Bookseller: Where the Wild Things Are
Readers Cup Titles for 2025
How to Break a World Record and Survive Grade Five by Carla Fitzgerald
University of Queensland Press
Countdown to Yesterday by Shirley Marr Penguin Books Australia
Spies in the Sky by Beverley McWilliams Pantera Press
Midwatch by Judith Rossell
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson Penguin Random House
Thank you to the publishers for donating copies of their books to the winning team of each regional competition.
Year 7 and 8
Arrival Time: 9:30
Competition: 10:00 – 11:30
Lunch: 11:45 – 12:15
Author talk: Sophie Beer 12:15 – 1:00
End approx: approx 1:30
Bookseller: Where the Wild Things Are
Readers Cup Titles for 2025
Thunderhead by Sophie Beer
Allen & Unwin
Westfallen by Ann & Ben Brashares Bloomsbury
Spirit of the Crocodile by Aaron Fa’Aoso and Michelle Scott Tucker with Lyn White
Allen & Unwin
The Surface Trials by H M Waugh
Allen & Unwin
Bold Ben Hall by Sophie Masson
Walker Books Australia
Thank you to the publishers for donating copies of their books to the winning team of each regional competition.
Year 9 and 10
Arrival Time: 11:45
Author talk: Sophie Beer 12:15 – 1:00 (optional)
Lunch: 1:00 – 1:30
Author talk: Emma Lord 1:30 – 2:15
Competition: 2:30 – 4:15
End approx: approx 4:30
Bookseller: Where the Wild Things Are
Readers Cup Titles for 2025
My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery
Allen & Unwin
I Hope this doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
Penguin Books
Anomaly by Emma Lord
Affirm Press
One by One They Disappear by Mike Lucas
Penguin Books
Year 5 and 6
Brisbane Bayside:
Sheldon College
Brisbane Central:
Rainworth State School
Brisbane North:
Enoggera State School
Brisbane South:
Robertson State School
Brisbane West:
Moorooka State School
Capricornia:
Redeemer Lutheran College, Biloela
Central Highlands:
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Emerald
Darling Downs:
Glenvale State School
Far North Qld:
St Joseph’s School, Atherton
Gold Coast:
Caningeraba State School
Ipswich:
Westside Christian College
Mackay:
Whitsunday Anglican School
North Qld:
St Clare’s Catholic School
South West:
St Mary’s School, Charleville
Somerset-Lockyer:
Glamorgan Vale State School
South Burnett:
Coolabunia State School
Sunshine Coast:
Buddina State School
Wide Bay Burnett:
St John’s Lutheran Primary School
Year 7 and 8
Brisbane Bayside:
Moreton Bay College
Brisbane North:
St Rita’s College
Brisbane Sth:
Mt Gravatt State High School
Brisbane West:
St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School
Capricornia:
Gladstone State High School
Darling Downs:
Toowoomba Grammar School
Far North Qld:
St Monica’s College, Cairns
Gold Coast:
St Stephen’s College
Mackay:
Whitsunday Anglican School
North Qld:
Pimlico State High School
Sunshine Coast:
Glasshouse Christian College
Wide Bay Burnett:
St Luke’s Anglican College
Year 9 and 10
Brisbane Bayside:
Calvary Christian College
Brisbane North:
Hillbrook Anglican School
Brisbane South:
Cavendish Road State High School
Brisbane West:
St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School
Capricornia:
Marist College, Emerald
Far North Qld:
St Stephen’s Catholic College
Gold Coast:
Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School
Mackay:
Whitsunday Anglican School
North Qld:
The Cathedral School of St Ann & St James
Somerset-Lockyer:
Toowoomba Anglican School
Sunshine Coast:
Immanuel Lutheran College
Wide Bay Burnett:
Xavier Catholic College
The CBCA Qld Readers Cup is sponsored by Storyfest 