State Final Details
Thursday 4th September, 2025
The Music Centre
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 Instructions
– Map of Venue
– Year 5 / 6 Information
– Year 7/8 information
– Year 9/10 information
– Canteen menu
Competition Details
Year 5 and 6
Time:
End approx:
Special Guest:
Bookseller:
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
Time:
End approx:
Special Guest:
Bookseller:
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 M H 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
Time:
End approx:
Special Guest:
Bookseller:
Readers Cup Titles for 2025
My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery
I Hope this doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
Anomaly by Emma Lord
One by One They Disappear by Mike Lucas
Year 5 and 6
Bne Bayside: Sheldon College
Bne Central: Rainworth State School
Bne North: Enoggera State School
Bne South: Robertson State School
Bne West: Moorooka State School
Capricornia: Redeemer Lutheran College, Biloela
Central Highlands: St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Emerald
Darling Downs: Glenvale State School
Far Nth 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
Sth West:
Somerset-Lockyer: Glamorgan Vale State School
Sth Burnett: Coolabunia State School
Sunshine Coast: Buddina State School
Wide Bay Burnett: St John’s Lutheran Primary School
Year 7 and 8
Bne Bayside: Moreton Bay College
Bne North: St Rita’s College
Bne Sth: Mt Gravatt State High School
Bne West: St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School
Capricornia: Gladstone State High School
Darling Downs: Toowoomba Grammar School
Far Nth Qld: St Monica’s College, Cairns
Gold Coast: St Stephen’s College
Mackay: Whitsunday Anglican School
Nth Qld: Pimlico State High School
Sunshine Coast: Glasshouse Christian College
Wide Bay Burnett: St Luke’s Anglican College
Year 9 and 10
Bne Bayside:
Brisbane North:
Brisbane South: Cavendish Road State High School
Bne West:
Capricornia: Marist College, Emerald
Far Nth Qld:
Gold Coast:
Mackay:
Nth Qld: The Cathedral School of St Ann & St James
Somerset-Lockyer:
Sunshine Coast:
Wide Bay Burnett: