Summer Reading program
Readers of all ages and interests are invited to join the challenge with Brisbane City Council libraries' Summer Reading program. It's free to participate and you'll have a chance to win a $50 Dymocks voucher!
The program combines reading and library activities to encourage library members to experience the joy of reading over the summer holiday break.
Spend your summer reading in blissful solitude, or discover a love of reading together with your friends or family.
Council's 33 libraries, mobile library service and Pop-up Library will host the Summer Reading program from Thursday 2 January to Saturday 25 January 2025.
Don't miss out on the fun! Visit your local library to sign up for free library membership.
How the program works
- Register to participate in the Summer Reading program using the online form.
- Visit your local library from 16 December 2024 to collect your Summer Reading challenge card.
- Have your bingo challenge card stamped by a library staff member at any Council library each time you complete a reading challenge.
- With 9 challenges in total, you’ll get one competition entry for every 3 challenges you complete, to go in the draw to win a $50 Dymocks voucher!
Read the terms and conditions for the Summer Reading Book Voucher Competition.
Register to participate in the Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading events
The Summer Reading program offers a range of free summer holiday events and activities for people of all ages.
Find out what's happening at a library near you.
Fri 3 Jan 2025, 1:00pm
Free
Learn all the tips regarding children’s illustration and cartooning. Through a series of hands-on exercises, pencils in hand, we will look at creating picture...
Thu 9 Jan 2025, 10:00am
Free
Create and distort a famous star or family member in this hands-on caricature drawing session. Ideal for those aged 13-17 years.
Fri 10 Jan 2025, 11:00am
Free
Learn the ‘buts and bolts’ of how to create comics and develop your own Batman, Power Ranger, Wonder Woman-style character. Ideal for children aged 5-12 years...
Fri 10 Jan 2025, 1:00pm
Free
Using the book Cranky Frankie and the Oceans of Trash by local Brisbane author Sue Pillans, participants will be taken on an adventure that educates them about...
Tue 14 Jan 2025, 10:30am
Free
Learn about designing and building towers and bridges before building your own during this STEM challenge! Ideal for children aged 4 years and older and their...
Tue 14 Jan 2025, 1:30pm
Free
Using the book Cranky Frankie and the Oceans of Trash by local Brisbane author Sue Pillans, participants will be taken on an adventure that educates them about...
Tue 14 Jan 2025, 2:00pm
Join illustrator Mark Guthrie for an interactive, fun and creative step-by-step guide through a series of hands-on exercises to develop confidence in drawing...
Tue 14 Jan 2025, 3:00pm
Free
Come along and join Phil Judd, the Illustrator for Scholastic’s new children’s book by well-known children’s author Andy Jones, the “Massive Book of Jokes for...
Wed 15 Jan 2025, 1:00pm
Free
An interactive, fun and creative step-by-step guide through a series of hands-on exercises to develop confidence in drawing. Ideal for children aged 7-12 years...
Reading inspiration
Looking for reading inspiration? Have a chat to library staff during your next visit, or check out the new arrivals and top reads on the library catalogue or the BNELibraries app.