Premiers’ Reading Challenge

The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is open.

The Challenge:

encourages the joy of reading
welcomes all children from birth to Year 10 to participate
can be tailored to individual needs.

Since the Challenge began in 2005, more than 4.7 million students have read over 66 million books.

The 2026 Challenge theme is ‘Stories to discover. Stories to tell’.

Giveaways and events

Learn more about book giveaways and events, inspired by this year’s Challenge theme.

Learn about the Challenge

Premier’s opening message 2026

Read the Premier’s message for this year’s Challenge.

Register and log in

Learn how to register for the Premiers’ Reading Challenge system and how to log in to the Challenge to record and rate books.

Challenge rules

Learn about the Challenge rules and guidelines.

For early childhood services, students and parents/carers

Early childhood services and parents/carers

Information on how young children can take part in the Challenge.

School students and parents/carers

Information on how students can use the Challenge application.

Home-based readers

Information on how to sign up as a home-based reader.

Parents/carers, teachers and librarians: See updates about the Challenge via the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge Facebook page.

Meet our Author Ambassador and Illustrator Ambassador

Meet our Author Ambassador

Solli Raphael is our 2026 Premiers’ Reading Challenge Author Ambassador.

Meet our Illustrator Ambassador

Marc Martin is our 2026 Premiers’ Reading Challenge Illustrator Ambassador.

For schools

All coordinators

Information for government, Catholic and independent school coordinators on administering the Challenge.

Government school coordinators

Information for government school coordinators on how to set up the Challenge.

Catholic school coordinators

Information for Catholic school coordinators on how to set up the Challenge.

Independent school coordinators

Information for independent school coordinators on how to set up the Challenge.

Independent school administrators

Information for independent school administrators on how to create eduPass accounts to access the Challenge application for the first time.

Tips and resources

How to use the Challenge application

Information and resources to help you take part in the Challenge, including how to use the application.

Challenge book list

The Challenge book list has a broad range of books. Each title on the list is allocated to the appropriate year level or levels.

Include all students in the Challenge

Access resources to help support and encourage all students to participate in the Challenge.

Inspiration and resources

Material to help you promote the Challenge, including the Premier’s letter for parents, posters, stickers, checklists and milestone certificates.

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is proudly supported by Penguin Random House Australia.

Updated 26 March 2026

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