Each year, the Library runs a summer reading program that celebrates Victoria as a centre for writing, books and readers.
Focusing on books set in Victoria or by Victorian authors, the Summer Read invites you to enjoy a great read and share your favourites. There is also a range of fantastic prizes up for grabs.
The Summer Read will run from 2 January to 3 March 2013. Look out for the Summer Read books and special events at public libraries across the state.
2013 Summer Read titles
- Currawalli Street by Christopher Morgan
- Deranged marriage by Sushi Das
- Horrible man: sinister secrets and truths untold: the Portland hair salon murders by Leonie Wallace
- In her blood by Annie Hauxwell
- Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
- Speechless: a year in my father's business by James Button
- The happiness show: a novel by Catherine Deveny
- The longing by Candice Bruce
- The memory of salt by Alice Melike Ulgezer
- True north: the story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack by Brenda Niall
Participating library services
Bayside Library Service, Campaspe Regional Library, Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation, Corangamite Regional Library Corporation, Darebin Libraries, East Gippsland Shire Library, Eastern Regional Libraries Corporation, Frankston Library Service, Geelong Regional Library Corporation, Goldfields Library Corporation, Goulburn Valley Regional Library Corporation, Latrobe City Libraries, Maribyrnong Library Service, Melbourne Library Service, Melton Library & Information Service, Mitchell Shire Information & Library Service, Monash Public Library Service, Moonee Valley Library Service, Moreland City Libraries, Stonnington Library & Information Service, Upper Murray Regional Library, Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library Corporation, Wimmera Regional Library Corporation, Yarra Libraries.
Recommend a great read to win a book pack!
Simply name a book you've read from this year's Summer Read list, and recommend another book you've enjoyed. (Your recommendation doesn't need to be a Summer Read book.)
First prize: 50 Victorian books
Second prize: 30 Victorian books
Third prize: 20 Victorian books
Additional prizes: Packs of ten books
To enter, download an entry form below. Print and fill it in, then drop it into the entry box at a participating public library, or mail it to:
Matthew Kinleyside, Project Officer
The Summer Read
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Winners will be drawn randomly and will be notified in late March 2013. We'll list the most popular recommended titles on this page.
Competition terms and conditions
1. The competition is an initiative of the State Library of Victoria, delivered in partnership with Public Libraries Victoria Network ("Competition Organisers").
2. Entry into the competition is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
3. Entry is open to current residents of Victoria.
4. Entrants must be over the age of 18 as at Sunday 3 March 2013.
5. Completed entry forms must be submitted via the entry boxes at participating Victorian public libraries by 4pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time on Sunday 3 March 2013. Late entries will not be accepted.
6. Entries must be on the official entry form available at participating public libraries or downloadable from this page.
7. Each entrant may enter the competition once only.
8. Entrants should ensure that correct contact details are entered, including email and telephone numbers. If incorrect contact details are provided, the Competition Organisers are not responsible for obtaining correct contact details for that entrant. If the Competition Organisers are unable to contact a winning entrant due to the provision of incorrect contact details by that entrant, the Competition Organisers may, in their sole discretion, select an alternate winner in place of that entrant.
9. All entries will become the property of the Competition Organisers and will not be returned.
10. Winners will be randomly drawn from entries submitted. The selection of winners is at the sole discretion of the Competition Organisers.
11. Prizes will be awarded to 13 winners, as follows.
First prize: 50 books
Second prize: 30 books
Third prize: 20 books
Additional prizes (4th to 13th): ten books each
The prizes are not redeemable for cash or otherwise transferrable.
12. Winners will be announced on this page on Tuesday 26 March 2013. Winners will be contacted by email to arrange delivery of prizes.
13. Staff of the State Library of Victoria, Public Libraries Victoria Network and Victorian public libraries are excluded from entry.
14. The Competition Organisers reserve the right to disqualify entries from the competition which, in their sole discretion, are deemed unsuitable. Without limiting the foregoing, an entry may be deemed unsuitable if: it includes objectionable content, profanity, potentially insulting, inflammatory or defamatory statements; the entrant has tampered with the entry process; it is not in accordance with these terms and conditions; or the entrant has, in the opinion of the Competition Organisers, engaged in conduct in entering the competition which is fraudulent, illegal, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the Competition Organisers. The Competition Organisers also reserve the right to disqualify a winner if the Competition Organisers later become aware that the winner and/or the winner’s entry is of a type described in this clause.
Privacy Statement. Entrants' personal information is collected by the Competition Organisers, and may be disclosed to Victorian public libraries and the Competition Organisers' contractors and agents (including without limitation marketing and promotional agencies and information technology providers), to conduct, administer and publicise this competition. Entrants consent to the Competition Organisers publishing their name on the State Library of Victoria website for the purpose specified in clause 12. Entrants are not required to participate in any promotional or publicity activity for the purposes of the competition, but with the express permission of the entrant may be invited to do so. A request to access, update or correct any personal information held by a Competition Organiser should be directed to the Competition Organisers' privacy officers using the contact details below. You will generally be provided with access.
- Mail: Privacy Officer, State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
- Phone: 03 8664 7318
- Email:privacy@slv.vic.gov.au
