Booktober
Bookworm Rewards and Prizes
Booktober is about reading what you love and helping young people find their voice. Along the way, we’ll be cheering on our Bookworms with milestone rewards, bookish treats and a few very lovely prizes.
When you sign up as a Bookworm
Registered Bookworms receive an exclusive 30% discount on all WestWords books, so you can build your October reading pile while supporting stories from Western Sydney.
You can also track your October reading through Better Reading’s What Are You Reading? app.
All you need to do is become a Bookworm for Booktober 2026 and you'll receive your special code within 24 hours of sign up.
When you receive $30 or more in donations
Once you receive $30 or more in donations, you can claim a free copy of A Teaspoon of Light, with postage included.
Read it with a child in your life, gift it to a young reader, donate it to a school or street library, or keep it for your own Booktober pile. Children’s books count too.
We’ll send you the details once you hit the milestone.
Bookworm milestones
As your fundraising grows, you’ll unlock Bookworm milestone levels:
- Bronze Bookworm: $100
- Silver Bookworm: $500
- Gold Bookworm: $1,000
- Platinum Bookworm: $2,000
Each level unlocks a profile image overlay so you can share your Bookworm status and celebrate what your community has helped make possible.
These milestones are cumulative across the years you take part in Booktober, so every year you return helps you build on what you’ve already achieved.
Read together. Raise together. Make room for more stories.
Raise $50 for your chance to win:
Be in the draw to win some lovely books! We have copies of Olivia De Zilva's poetry collection, Sick Note (thanks to Pink Shorts Press); a children's book pack from Hachette; and mixed fiction and non-fiction book packs from Pan Macmillan Australia.
Raise $100 for your chance to win:
When you raise $100 or more, you will also go into the draw to win a book themed 1000 piece jigsaw!
Either The World of Virginia Woolf or Inside the Chocolate Factory could be yours.
Raise $150 for your chance to win:
If you raise $150 or more, you'll go into the draw to win an Ultimo Ultimates book pack.
To mark Ultimo Press’ fifth birthday, they’ve curated the Ultimo Ultimates series – five iconic books that have all been incredibly well-received by critics and loved by readers everywhere.
💘 Love & Virtue – Diana Reid’s wildly successful debut novel which became a cultural phenomenon and won multiple awards
☕ Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens – The timely and deeply moving Miles Franklin Literary Award-winner
🕊️ The Uncaged Sky – Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s gripping true story that captured the nation’s headlines
🦋When Things are Alive They Hum – Hannah Bent’s bestselling novel that perfectly captures the power of sisterhood and grief
🏊 Body Friend – Katherine Barbon’s critically revered and Stella Prize-shortlisted masterpiece
Raise $200 as a team for your chance to win:
When you raise $200 or more as a team, you will go into the draw to win signed copies of Swallow and Sing to Me for each of your team members*, plus the chance to host an author visit or online Q&A with Alexandria Burnham or Jelena Curic.
*up to a maximum of 10 copies of each per team
Raise $250 for your chance to win:
Once you crack $250 in fundraising you will go into the draw to win a collection of WestWords Books (6 prize packs in total to give away) which each include a copy of:
Living Stories: Over the Line
BAD Western Sydney: The Second Case
Sing to Me Jelena Curic
She Walks with Ghosts Garth Thomas
Belong Sharon Seymour illus. Freya Goldsmith
How Our Garden Grows Saurav Kiran Shrestha illus. Estee Sarsfield
Raise $500 for your chance to win:
When you reach your goal of $500 or more, go into the draw to win this beautiful Dinosaur Designs hand made medium sized resin salad bowl.
Raise $750 for your chance to win:
If you raise $750 or more you’ll go into the draw to win a Wine Lovers Delight package, thanks to Helping Hand Auctions.
The package includes 1 nights accommodation in a fully renovated studio room at the Hunter Valley Wine Country Retreat and a private wine tasting with a boutique Hunter Valley artisan wine maker. The estate is set on 60,000sqm of natural beauty, with gorgeous views and an outdoor swimming pool and sauna.
Subject to availability.