Terms and Conditions | Walker Books Australia

Competition Terms & Conditions

If you are under the age of 13, please DO NOT submit any Postings. Please ask your parent or guardian to submit any postings on your behalf.

Websites

We may from time to time run competitions on our website https://www.walkerbooks.com.au/ (“Website”) which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

No purchase is necessary.
All competitions featured on our websites are promoted by Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd (A.B.N 67057547396) of 5 Wilson St, Newtown, NSW 2042 (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this competition.
Entries for any competition containing invalid e-mail addresses will be automatically disqualified.
Prize(s) offered for any competition are not transferable or exchangeable and are not redeemable for cash; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted by the Promoter in its discretion. The prize excludes all other costs associated with redeeming or using the prize.
To enter our competitions you must be aged 13 or over, resident in Australia or New Zealand and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
If you are under 13, please DO NOT enter the competition. Please ask your parent or guardian to enter for you.
Only one entry may be made per e-mail address to each competition.
Entries received after the closing date and time for each competition as stated will not be considered.
This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in the determination of the winner. Each valid entry will be individually judged on the basis of the creativity and originality of the submission. Entries must be the original and independent creation of the eligible entrant and free from any third party claims, including copyright or trademark claims.
The eligible entrants give their consent that the Promoter and its related companies may use comments made in the entries, including placing such comments on its websites or third party websites for any commercial purpose including future promotional marketing and publicity purposes. The eligible entrants acknowledges that the Promoter may or may not acknowledge the eligible entrant’s authorship in any publication of the entry (or any part of it), and consents to such publication without acknowledgement of the eligible entrant’s authorship. All entries become the property of the Promoter.
The winner(s) will be chosen by the Promoter by the advertised time and date and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date by the email address provided.
The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s). Should this occur, the Promoter will select and award the prize(s) to another eligible entrant.
The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
By entering each competition, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
The rules of each competition shall be governed by the laws of New South Wales. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
All personal details submitted with each competition entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy. The winner(s) in the competition agrees that their identity may be disclosed in winner announcements and promotional material.
The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity and address) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these terms, who tampers with the entry process or who submits an entry that the Promoter, in its sole discretion, deems to be offensive, inappropriate, defamatory or otherwise not in keeping with the spirit of the competition. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
If for any reason whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, the competition is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, suspend, modify, terminate the competition (except to the extent that doing any of these things would be prohibited by law).
The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the Promoter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this competition.
The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or loss of profit (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for personal injury suffered or sustained, as a result of participating in the competition and/or taking the prize(s), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. In accepting the prize(s), the winner(s) may be required to sign a legal release in a form determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.

Facebook

We may from time to time run competitions on our Walker Books Australia Facebook pages which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

No purchase is necessary.
All competitions featured on our Facebook pages are promoted by Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd (A.B.N 67057547396) of 5 Wilson St, Newtown, NSW 2042 (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this competition.
By entering a competition, entrants acknowledge that all competitions, contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
Any questions, comments or complaints regarding a competition on Facebook must be directed to the Promoter rather than to Facebook.
All entries must comply with Facebook community standards (found at https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/) and must not be vulgar, obscene or otherwise offensive or inflammatory and must not infringe the rights of any other person.
Prize(s) offered for any competition are not transferable or exchangeable are not redeemable for cash; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted by the Promoter in its discretion. The prize excludes all other costs associated with redeeming or using the prize.
To enter our competitions on Facebook you must be aged 13 or over, resident in Australia or New Zealand and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
Each entrant shall enter the competition via Facebook, in the manner specified in the competition post, which may include:
- Liking one of our Facebook pages.
- Sending a message to our page.
- Commenting on one of our page updates.
Obscene or inappropriate entries will not be accepted and the Promoter reserves the right to reject any entries for any reason at its sole discretion.
Only one entry may be made per Facebook account to each competition.
Entries received after the closing date and time for each competition as stated will not be considered.
This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in the determination of the winner. Each valid entry will be individually judged on the basis of the creativity and originality of the submission. Entries must be the original and independent creation of the eligible entrant and free from any third party claims, including copyright or trademark claims.
The eligible entrants give their consent that the Promoter and its related companies may use comments made in the entries, including placing such comments on its websites or third party websites for any commercial purpose including future promotional marketing and publicity purposes. The eligible entrants acknowledges that the Promoter may or may not acknowledge the eligible entrant’s authorship in any publication of the entry (or any part of it), and consents to such publication without acknowledgement of the eligible entrant’s authorship. All entries become the property of the Promoter.
The winner(s) will be chosen by the Promoter by the advertised time and date and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
The winner(s) will be notified through a direct private message on Facebook.
The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s). Should this occur, the Promoter will select and award the prize(s) to another eligible entrant.
The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
By entering each competition, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
The rules of each competition shall be governed by the laws of New South Wales. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
All personal details submitted with each competition entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy. The winner(s) in the competition agrees that their identity may be disclosed in winner announcements and promotional material.
The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity and address) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these terms, who tampers with the entry process or who submits an entry that the Promoter, in its sole discretion, deems to be offensive, inappropriate, defamatory or otherwise not in keeping with the spirit of the competition. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
If for any reason whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, the competition is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, suspend, modify, terminate the competition (except to the extent that doing any of these things would be prohibited by law).
The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the Promoter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this competition.
The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or loss of profit (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for personal injury suffered or sustained, as a result of participating in the competition and/or taking the prize(s), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. In accepting the prize(s), the winner(s) may be required to sign a legal release in a form determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.

Twitter

We may from time to time run competitions on our Twitter Account which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

No purchase is necessary.
All competitions featured on our Twitter Accounts are promoted by Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd (A.B.N 67057547396) of 5 Wilson St, Newtown, NSW 2042 (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this competition.
By entering a competition, entrants acknowledge that all competitions, contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Twitter.
Any questions, comments or complaints regarding a competition on Twitter must be directed to the Promoter rather than to Twitter.
All entries must comply with Twitter policies (found at https://support.twitter.com/categories/284) and must not be vulgar, obscene or otherwise offensive or inflammatory and must not infringe the rights of any other person.
Prize(s) offered for any competition are not transferable or exchangeable and are not redeemable for cash; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted by the Promoter in its discretion. The prize excludes all other costs associated with redeeming or using the prize.
To enter our competitions on Twitter you must be aged 13 or over, resident in Australia or New Zealand and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
Each entrant shall enter the competition via Twitter, in the manner specified in the competition announcement, which may include:
- Retweeting one of our tweets
- Replying to one of our tweets
- Tweeting a picture to one of our Twitter accounts and/or a specified hashtag
- Following one of our Twitter accounts
Obscene or inappropriate entries will not be accepted and the Promoter reserves the right to reject any entries for any reason at its sole discretion.
Only one entry may be made per Twitter account to each competition.
Entries received after the closing date and time for each competition as stated will not be considered.
This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in the determination of the winner. Each valid entry will be individually judged on the basis of the creativity and originality of the submission. Entries must be the original and independent creation of the eligible entrant and free from any third party claims, including copyright or trademark claims.
The eligible entrants give their consent that the Promoter and its related companies may use comments made in the entries, including placing such comments on its websites or third party websites for any commercial purpose including future promotional marketing and publicity purposes. The eligible entrants acknowledges that the Promoter may or may not acknowledge the eligible entrant’s authorship in any publication of the entry (or any part of it), and consents to such publication without acknowledgement of the eligible entrant’s authorship. All entries become the property of the Promoter.
The winner(s) will be chosen by the Promoter by the advertised time and date and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
The winner(s) will be contacted through a private Direct Message on Twitter.
The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s). Should this occur, the Promoter will select and award the prize(s) to another eligible entrant.
The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
By entering each competition, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
The rules of each competition shall be governed by the laws of New South Wales. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
All personal details submitted with each competition entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy. The winner(s) in the competition agrees that their identity may be disclosed in winner announcements and promotional material. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity and address) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these terms, who tampers with the entry process or who submits an entry that the Promoter, in its sole discretion, deems to be offensive, inappropriate, defamatory or otherwise not in keeping with the spirit of the competition. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
If for any reason whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, the competition is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, suspend, modify, terminate the competition (except to the extent that doing any of these things would be prohibited by law).
The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the Promoter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this competition.
The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or loss of profit (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for personal injury suffered or sustained, as a result of participating in the competition and/or taking the prize(s), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. In accepting the prize(s), the winner(s) may be required to sign a legal release in a form determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.

Instagram

We may from time to time run competitions on our Instagram Account which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

No purchase is necessary.
All competitions featured on our Instagram accounts are promoted by of Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd (A.B.N 67057547396) of 5 Wilson St, Newtown, NSW 2042 (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this competition.
By entering a competition, entrants acknowledge that all competitions, contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.
Any questions, comments or complaints regarding a competition featured on Instagram must be directed to the Promoter rather than to Instagram.
All entries must comply with Instagram community guidelines (found at https://help.instagram.com/477434105621119/) and must not be vulgar, obscene or otherwise offensive or inflammatory and must not infringe the rights of any other person.
Obscene or inappropriate entries will not be accepted and the Promoter reserves the right to reject any entries for any reason at its sole discretion.
Prize(s) offered for any competition are not transferable or exchangeable and are not redeemable for cash; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted by the Promoter in its discretion. The prize excludes all other costs associated with redeeming or using the prize.

To enter our competitions on Instagram you must be aged 13 or over, resident in Australia and New Zealand and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
Each entrant shall enter the competition via Instagram, in the manner specified in the competition announcement, which may include one, or several, of the below:
- Following a Walker account on Instagram.
- Liking a picture on a Walker account on Instagram
- Commenting on a picture on a Walker account on Instagram
- Posting a picture on Instagram to a specific hashtag
- Posting a picture on Instagram and tagging a Walker account
Only one entry may be made per Instagram account to each competition.
Entries received after the closing date and time for each competition as stated will not be considered.
This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in the determination of the winner. Each valid entry will be individually judged on the basis of the creativity and originality of the submission. Entries must be the original and independent creation of the eligible entrant and free from any third party claims, including copyright or trademark claims.
The eligible entrants give their consent that the Promoter and its related companies may use comments made in the entries, including placing such comments on its websites or third party websites for any commercial purpose including future promotional marketing and publicity purposes. The eligible entrants acknowledges that the Promoter may or may not acknowledge the eligible entrant’s authorship in any publication of the entry (or any part of it), and consents to such publication without acknowledgement of the eligible entrant’s authorship. All entries become the property of the Promoter.
The winner(s) will be chosen by the Promoter by the advertised time and date and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
The winner(s) will be notified through a private Direct Message on Instagram.
The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s). Should this occur, the Promoter will select and award the prize(s) to another eligible entrant.
The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
By entering each competition, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
The rules of each competition shall be governed by the laws of New South Wales. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
All personal details submitted with each competition entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy. The winner(s) in the competition agrees that their identity may be disclosed in winner announcements and promotional material.
The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity and address) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these terms, who tampers with the entry process or who submits an entry that the Promoter, in its sole discretion, deems to be offensive, inappropriate, defamatory or otherwise not in keeping with the spirit of the competition. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
If for any reason whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, the competition is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, suspend, modify, terminate the competition (except to the extent that doing any of these things would be prohibited by law).
The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the Promoter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this competition.

The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or loss of profit (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for personal injury suffered or sustained, as a result of participating in the competition and/or taking the prize(s), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. In accepting the prize(s), the winner(s) may be required to sign a legal release in a form determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.