For five and a half weeks this winter, the world plays football - and at Fair Play Publishing, we'll be reading it.
From the Socceroos squad announcement on 1 June to the final on 20 July (local time), we're opening the Reading Room: a new themed shelf every week, with 26% off all our World Cup Reading Room titles (26% for 2026 - it seemed only right), mystery boxes, and a competition we're rather excited about.
Before the world arrives, the story starts at home.
The Socceroos are drawn against Türkiye, the United States and Paraguay, so we're opening the World Cup Reading Room where it belongs: with the Australians who've made their mark on the global game.
This week's shelf, all 26% off, includes:
- Green and Golden Boots - the thirteen Australians who've won league titles around the world, from Eddie Krncevic to Sam Kerr
- The Goals That Changed Australia - the goals that made us a football nation, written for younger fans (a lovely first football book)
- Socceroos: A World Cup Odyssey - the whole journey, in two volumes
- Surfing for England - Our Lost Socceroos
- Socceroos in Scotland
- Noddy and more.
Take a look now at our Week 1 Reading Room shelf, The Socceroos Story.