Happy 150th, Canada!  Join us in celebrating Canada's 150th Birthday by participating in our Canada 150 Reading Challenge and reading tons of CanLit this summer. 

Here's a tip: Access a wide variety of Canadian titles online instantaneously using your library card at Hoopla Digital here. 

Here are the challenges...

  • Read a book with 150+ pages
  • Read a book about a Canadian musician
  • Cook a recipe from a Canadian cookbook
  • Read a biography about a famous Canadian
  • Read an OLA Evergreen Award nominee
  • Read a book set in the Arctic
  • Read a book set in the West during the 1800s
  • Read a book set in the Maritimes
  • Read a children's picture book
  • Read a book about hockey
  • Read one of the CBC Canada Reads winners
  • Read a book by a local author 

You can also print off your own handy copy of the challenges here.

Show us your completed list (in person or on social media), with the qualifying titles for each task filled in,  by August 31 to be entered to win a CanLit gift pack. And for you multi-taskers who found titles that ticked more than one box: well done! It’s A-OK to use the same book for multiple categories.