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Reading Challenges

Read Across Canada

A twelve-book journey from coast to coast. Each item on the list points you toward a different corner of the country, a different voice, or a different kind of Canadian story.

  1. 01Read a book set in British Columbia
  2. 02Read a book set in the Prairies — Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba
  3. 03Read a book set in Ontario
  4. 04Read a book set in Quebec
  5. 05Read a book set in Atlantic Canada
  6. 06Read a book set in the Canadian North — Yukon, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut
  7. 07Read a book by an Indigenous author
  8. 08Read a debut novel by a Canadian author published in the last five years
  9. 09Read a Canadian graphic novel or illustrated book
  10. 10Read a book originally written in French
  11. 11Read a historical novel set in Canada before Confederation
  12. 12Read a book set in a Canadian city you have never visited

Have a challenge idea?

We'd love to hear it. Send your reading challenge idea to canadianliterarymap@gmail.com and it might appear on this page. A dedicated suggestion form is coming soon.