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Pantone has, for the first time, blended two shades – Rose Quartz and Serenity – as their 2016 Colour of the Year. We’ve selected six of each colour to help ring in the New Year!

We’re suckers for the annual Pantone Colour of the Year, and this year is no different! We found covers to match this gorgeous green, Greenery.

We’re not purp-lexed by how gorgeous the Pantone Colour of the Year, Ultra Violet, looks on these covers.

We coralled these gorgeous book covers inspired by the Pantone Colour of the Year—Living Coral—for your viewing pleasure.

We gathered some covers that blue us away inspired by Pantone’s Colour of 2020: Classic Blue

Viva Magenta! Check out these perfectly purple/pink reads in honour of 2023’s colour of the year.

Pantone announced two colours for 2021—Ultimate Gray and Illuminating—so naturally we’ve gathered book covers to match.

Every year in February there’s Pink Shirt Day – a day focused on raising awareness about bullying in the workplace, at school, online and even at home. It also serves as a reminder to be kind to one another, and ourselves, by celebrating our differences! To mark the day, we’ve put together a list of reading recommendations, for YA and Adults that touch on issues of bullying and empowerment, all available on All Lit Up.

World Theatre Day was initiated in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). It is celebrated annually on March 27 by ITI Centres and the international theatre community. We love celebrating World Theatre Day, with our fantastic collection of Canadian-published drama.

Browse the books in the All Lit Up Poetry Litspace by category.

Happy Pride, June and all year long! Discover these amazing titles by LGBTQ2SIA+ writers from across Canada.

May is Asian Heritage Month, and the perfect chance to check out new and new-to-you books by Asian-Canadian writers.

We’re celebrating Nunavut Day – July 9 to mark 1993’s Nunavut Land Claims Agreement – with six books from Inuit writers.

September 30 is Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada: a day to mourn the Indigenous children lost to and abused in Canada’s residential school system, and a resounding call to know and action the 94 Calls to Action in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s report. These books, from personal memoirs to essays to novels to poetry collections, are a place to get started.

Remembrance Day is a time to remember and reflect on the great sacrifice and effects war has had on so many generations of Canadians, and those around the world. Reading is just one way to get a glimpse into times of war and the scars it leaves.