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  By Jael Richardson (@jaelrichardson) The month of August begins with Emancipation Day, observed nationwide on August 1 to commemorate the abolition of slavery across the British Empire. It’s a meaningful time to explore the range and richness of Black Canadian literary fiction and the many ways Black writers engage with identity, history, family, belonging, and...

  By Hudson Lin (@hudsonlinwrites) For many folks in the LGBTQ community, choosing who they consider to be members of their family is a powerful way to find belonging. Especially for queer people of colour, who may come from more conservative cultures, creating a found family becomes essential for building reliable and encouraging support systems....

  By Lindsay Sproule This month’s reading challenge invites reflection on a topic that touches everyone. At some point, each of us will experience a mental health challenge ourselves or support someone who is navigating one. By reading Indigenous perspectives on mental health, we are invited to better understand experiences that may differ from our...

  By Alya Somar (@alya.somar) For April, the FOLD is spotlighting a number of poetry collections from disabled authors. With the Paralympics wrapped up in March, the disabled community is at the forefront of Canadians’ minds. As of 2022, Statistics Canada reported that “27% of Canadians aged 15 years and older, or 8.0 million people,...

BRAMPTON, ON | March 25, 2026 – The schedule for the 2026 Festival of Literary Diversity was announced today, with over 30 Canadian authors taking part from April 26 to May 3, including Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Sharon Bala, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Chantal Braganza, Farzana Doctor, Antonio Michael Downing, Joss Richard, David A. Robertson, Liann Zhang, and many...

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