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[Four titles chosen for the FOLD October Challenge: Book by a Latinx Author. Titles selected are The Guardian of Amsterdam Street by Sergio Schucler, Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts by Prisca Dorcas Monica-Rodriguez, and The Inheritance of Orquidea Divinna by Zoraida Cordova]

October FOLD Challenge: Fiction by a Latinx Author

Oct 1, 2021

By David Burga Latinx stories run the gamut of themes, plots and ideas. Although each country in Latin America is unique, as is the literature that springs from them, there are some commonalities due to a colonial past and the influence of the Spanish language giants, such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo...

Four titles chosen for the FOLD September Challenge: Book by an Author Living with Chronic Illness. Titles selected are Choosing Hope by Munira Premji, Fuse by Hollay Ghadery, Anthony: A Composite Novel, and Why the Rock Falls, by JE Barnard. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2021

September FOLD Challenge: Book By An Author Living With Chronic Illness

Sep 1, 2021

By Alex Platt Although chronic illnesses are common among Canadians, cutting across culture and ethnicity, sex and gender, you wouldn’t necessarily believe it by looking at our literature. This is one of the many costs of living with a chronic illness: invisibility. For many of us, shame—and a deep fear of judgment or reprisal (not...

[ID: Four titles chosen for the FOLD August Challenge: A Book by a Marginalized Author over 60. Titles selected are Willie by Willie O’Ree, House of Whispers Vol. 3 by Nalo Hopkinson, Rabbit Foot Bill by Helen Humphreys, and The Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne Brand. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org]

August FOLD Challenge: Book by a marginalized author over 60

Aug 1, 2021

By Emmy Nordstrom Higdon In the world of books and reading, there is always a young, electric author that the media has their eye on. Whether they are a recent MFA graduate primed and ready to pump out a new book every year or a fired-up youth with community roots, readers are eager to consume...

[ID: Four titles chosen for the FOLD July Challenge: A BIPOC author from Europe. Titles selected are Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, To Lahore with Love, by Hina Belitz, and This Lovely City by Louise Hare. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org]

July FOLD Challenge: BIPOC Author from Europe

Jul 1, 2021

By Natasha Shaikh Reading has been my companion through many life events like extended family get-togethers, lunch breaks at a new workplace, a cottage getaway with friends, and even long flights, which I especially miss right now. My favourite thing when I was younger and travelling with my mom and baby sister was to run into...

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Submit to the 2021 FOLD Kids Book Fest Program!

Jun 25, 2021

Submissions to the 2021 FOLD Kids Book Fest Program are now open! Every year, the FOLD Kids Book Fest publishes a unique Festival Program which includes the festival schedule and writing from young authors across Canada. In 2021, we are pleased to accept submissions of poetry (any length) and short stories (up to 500 words)...

Four titles chosen for the FOLD June Challenge: Nonfiction by a Trans or Non-Binary Author. Titles selected are Care Of by Ivan Coyote, Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi, The Conscious Creative by Kelly Small, and Like A Boy But Not A Boy, by andrea bennett. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2021

June FOLD Challenge: Non-fiction by a Trans or Non-Binary author

Jun 1, 2021

By Calyssa Erb What I love most about reading nonfiction are those moments of connection. When you read about a specific experience the author has had and the feelings around that experience, and you realize oh, I’ve felt that too. It feels like getting to reach across an infinite distance and shake someone else’s hand...

Four titles chosen for the FOLD May Challenge: A Work of historical fiction by a writer of colour. For full list of titles and suggestions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2021

May FOLD Challenge: A work of historical fiction by a writer of colour

May 1, 2021

By Fiona Ross My first memory of loving historical fiction was when I was a child in Scotland, a book written by a Canadian author. I LOVED L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables with a passion. I read the whole series in weeks and was furious when my parents announced that we were moving to...

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JOB POSTING: VIRTUAL EVENT TECH HOST FOR THE 2021 FESTIVAL OF LITERARY DIVERSITY

Mar 12, 2021

The FOLD is hiring for the position of Virtual Event Tech Host at the 2021 Festival of Literary Diversity. This is a seasonal, part-time contract position that reports to the FOLD Executive Director. The Virtual Event Tech Host will provide supervision and technical direction for all FOLD 2021 events. Part-time hours of approximately 2-6 hours...

The covers for four books chosen for the 2021 FOLD March Challenge: An Audiobook by a FOLD 2021 author. For full titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/ReadingChallenge2021

March FOLD Challenge: An audiobook by a FOLD 2021 author

Mar 1, 2021

By Amanda Leduc Reading books in audio brings a whole new level of immersion to the reading experience. For myself, the opportunity to be read to, and to let someone’s voice and storytelling take you away, brings back memories of being read to when younger—bright and happy memories that I’m all too eager to cling...

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