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FOLD Reading Challenge 2026

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  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,...

  By Hudson Lin (@hudsonlinwrites) February is the month of romance, and this year, we’re featuring romances by queer male authors. One age-old debate in the world of queer romance—specifically male/male romance where both protagonists are men—is the question of who is allowed to write the stories of queer men. The vast majority of authors...

  By Jessica Rampersad (@jessbeyondthepages) As we step into a new year, it feels like the perfect moment to sink into the soft, reassuring world of cozy fiction. A new chapter can feel both exciting and uncertain, and it’s natural to crave stories that offer comfort when everything around us feels like it’s shifting. Cozy...

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