FOLD Kids Book Fest
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An overview of the festival schedule for FOLD Kids Book Fest.
The 2022 FOLD Kids Book Fest includes live virtual and in-person events November 8-12, 2022.
Live in-person events will take place on November 10 and 12 at Brampton Civic Centre in Brampton, Canada. The festival’s virtual events, held November 8-10, 2022, are open to anyone interested in kidlit and are specially designed for educators and classes.
Virtual events will be delivered in our Virtual Clubhouse where guests can chat with authors, engage with exhibitors, and participate in popular activities like our virtual scavenger hunt.
The 2022 festival includes events on important topics and issues including social justice and climate change. It also incorporates amazing events designed to support young readers and writers.
Ainara Alleyne is a 13-year-old elementary student from Hamilton Ontario. Ainara curates the Instagram page @ainarasbookshelf, where she highlights books for young people whose authors and main characters are Black, Indigenous, people of colour, differently abled and other underrepresented minorities. Ainara posts reviews, recommendations, and author interviews in an effort to share diverse stories with a broader audience. She believes that by experiencing other cultures and perspectives through books, we can not only acknowledge our differences but be able to understand and embrace them.
Ardo Omer has written for online platforms as a reviewer and critic for almost a decade. She’s been a judge for a few kids comics awards and is an advisor at the Canadian Comics Open Library. Omer lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she serves as the Kids Coordinator for the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD).
The FOLD Foundation is a charitable organization. Donations can be made year-round through Canada Helps and supporters can run individual campaigns through Facebook.
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