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Virtual Book Fest 2021
Registration
An overview of the festival schedule for FOLD Kids Book Fest.
2021 FOLD Kids Virtual Book Fest
The 2021 FOLD Kids Book Fest includes more than twenty fantastic events held online November 4-7 on our brand new festival platform.
Passes are available for $14 and allow you access to ALL festival events on our virtual platform.
In the unique festival space, guests can chat with authors and exhibitors and participate in activities like our inaugural virtual scavenger hunt.
Passholders can view events live or on-demand. All sessions will be available until December 7 on the virtual platform to watch and rewatch. Patron passes are also available.
Download the Festival Program Guide PDF
The 20+ events include workshops, story times, and conversations for children of all ages, as well as writers, families, and educators.
- More than 30 Authors & Storytellers
- Available Live and On-demand
- All with ONE Festival Pass
- School Group Events
- Storytelling Sessions
- Writing Workshops
- Panel Discussions
- Educator Workshops
- Virtual Scavenger Hunt
The full list of events, organized by day is listed below as well as the list of speakers.
We categorize FOLD Kids Book Fest events to help educators, parents, and guardians identify content that’s suitable for the child(ren) in their care.
The categories we use — as well as the age recommendations listed in the session descriptions — take into consideration the content of the event and, where applicable, the content of the books featured at the event.
Schedule
- Wednesday, November 3
- Thursday, November 4
- Friday, November 5
- Saturday, November 6
- Sunday, November 7
Featured Speaker(s)
Omar Mouallem
Omar Mouallem is an author, filmmaker, and educator. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, WIRED, and NewYorker.com, and his latest book, Praying to the West, was named one of the Globe and Mail’s 100 best books of 2021. His documentary The Last Baron, about the unlikely link between a Canadian fast-food institution and the Lebanese civil war, was hailed as “one of the best Canadian food documentaries” by Air Canada’s enRoute magazine. Omar is also the “fake dean” of Pandemic University, a virtual school he founded in support of writers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with his family.
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