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Promotional graphic for The FOLD Reading Challenge, November theme “Nonfiction by a Disabled Author,” featuring book covers of Disfigured, Living Disability, The Future Is Disabled, and How to Lose Everything.

November FOLD 2025 Challenge: Nonfiction by a Disabled Author

Nov 1, 2025

By Hudson Lin This November, we’re highlighting nonfiction books by disabled authors. From memoirs and essays to cultural criticism, these stories offer sharp insight and lived experience that challenge assumptions and expand understanding. Whether you’re drawn to narratives about navigating the medical system, disability justice, or simply life told through a different lens, there’s something...

Rectangular graphic with green border showcasing the book covers for the titles chosen for the November FOLD Kids Challenge. The titles are: Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults) edited by Alice Wong; Aniana del Mar Jumps In by Jasminne Mendez; and This Is How We Talk: A Celebration of Disability and Connection by Jessica Slice, Caroline Cupp and illustrated by Kayla Harren. Below the text is the website: thefoldcanada.org/kidschallenge25.

November FOLD Kids 2025 Challenge: A book featuring creatures by a Woman of Colour

Nov 1, 2025

By Toni Duval This month we are highlighting disabled authors. We have tried to include a range of experiences from the world of disability from how we move through the world to invisible disabilities. These authors have used their life experience and extensive research to share the challenges and resilience of disabled children, teens and...

Share FOLD Kids Book Fest with Teachers!

Oct 30, 2025

We are so looking forward to welcoming you to this year’s FOLD Kids Book Fest! You can participate in the Festival in the following ways: Individual Virtual Pass | $35 Individual virtual passes provide teachers with access to all virtual events and all the special features and resources available in the virtual clubhouse until December...

Rectangular graphic with green border showcasing the book covers for the titles chosen for the October FOLD Kids Challenge. The titles are: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn; Atana: Atana and the Jade Mermaid by Vivian Zhou; and Mao Mao's Perfectly Imperfect Day by Laan Cham. Below the text is the website: thefoldcanada.org/kidschallenge25.

October FOLD Kids 2025 Challenge: A book featuring creatures by a Woman of Colour

Oct 2, 2025

By Ardo Omer This month we’re reading a book featuring creatures by a Woman of Colour. These titles offer a range of stories whether it’s a panda striving for perfection, a mermaid and their creature friends trying to save magic in their world or a young woman battling demonic creatures. What books are you reading...

White image with gold border. FOLD Reading Challenge. Celebrating a decade of change. 4 book covers: Mexican Gothic by Siliva Moreno-Garcia, The Hunger We Pass Down by Jenn Sookfong Lee, Bad Cree by Jessical Johns, and Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury. Learn more at thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2025.

October FOLD 2025 Challenge: Horror by a Woman of Colour

Oct 1, 2025

By Alya Somar For many folks, October is the month of things going bump in the night, with shivers being sent down their spine. This time of the year is when readers turn to spookier works that give them a thrill while they read. For the month of October, the FOLD reading challenge is to...

September FOLD 2025 Challenge: Nonfiction by a Black Canadian Author

Sep 1, 2025

By Alexandra Yeboah This month marks a new season and an occasion where storytellers worldwide observe International Literacy Day, which affirms literacy as a fundamental human right. In that spirit, we’re highlighting books by five acclaimed Black Canadian authors whose writing explores themes of family and belonging, identity, grief, colonialism, otherness, Blackness, race, and the...

Rectangular graphic with green border showcasing the book covers for the titles chosen for the September FOLD Kids Challenge. The titles are: The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History by Ann Richards and Arden Taylor; The Sky’s The Limit! Canadians Who Blazed a Trail in Aviation by Wanda Taylor; and A Likkle Miss Lou by Nadia L. Hohn and Eugenie Fernandes. Below the text is the website: thefoldcanada.org/kidschallenge25.

September FOLD Kids 2025 Challenge: A book based on a true story by a Black author

Sep 1, 2025

By Ardo Omer This month we’re reading a book based on a true story by a Black author. These titles will inform you on little known histories whether it’s the true story of vanilla, the backstory of an iconic poet and entertainer or celebrating Black pilots. What all of these books have in common is...

The FOLD Launches Limited Edition FOLD Apparel Fundraiser to Celebrate the Release of KATABASIS by R.F. Kuang

Aug 6, 2025

BRAMPTON, ON | August 6, 2025 Jael Richardson, founder and Executive Director of the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), is thrilled to announce a brand-new, limited-time-only fundraising initiative in partnership with award-winning author R.F. Kuang. Timed to celebrate the highly anticipated release of her upcoming novel, Katabasis, this exclusive FOLD x R.F. Kuang campaign will...

The FOLD Reading Challenge image for August spotlights fantasy novels by queer authors. Covers shown are Iron Widow, Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions, The River Has Roots, and A Broken Blade. The FOLD 10th anniversary logo appears at the bottom left.

August FOLD 2025 Challenge: Fantasy by a Queer Author

Aug 1, 2025

By Monika Trzeciakowski This month we’re featuring fantasy by queer authors. Fantasy novels are doorways into magical worlds. These worlds give us the opportunity to explore the prejudices against the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in a different setting or to remove these prejudices altogether. While it’s important to hear a wide variety of stories from the queer...

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