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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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Join the FOLD Kids Advisory Committee!

Apr 21, 2021

The FOLD is looking for Young Educator Representatives to form the FOLD Kids Advisory Committee. These are volunteer positions that will offer guidance, advice and feedback based on their expertise to the FOLD Kids Coordinator. In exchange for their time as a committee member, they will receive free access to all FOLD and FOLD Kids events...

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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...

We Read Canadian (KidLit)

Feb 17, 2021

It’s I Read Canadian Day! This initiative began as a way to encourage Canadians to read books by Canadian authors. Folks–especially young people–are encouraged to spend at least 15 mins reading a book by a Canadian author which could be a picture book, chapter book, young adult novel, nonfiction, audiobook, a comic and so on!...

Four titles chosen for the 2021 FOLD February Challenge: a book that explores racism by a Black Canadian author. For full list of challenges and recommendations, please visit thefoldcanada.org/ReadingChallenge2021

2021 FOLD February Challenge: A Book that explores racism by a Black Canadian author(s)

Feb 1, 2021

By C.J. Zvanitajs Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are living in a time of uncertainty, but also one of heightened divisiveness. With global protests against systemic racism by police and race-related confrontations being posted to social media on a daily basis, issues related to intolerance and inequality are top of mind, and deeply troubling....

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