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Four book covers for four titles chosen for the FOLD 2021 December Challenge: A book by a marginalized author from British Columbia.

December FOLD Challenge: A book by a marginalized author from British Columbia

Dec 1, 2021

This December, we’re taking a trip to the West Coast, via books, and reading books by marginalized authors from British Columbia. From poetry through to graphic novels and memoirs mixed with storytelling, these books offer stories and lessons we can all appreciate and love. If you’ve recently read and loved work by a BC author,...

Four titles chosen for the FOLD November Challenge.

November FOLD Challenge: A Play by an Indigenous Playwright

Nov 1, 2021

This November, we’re delving deep into the rich language of theatre–of sound and stage, stories played out in theatres and on screens. This month, we’re reading plays by Indigenous playwrights. From a triptych of dramas that explore young peoples’ hearts through to the tale of a spirit who must learn to change her ways, these...

[Four titles chosen for the FOLD October Challenge: Book by a Latinx Author. Titles selected are The Guardian of Amsterdam Street by Sergio Schucler, Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts by Prisca Dorcas Monica-Rodriguez, and The Inheritance of Orquidea Divinna by Zoraida Cordova]

October FOLD Challenge: Fiction by a Latinx Author

Oct 1, 2021

By David Burga Latinx stories run the gamut of themes, plots and ideas. Although each country in Latin America is unique, as is the literature that springs from them, there are some commonalities due to a colonial past and the influence of the Spanish language giants, such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo...

Four titles chosen for the FOLD September Challenge: Book by an Author Living with Chronic Illness. Titles selected are Choosing Hope by Munira Premji, Fuse by Hollay Ghadery, Anthony: A Composite Novel, and Why the Rock Falls, by JE Barnard. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2021

September FOLD Challenge: Book By An Author Living With Chronic Illness

Sep 1, 2021

By Alex Platt Although chronic illnesses are common among Canadians, cutting across culture and ethnicity, sex and gender, you wouldn’t necessarily believe it by looking at our literature. This is one of the many costs of living with a chronic illness: invisibility. For many of us, shame—and a deep fear of judgment or reprisal (not...

[ID: Four titles chosen for the FOLD August Challenge: A Book by a Marginalized Author over 60. Titles selected are Willie by Willie O’Ree, House of Whispers Vol. 3 by Nalo Hopkinson, Rabbit Foot Bill by Helen Humphreys, and The Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne Brand. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org]

August FOLD Challenge: Book by a marginalized author over 60

Aug 1, 2021

By Emmy Nordstrom Higdon In the world of books and reading, there is always a young, electric author that the media has their eye on. Whether they are a recent MFA graduate primed and ready to pump out a new book every year or a fired-up youth with community roots, readers are eager to consume...

FAQs for Pitch Perfect: KidLit Edition at 2021 FOLD Kids Book Fest

Jul 19, 2021

What do you do with a KidLit manuscript when you think it might be done? You PITCH IT. Pitch Perfect: KidLit Edition is back! If you have a draft of a picture book or a book for preteens or teens, and you’re not sure what to do next, Pitch Perfect: KidLit Edition is the...

[ID: Four titles chosen for the FOLD July Challenge: A BIPOC author from Europe. Titles selected are Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, To Lahore with Love, by Hina Belitz, and This Lovely City by Louise Hare. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org]

July FOLD Challenge: BIPOC Author from Europe

Jul 1, 2021

By Natasha Shaikh Reading has been my companion through many life events like extended family get-togethers, lunch breaks at a new workplace, a cottage getaway with friends, and even long flights, which I especially miss right now. My favourite thing when I was younger and travelling with my mom and baby sister was to run into...

WHite text on a pink and multi-coloured back ground reads: Submit to the FOLD Kids Program. Deadline: August 9

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...

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