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2020 FOLD Kids Book Fest

One Earth: Youth Rally for the Planet

The Young Reader’s Book Club with Nafiza Azad

This Really Happened: True-to-Life Stories for Young Readers

Not So Different

After Hours: Getting Reel with Adam Garnet Jones

Cherishing Indigenous Languages in Picture Books

What’s the Buzz: 2020’s Best Canadian Titles for Teachers, Parents & Librarians

Fantastic Fiction for Young Readers

2020 Off Season

The Young Readers Book Club with David A. Robertson

Decolonizing Education: On Restorative Justice in Schools

FOLD 2020

FOLD 2020: What We Found

FOLD 2020: Words without Borders

FOLD 2020: FOLD Lite

FOLD 2020: Fractured Fairytales

FOLD 2020: Better Bring the Book Club

FOLD 2020: Fighting Injustice with Fiction

FOLD 2020: Five Years of FOLD

FOLD 2020: Reconciliation and Resistance Part 1

FOLD 2020: Reconciliation and Resistance Part 2

FOLD 2020: The Art of Craft Trans Brilliance Edition

FOLD 2020: The Politics of Theatre

FOLD 2020: Translation Duel Duel de Traduction

The Festival of Literary Diversity is Going Virtual for 2020

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Curling up today with the latest from Brampton's very own Ian Williams. DISORIENTATION: BEING BLACK IN THE WORLD is an extraordinary book from an extraordinary mind, and one that you should put in your TBR pile now if you haven't already!

#TitleTuesday #DiverseCanLit #ReadCanadian #BramProud #NonFiction #WestonPrizeFinalist

For this Monday's words of wisdom, we're turning to FOLD alum and owner of Laberinto Press, Luciana Erregue. The next time you pick up a translated book, think about all of the magic of brain and heart that went into making it possible. #MondayMotivation

Happy Friday, readers! Today we’re basking in the late summer sun with an essay from @glass_emptyness, published in our 2021 Festival Program. You can read the essay in full on our website today!

#FOLDProgramFriday

Flashing back to #FOLD2019 and our Black Writers Matter panel, featuring the luminous @notianwilliams, Whitney French, Cecil Foster, and Esi Edugyan in conversation with Natasha Henry.

FOLD memories are the best memories. You heard it here first!

#ThrowbackThursday #BlackWritersMatter #FOLD2019

Curling up on this bright summerish day (autumn is coming! Autumn is coming!) with CHINA UNBOUND, by @joanna_chiu5. Out with @houseofanansi later this September—pre-order your copy today!

#TitleTuesday

Looking for the perfect sentiment to start your writing week? Look no further than these incandescent words from author and FOLD alum Jasmine Guillory. Somewhere out there is your reader--write that story, and you'll find them! #MondayMotivation

Curling up today with “On Disability”, the extraordinary essay from @susanmockler published in our 2021 FOLD Festival Program. Originally published in @thismagca, this essay is fierce and important and necessary reading for all of us.

Read it in full on the FOLD website today!

#FOLDProgram #DisabilityLit #DisLit #Accessibility

It’s not every day that you see legends together on the same stage. Thanks to Rabindranath Maharaj, Lee Maracle, and Kim Thúy for gracing our stage at #FOLD2018, and to @carrianneleung for moderating this amazing conversation. Hope to have you all back on the FOLD stage one day!

#Fold2018

For today's #TitleTuesday, we're curling up with a new book by another FOLD alum. SERENA SINGH FLIPS THE SCRIPT is the newest book from Sonya Lalli and we are FLIPPING LOVING it. Get your copy today! #TitleTuesday #DiverseCanLit #ReadCanadian

Today, we're sitting with these gorgeous words from Yara El-Ghadban, spoken earlier this year at #Fold2021. Sitting and giving thanks to the magic that is writing. May your words give you comfort and space this week, writers--and may they also bring comfort to others. Let's get writing.

#MondayMotivation #AmWriting #AmReading #DiverseCanLit #WeNeedDiverseBooks #ReadCanadian

We’re spending the long weekend with beautiful words—like this poem, “Wolf”, by Sneha Subramanian Kanta, published in our 2021 FOLD Festival Program. Catch this and so many other wonderful pieces on the FOLD website today!

#FOLDProgram #Poetry

New month, new #FOLDChallenge! Read what FOLD Planning Team member Alex has to say about the September challenge: An Author Living With Chronic Illness. On the FOLD website today!

Feat. @munirapremji, @hollayghadery, @shaynemcgreal, and @je_barnard. Sponsored by @audible_ca!

#FOLDChallenge #SeptemberChallenge #DiverseCanLit