The FOLD Educator’s Guide

In 2021, the FOLD began to publish an Educator’s Guide for the May and November festivals. The Educator Guide is a valuable resource for teachers and is meant to be read in conjunction with festival sessions to inspire classroom discussion of festival events.

To view previous version of the FOLD Educator’s Guide, click on the images below.

FOLD Kids also produces both a Festival Program and an Educator’s Guide for the fall children’s festival, featuring poetry and artwork from children across Canada. For more on the FOLD Kids publications, please visit the FOLD Kids Resources Page.

Cover of the FOLD 2023 Educator Guide. A young woman with blonde curly hair is writing in a book while sitting on grass.

Cover image for the 2022 FOLD Educator's Guide.

Cover for the 2021 FOLD Kids Educator's Guide, showing a bright orange illustrated fist holding a microphone against a black background.

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Happy #TitleTuesday! Today’s feature is @elliotpage’s memoir, PAGEBOY, available now with @harpercollinsca!

The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth.

[Image description: white square graphic showcasing the cover art for the novel PAGEBOY by Elliot Page. A photo of a white man—Elliot Page—seated on a stool wearing a white vest, chain, and blue jeans with a red background behind him. White border around the photo with the title of the book and author’s name. Next to the title is an excerpt of text from the book. At the bottom of the graphic is a hashtag, #TitleTuesday, and a website, thefoldcanada.org.]

#DiverseCanLit #ReadCanadian #WeNeedDiverseBooks

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Are you pursuing the things that you love? #MotivationMonday

Sometimes, we get caught up in our day-to-day tasks and lose sight of the things that bring us joy.

Tell us in the comments what you love doing👇

[Image description: purple square graphic with illustration of books in the background. Illustration of a webpage with a Twitter quote screenshot from WrtrStat: For those that need it and note to self: “Pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” Maya Angelou. At the bottom of the graphic is a hashtag, #MondayMotivation, and a website, thefoldcanada.org.]

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Happy #Bookstagram Friday! Congratulations to @anuja_v for recently winning the Governor General's Award for Fiction for her short story collection CHRYSALIS, available now with @houseofanansi!

[Image description: book cover for Anjua Varghese's CHRYSALIS. Book cover features illustrations of plants and butterflies. The book is rested against a plush white background and grey and gold pillow.]

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Happy December 1st, everyone! The last #FOLDChallenge of the year is to read a book by an author who identifies as MAD or who writes about mental health.

This reading list features authors @mehlerpaperny, @annaquon, @susanpdoherty, and @lindsaywong.m.

https://thefoldcanada.org/webinars-activities/the-reading-challenge/2023-fold-challenge-december/

The 2023 FOLD Challenge is sponsored by Audible Canada.

[Image description: white rectangular graphic with a dark purple border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD December Challenge: A book by an author who identifies as Mad or who writes about mental health. Titles are HELLO I WANT TO DIE PLEASE FIX ME by Anna Mehler Paperny, WHERE THE SILVER RIVER ENDS by Anna Quon, THE GHOST GARDEN by Susan Doherty, and THE WOO WOO by Lindsay Wong.]

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It’s that time of the week again, #ThrowbackThursday! School group events at FOLD are always so fun.

[Image description: a group of students sitting in theatre chairs looking towards the off-screen stage. A young South Asian girl in the middle has her mouth wide open as she awes at the stage.]

#LiteraryFestivals #ThrowbackThursday #Memories #Fold23

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For this week’s #TitleTuesday, the spotlight is on @angeldizhang’s novel, THE LIGHT OF ETERNAL SPRING. Available now with @penguinrandomca!

Intensely cinematic debut novel travels from the streets of New York City to northeast China, on the trail of a young photographer who needs to reconcile with her dead mother before she is able to see the world again.

[Image description: white square graphic showcasing the cover art for Angel Di Zhang’s novel, THE LIGHT OF ETERNAL SPRING. Pink overlay over a photo of an East Asian woman with short hair. Three pictures of the woman lined up, one under the other like film tape. Next to the title is an excerpt of text from the book. At the bottom of the graphic is a hashtag, #TitleTuesday, and a website, thefoldcanada.org.]

#DiverseCanLit #ReadCanadian #WeNeedDiverseBooks

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We are grateful for all of your support - past and present. And we hate asking for help at a time when so much is going on at home and abroad.

But the stress and the strain is real and we would appreciate whatever you can offer. We’ve proposed some options in the video. But feel free to do what you can.

[A Black woman with braids wearing a white striped collared shirt, clear framed glasses and pink lipstick speaking to camera.]

#givingtuesday #cybermonday #charity #charitableorg #donate #giveback #fold2024 #foldkids23

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This week’s #MondayMotivation reminds us to find ways to organize within our communities to uplift the voices of those who are not heard or recognized in society. Organizing is a great way to learn more about other people's struggles and pave the way for social change within the world.

[Image description: orange square with a quote from Zena Sharman, the author of THE CARE WE DREAM OF in white text: Find ways to organize—inside but also outside of the system. An illustration of two white women—one woman in a wheelchair and the other woman hugging that woman—is in the bottom corner. At the bottom of the graphic is a hashtag, #MondayMotivation, and a website, thefoldcanada.org.]

#MotivationMonday #LiteraryFestivals #Fold2022 #DiverseCanLit

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Kevin Chong's THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU is today's #Bookstagram Friday! This unique work of metafiction is available with @simonschusterca!

[Image description: book cover for Kevin Chong's THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU sitting up against plush white background. Book cover features a red-orange background with yellow text. Comic-style panels of an East Asian boy, sword, and temple on the cover. Beside the book is a decorative lightbulb with rocks and fake plants in it.]

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Happy #ThrowbackThursday, folks! Golden hour hit different during the reception for the #Fold2023 Great Reception: A Literary Cabaret.

[Image description: light shining through window and onto an elegant table set up with food and greenery.]

#LiteraryFestivals #ThrowbackThursday #Memories

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It’s #TitleTuesday, and today we’re highlighting THE CIRCLE by Katherena Vermette, available now with @penguinrandomca!

Fierce, heartbreaking, and profound, Vermette’s The Circle is the third and final companion novel to her bestsellers The Break and The Strangers.

[Image description: square graphic showcasing the cover art for the novel THE CIRCLE by Katherena Vermette. Blue text on copper background that is broken into parallelograms that are in the shape of a snowflake. Next to the title is an excerpt of text from the book. At the bottom of the graphic is a hashtag, #TitleTuesday, and a website, thefoldcanada.org.]

#DiverseCanLit #ReadCanadian #WeNeedDiverseBooks

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