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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...

White rectangular graphic with a green border, showcasing three book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD Kids October Challenge: A title featuring magic by a Latine/Latinx author. Title are FEATHERED SERPENT AND THE FIVE Five SUNS: A MESOAMERICAN CREATION MYTH by Duncan Tonatiuh; WITCHLINGS by Claribel A. Ortega; and LAKELORE by Anna-Marie McLemore, illustrated by Michaela Goade. At the bottom is a link, thefoldcanada.org/kidschallenge23.

October FOLD Kids 2023 Challenge: A title featuring magic by a Latine/Latinx author

Oct 1, 2023

By Ardo Omer This month we’re highlighting books about magic by a Latine/Latinx author for picture book, middle grade, and young adult readers. Putting together this list revealed to us the need for more stories from Canadian Latine/Latinx authors about the fantastical especially the magical for children. In fact, more stories from Canadian Latine/Latinx authors...

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