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White rectangular graphic with orange border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD February Challenge: Young adult mystery by a racialized author. The titles are TENDER BEASTS by Liselle Sambury, FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley, THE RED PALACE by June Hur, and QUEEN OF THE TILES by Hanna Alkaf.

March FOLD 2024 Challenge: Young adult mystery by a racialized author

Mar 1, 2024

By Natasha Shaikh This March we are showing our appreciation for the mystery genre—specifically young adult mystery books by Black and Indigenous authors and authors of colour. In recent years, the YA genre has produced many mystery bestsellers, usually revolving around dark crimes, and boarding on thrillers. Despite the mystery genre being so vast, it...

White rectangular graphic with a dark green border, showcasing three book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD Kids March Challenge: A speculative tale by a Black Canadian author. Titles are FINDING HOME by Jen Sookfong Lee and Drew Shannon, ZARA HOSSAIN IS HERE by Sabina Khan, and SADE: WE'RE MOVING TO CANADA by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade

March FOLD Kids 2023 Challenge: A fiction or non-fiction book about an immigration journey

Mar 1, 2023

By Toni Duval This month we are highlighting stories of immigration for children, middle grade readers and young adults. Our authors have made Canada their home in a variety of ways. They may have lived around the world before arriving here, are children of immigrants and/or chose to immigrate here as adults. They use storytelling...

White rectangular graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD March Challenge: A fabulist novel by a disabled author. Titles are THE BOI OF FEATHER AND STEEL, by Adan Jerreat-Poole, WHAT WILLOW SAYS, by Lynn Buckle, SORROWLAND, by Rivers Solomon, and PIRANESI, by Susanna Clarke. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

March FOLD 2022 Challenge: A fabulist novel by a disabled author

Mar 1, 2022

By Alex Platt In many ways, fabulism is a catch-all term for many of the genres readers may be more familiar with: magic realism, fantasy, sci fi, mystery, horror and speculative fiction. But fabulist stories weave between and across genres, blurring categorical attempts to pin them down. This is why they are so often hard to...

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...

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