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October FOLD 2024 Challenge: Non-Fiction by a nonbinary and/or transgender author

Oct 1, 2024

By Monika Trzeciakowski In honour of 2SLGBTQ+ History Month, we want to feature non-fiction by non-binary, transgender, and two-spirit authors. It’s important to remember that the fight for queer and trans rights is not something that has happened in the past – it’s happening right now. With the challenges to the rights of transgender children in...

[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 book covers for titles that correspond to the 2020 FOLD Challenge for October: Nonfiction that explores mental heatlh. For full list, please visit thefoldcanada.org/ReadingChallenge

FOLD Challenge 2020 | 10. Nonfiction that explores mental health

Oct 1, 2020

By Emmy Nordstrom Higdon 2020 has been a particularly tumultuous year, and many readers have experienced challenges to their mental health, some for the first time. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, 50% of people will experience some kind of mental illness by the time they reach age 40. Mental illness may be an...

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