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FOLD Reading Challenge – February 2026: Romance by a Queer Male Author

Feb 1, 2026

By Hudson Lin (@hudsonlinwrites) February is the month of romance, and this year, we’re featuring romances by queer male authors. One age-old debate in the world of queer romance—specifically male/male romance where both protagonists are men—is the question of who is allowed to write the stories of queer men. The vast majority of authors...

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 graphic with gold boarder. Title reads: FOLD Reading Challenge, Celebrating a Decade of Change. Four book covers: Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin; Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau; Lady Kidlat Meets Her Match by Jaclyn Q. Martinez; Hard Sell by Hudson Lin. All are romances by Asian Canadian Authors for the January reading challenge. For more books, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2025.

January FOLD 2025 Challenge: Romance by an Asian Canadian Author

Jan 2, 2025

By Hudson Lin There are a lot of reasons why it’s a good idea to start 2025 off with a romance genre reading challenge. First, there have been a lot of things to be sad, worried, and angry about recently. The world is on fire with conflicts both physical and ideological; society is becoming more...

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