The FOLD Presents: An Evening with R.F. Kuang
BRAMPTON, ON | May 29, 2025 – Jael Richardson, founder and Executive Director of the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), has announced a special September FOLD event happening at The Rose Theatre in Brampton on September 15 at 7:30 p.m.: An Evening with R.F. Kuang. Tickets are already 50 per cent sold. Visit thefoldcanada.org/rfkuang for more information.
Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.
In Brampton on September 15 she’ll share insights into her highly anticipated new novel, Katabasis, in conversation with Jael Richardson. The event will also include an audience Q&A, and Kuang’s books will be sold on site by Another Story Bookshop.
“When we started the FOLD, one of our goals was to ‘put Brampton’ on the literary map,” says Richardson. “It’s such an honour — and it’s so exciting for everyone who’s been a part of this work — to see Brampton on R.F. Kuang’s list of touring cities. We want to make this day special for her and for everyone who joins us in September at The Rose Theatre.”
Don’t miss this special opportunity to hear from one of today’s most compelling literary voices—live at The Rose.
Book and Ticket Bundle | $55 Includes admission plus one pre-signed deluxe limited edition copy of Katabasis with a custom Canadian tour stamp provided by HarperCollins Canada.
Single Ticket | $18 Admission only (excludes the deluxe limited edition book).
Visit thefoldcanada.org/rfkuang for tickets or to learn more.
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The 10th anniversary Festival of Literary Diversity is generously supported by: the City of Brampton; Penguin Random House Canada; TD Bank; Simon & Schuster Canada;Harlequin; HarperCollins Canada; ECW Press; Sheridan College; Algoma University; The University of Guelph; The Literary Press Group; and The Richardson Group with additional support from the Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts; Ontario Creates; Ontario Arts Council; and the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
About The FOLD Foundation
The FOLD Foundation is a registered Canadian charity that celebrates underrepresented and marginalised authors and storytellers from Canada and around the world through two annual festivals–the Festival of Literary Diversity each May, and the FOLD Kids Book Fest in November–as well as through a number of literary programming initiatives held throughout the year.
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