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For FOLD 2025 Images: 2025 Media Gallery

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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.

2025 FOLD Challenge — January

Dec 21, 2024

White rectangular graphic with a green border, listing twelve reading challenges chosen for the FOLD Kids 2025 Reading Challenge. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/kidschallenge25.

The FOLD Kids Challenge

Dec 20, 2024

Horizontal graphic with four book covers. In the middle, text reads "December, 2024 in Reflection: A book by a Congolese and/or Sudanese Author."

2024 FOLD Challenge — December

Nov 27, 2024

White graphic with orange border. Text reads: The FOLD Challenge. 12 Great Ways to Diversify Your Reading. November: An accessible book by a marginalized author. Graphic shows the covers of the recommended books.

2024 FOLD Challenge — November

Oct 31, 2024

2024 FOLD Challenge — October

Oct 1, 2024

White rectangular graphic with orange border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD September Challenge: Fiction by a neurodivergent author. The titles are The Winter Knight by Jes Battis; The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang; Dawn by Octavia E. Butler; and Dawn by Octavia E. Butler.

2024 FOLD Challenge — September

Aug 31, 2024

White rectangular graphic with orange border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD August Challenge: Novel OR book of poetry by a Caribbean author. The titles are WEST OF WEST INDIAN by Linzey Corridon; POLAR VORTEX by Shani Mootoo; BROUGHTUPSY by Christina Cooke; and NANIKI by Oonya Kempadoo.

2024 FOLD Challenge — August

Jul 24, 2024

White rectangular graphic with orange border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD July Challenge: A translated book by an independent Canadian Press. The titles are ROSA’S VERY OWN PERSONAL REVOLUTION by Eric Dupont, translated by Peter McCambridge; SANAAQ by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, translated by Peter Frost; SADIE X by Clara Dupuis-Morency, translated by Aimee Wall; and THE WAR YOU DON’T HATE by Blaise Ndala, translated by Dimitri Nasrallah.

2024 FOLD Challenge — July

Jul 1, 2024

White rectangular graphic with orange border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD June Challenge: A book by a Cree author. The titles are PERMANENT ASTONISHMENT by Tomson Highway, BLACK WATER by David A. Robertson, BAD CREE by Jessica Johns, and COEXISTENCE by Billy-Ray Belcourt.

2024 FOLD Challenge — June

Jun 1, 2024

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