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White rectangular graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD November Challenge: A debut novel by a small press. Titles are ISOLATED INCIDENT by Mariam Pirbhai, THE LOYAL DAUGHTER by Nancy Lam, JADE IS A TWISTED GREEN by Tanya Turton, and ALL THE QUIET PLACES by Brian Thomas Isaac. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — November

Nov 1, 2022

White rectangular graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD October Challenge: A horror or gothic novel by a BIPOC author. Titles are MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW by Stephen Graham Jones, THE HACIENDA by Isabel Canas, THE GETAWAY by Lamar GILES, and HOUSE OF HUNGER by Alexis Henderson. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — October

Oct 1, 2022

White square graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD September Challenge: A book by a BIPOC author from Australia or New Zealand. Titles are AUE by Becky Manawatu, STILL ALIVE by Safdar Ahmed, MAGE OF FOOLS by Eugen Bacon, and UNPOLISHEM GEM: MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, AND ME by Alice Pung. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — September

Sep 1, 2022

White square graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing Four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD August Challenge: An audiobook by a Caribbean author. Titles are WHAT STORM, WHAT THUNDER by Myriam J. Chancy, PINK ICING AND OTHER STORIES by Pamela Mordecai, THE ISLAND OF FORGETTING by Jasmine Sealy, and HURRICANE SUMMER by Asha Bromfield. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — August

Aug 1, 2022

White rectangular graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing Four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD July Challenge: A novel set in or by an author from Northern Canada. Titles are THOSE WHO RUN IN THE SKY by Aviaq Johnston, SKRAELINGS by Rachel and Sean Qitsilak-Tinsley, CURVED AGAINST THE HULL OF A PETERHEAD by Taqralik Partridge, and NIGHT MOVES by Richard Van Camp. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — July

Jul 5, 2022

White rectangular graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing Four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD June Challenge: Creative nonfiction or memoir by an Indigenous author. Titles are INDIGENOUS TORONTO: STORIES THAT CARRY THIS PLACE edited by various authors, SCRATCHING RIVER by Michelle Porter, WHAT I REMEMBER, WHAT I KNOW by Larry Audlaluk, and PEKAYOW: RECLAIMING CREE DIGNITY by Darrel J. McLeod. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — June

Jun 1, 2022

White rectangular graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing Four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD May Challenge: A recently released young adult novel by a BIPOC author. Titles are TAHIRA IN BLOOM by Farah Heron, IRON WIDOW by Xiran Jay Zhao, WRONG SIDE OF THE COURT by H.N. Khan, and SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jen Ferguson. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — May

May 16, 2022

White rectangular graphic with a dark pink border, showcasing four book covers for the titles chosen for the FOLD April Challenge: A book of poetry by a writer over 50. Titles are CANE | FIRE by Shani Mootoo, BROKEN DAWN BLESSINGS by Adam Sol, NOTHING WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE by Nancy Jo Cullen, and WALKING IN THE TALL GRASS by Chief R. Stacey Laforme. For full list, visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2022

2022 FOLD Challenge — April

Apr 1, 2022

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

2022 FOLD Challenge — March

Mar 1, 2022

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Today for #FoldProgramFriday we're sinking deep into the gorgeous words of @manahilbanduk, whose lyric essay "Over Hand Over" was published in our 2022 Festival Program. Read the essay in full on the FOLD Program today! #DiverseCanLit #Essays #LyricEssays

[Image description: An excerpt from the lyric essay "Over Hand Over", by Manahil Bandukwala, published in the 2022 FOLD Festival Program.]

It's a short #ThrowbackThursday jaunt this week--back to just two weeks ago, when we had our first in-person COME READ WITH ME event since 2019 at Brampton's Chinguacousy Library! Here is Volunteer Coordinator Toni Duval reading to a group of masked youngsters. Thanks to everyone who came out! #FoldKids22

It's #TitleTuesday! Don't you just love that this day comes around every week? WE SURE DO! Today we're loving @SaeedTeebi's debut collection, HER FIRST PALESTINIAN AND OTHER STORIES. It's out now with @HouseOfAnansi, so get yourself a copy now, wherever you get your books! #TitleTuesday #ReadCanadian #ShortStoriesRock #WeLoveShortStories

[Image description: White square graphic with the cover for Saeed Teebi's short story collection (a yellow cover with a clementine orange and its peel stretching in loops across the screen), HER FIRST PALESTINIAN, alongside an excerpt of text from the book.]

Happy Monday, writers and booklovers! Today we're starting off our week with these unforgettable words from @tseringylama, author of the Giller-shortlisted novel WE MEASURE THE EARTH WITH OUR BODIES. Here's to seeing the world as clearly as we can, always. #MondayMotivation

[Image description: Purple square graphic with a quote from author Tsering Yangzom Lama--author of the novel WE MEASURE THE EARTH WITH OUR BODIES--in white text: "As a writer I want to see the world as clearly as I can, not in an idealized way." At the bottom of the graphic is a hashtag, #MondayMotivation, and a website, thefoldcanada.org.]

At #FoldKids19, we had lots of fun drumming and singing along with @NjackoBacko. We can't wait to see and celebrate THIS WEEK at our 2022 FOLD Kids Book Fest. See you this Saturday--get your festival passes today! thefoldcanada.org/register

#ThrowbackThursday

It's #TitleTuesday! Today we're celebrating with the unforgettable PACIFIQUE, the debut novel of love and madness out now from @sarah.l.taggart. Published by @CoachHouseBooks, it's available wherever you get your books. Get your hands on a copy today!

[Image description: white square graphic showing the cover design for Sarah L. Taggart's novel PACIFIQUE--a blue cover with a large pink circle in the centre that softens into waves at its bottom--next to an excerpt of text from the book. At the bottom of the graphic is a hashtag, #TitleTuesday, and a website: thefoldcanada.org.]

#TitleTuesday #ReadCanadian #MadLit #QueerLit #DisabilityLit

Happy Monday, writers! Today we're starting off our week with this ever-relevant reminder from @CynaraGee, Director of Publicity at @ArsenalPulp. Every writer you know and admire is intimately familiar with rejection. The next time the rejection blues have you down, remember this: you're in good company. One day, all of those rejections will help to get you where you're meant to be as a writer. Don't give up!

[Image description: Blue square graphic with a quote from publicity professional Cynara Geissler in white text: It takes a lot of rejections to be an in-demand professional writer getting appearances. Beneath the quote is a hashtag, #MondayMotivation, and a website: thefoldcanada.org]

#MondayMotivation #WriterWisdom #Publicity #Writers #Rejection #AmWriting #TheWritingLife

Who's in the mood for poetry? We are! Check out "Gusts Like Wine", by Amir Aziz, published in the 2022 FOLD Festival Program. You can read this beautiful poem and others on our website today--follow the link in our bio!

[Image description: Screenshot of the poem "Gusts Like Wine", by Amir Aziz, published in the 2022 FOLD Festival Program.]

Happy November, booklovers! For this month's #FOLDChallenge, we're diving into debut novels from small presses. Featuring titles from @mariampirbhai, Nancy Lam, @trapmystic, and Brian Thomas Isaac. Check out our recommendations on the FOLD website today!

https://thefoldcanada.org/webinars-activities/the-reading-challenge/2022-fold-challenge-november/

#FOLDChallenge #NovemberChallenge #ReadCanadian #DiverseCanLit

It's #TitleTuesday--one of our favourite days of the week! Today we're curling up with JUNIE, by @Nourishing.Word. It's out now with @bookhug_press and is available wherever you get your books--get your copy today!

#DiverseCanLit #TitleTuesday #ReadCanadian

Happy Monday, writers! On this grey and rainy day we're holding on tight to the words of @JackWangAuthor, who reminded us back at #Fold2022 that titles are some of the most important decisions a writer makes in the course of a story. May you find spectacular titles, always! #MondayMotivation #DiverseCanLit #AmWriting