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Updates on events, submissions, volunteer opportunities, and the monthly FOLD Challenge.

2021 FOLD Challenge — December

Dec 1, 2021

2021 FOLD Challenge — November

Nov 3, 2021

[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]

2021 FOLD Challenge — October

Oct 1, 2021

Four titles chosen for the FOLD September Challenge: Book by an Author Living with Chronic Illness. Titles selected are Choosing Hope by Munira Premji, Fuse by Hollay Ghadery, Anthony: A Composite Novel, and Why the Rock Falls, by JE Barnard. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2021

2021 FOLD Challenge — September

Sep 1, 2021

[ID: Four titles chosen for the FOLD August Challenge: A Book by a Marginalized Author over 60. Titles selected are Willie by Willie O’Ree, House of Whispers Vol. 3 by Nalo Hopkinson, Rabbit Foot Bill by Helen Humphreys, and The Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne Brand. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org]

2021 FOLD Challenge — August

Aug 3, 2021

[ID: Four titles chosen for the FOLD July Challenge: A BIPOC author from Europe. Titles selected are Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, To Lahore with Love, by Hina Belitz, and This Lovely City by Louise Hare. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org]

2021 FOLD Challenge — July

Jul 1, 2021

Four titles chosen for the FOLD June Challenge: Nonfiction by a Trans or Non-Binary Author. Titles selected are Care Of by Ivan Coyote, Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi, The Conscious Creative by Kelly Small, and Like A Boy But Not A Boy, by andrea bennett. For full list of titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2021

2021 FOLD Challenge — June

Jun 1, 2021

Four titles chosen for the FOLD May Challenge: A Work of historical fiction by a writer of colour. For full list of titles and suggestions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2021

2021 FOLD Challenge — May

May 1, 2021

The covers for four books chosen for the 2021 FOLD April Challenge: A Book that experiments with form by an Asian Canadian author. For full titles and descriptions, please visit www.thefoldcanada.org/ReadingChallenge2021

2021 FOLD Challenge — April

Apr 6, 2021

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You have four more days to access all of the #FoldKids21 content! Your all-access pass gets you all of the 20+ sessions from this year’s festival.

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Booklovers! You have until end of day on Tuesday, December 7 to access all of the sessions from FOLD Kids Book Fest on replay mode!

If you don't have a pass--get one today! You can get yours for $14 at thefoldcanada.org/register, and catch up on all of our wonderful festival conversations.

Here's a sneak peek of one of those very conversations--MAGIC AND MARVEL IN INDIGENOUS FANTASY, featuring the one and only @cherie.dimaline and @davidrobertsonwriter!

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Dive into #TitleTuesday by diving into THE SNOW LINE, the latest novel from Tessa McWatt. Available today, wherever you get your books!

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Three of the best words you can tell yourself, writers, thanks to the unending wisdom of @silviamg.author.

Value your work—always and always.

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Missed @FoldKids? Don’t worry—you can still access all of this year’s festival sessions up until December 7! Get your all-access pass today at thefoldCanada.org/register!

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Missed the 2021 FOLD Kids Book Fest? Don't worry--you can still access all of the festival content up until December 7!

Here's an excerpt from our preview panel, Crisis in the Classroom, with @khodidill @tashmcadam and @davidrobertsonwriter in conversation with @rabia_khokhar.

Register and access all of the sessions today at thefoldcanada.org/register!

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Come with us into the magical world of Sifton Tracey Anipare's new novel, YUME. It's out now with Dundurn Press, and you definitely don't want to miss it!

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Unforgettable words for your Monday from the unforgettable Eden Robinson.

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Our live sessions from the 2021 @foldkids Book Fest might be over but our events are still available for replay. All you need is a festival pass which you can get at foldkids2021.vfairs.com!
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“My life has been a long, slow journey over very sharp rocks, but goddamn it if I didn’t dance over every last one of them.”
— Lee Maracle.

Dance on brilliant and fierce, dear friend. We are holding you and your family close, today and always.

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In the mood for a little climate fiction? Why not pick up the latest from Premee Mohamed? THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS is out now with ECW Press. Get your copy today!

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Today we're starting the week with this wisdom from Bahar Orang, author of WHERE THINGS TOUCH: A MEDITATION ON BEAUTY. Consider: how does writing keep you attentive to the world? How does the act of pen on paper (or fingers to keyboard!) make you re-think the world around you and see it anew?

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