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The FOLD Challenge

Reading and listening recommendations that encourage booklovers to thoughtfully consider their reading lists and ask one important question: Who’s missing?

Are You Ready for the Challenge?

What are you reading? Who’s missing? The FOLD’s Reading Challenge encourages booklovers to diversify their reading and their listening by asking one important question: Who’s missing?

Each year, the FOLD releases a twelve-challenge list in January, focusing on one challenge per month for the duration of the year. Every month, the FOLD releases a blog compiled by one of our planning team members that includes a list of recommended titles to help you along.

The 2023 Challenge is sponsored by Audible Canada.

Each month, the FOLD features one of the challenges, providing suggested titles through a monthly blog.

For readers who may not read as many titles throughout the year, pick a few challenges that will enrich your reading list and your life.

As we say at the FOLD, diversity always takes more work…but it always reaps better results. So grab a book and get reading – and check back here for more.

January: A debut title by a Muslim author

February: Speculative fiction by a Black Canadian author

March: A fiction or non-fiction book about an immigration journey

April: A book of poetry from a small press

May: Mystery or crime fiction by an Asian Canadian author

June: A book that celebrates queer joy by a BIPOC author

July: A book by a Black author from the East Coast

August: A book that explores the justice system written by an author with lived experience

September: An audiobook by an Indigenous author

October: A title featuring magic by a Latine/Latinx author

November: An epistolary title by an author from a marginalized community

December: A book by an author who identifies as Mad or who writes about mental health