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Gary Barwin's Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted sparked controversial conversations by mixing tragedy with humour in a novel set in Europe during WWII. Check back tomorrow for the 2025 FOLD Reading Challenge!

An intimate, explosive story of creativity and friendship between two young Japanese women in 1970s Tokyo by Lynne Kutsukake. #TitleTuesday #FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #AsianAuthor #LiteraryFiction

🌟 The FOLD 2025 Reading Challenge is live! 🌟 Each of the monthly challenges are inspired by one of the 12 Books That Shaped The Way We Read. If you're planning on doing the challenge this year, sign up for our dedicated Reading Challenge newsletter! mailchi.mp/thefoldcanada/…

Welcome to the first reading challenge of 2025! This month, we're diving into romances by Asian Canadian authors. Visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallen… to find out why we're starting the year with a romance challenge, and learn more about each of the recommended books!

To coincide with the FOLD's January Reading Challenge, we're hosting a read-along of Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau. Check out our StoryGraph read-along page for more info: app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/2e3… or 🔗 in bio

In the January FOLD Academy, award-winning author Catherine Hernandez will offer us some tips on how to write natural dialogue. ✍️ Learn more and register at thefoldcanada.org/academy. #FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #FoldAcademy #WritingCraft #WritingWorkshop

We are starting FOLD 2025 early! Discover how authors @diasporabanton, Samantha eff Jones, and Derek Mascarenhas found publishers through opportunities at the FOLD. Join us on Zoom on Wed, Jan 15 at 7:30pm ET. Register now for this F R E E event: fold2025pitchingperfect.eventbrite.ca.

The FOLD is delighted to host the January Read-Along on StoryGraph! Never used it before? No worries. We've got a handy What You Need to Know video to guide you through how to join a read-along on StoryGraph. Join the Read-Along here: app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/2e3…

In Nov, the FOLD team read 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph. In this bonus episode of Into the FOLD, we talk about what we learned and the questions we have about our role in reconciliation. Catch this episode on Youtube at youtube.com/@TheFOLDCanada

The next Brampton Library author talk event is on Friday, January 24 with author Sue Lynn Tan. Join us at Chinguacousy Branch from 6-7pm for a social hour, then the author talk at 7pm. This event is F R E E, but registration is required. eventbrite.ca/e/author-talk-…

⭐ Starting soon! ⭐ Watch live on Youtube at youtube.com/@thefoldcanada #FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #AuthorLife #Publishing #AmQuerying #OnSubmission

⭐ Starting NOW! ⭐ Watch live on Youtube at youtube.com/@thefoldcanada #FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #AuthorLife #Publishing #AmQuerying #OnSubmission

#FOLD2025 in-person school group tix are now on sale! Two events taking place on May 1 geared towards high school students: - Finding Family with David A. Robertson and Tanya Talaga (10AM ET) - The Spoken Word (12:30PM ET) More info and to buy tickets: thefoldcanada.org/schoolgroups

HAPPY #FOLD2025!!! Kicking off this year is a morning writing sprint with Island Scribe, Simone Dalton. Join us on fold2025.vfairs.com for more! #TheFestivalofLiteraryDiversity

Happening soon - Celebrate 10 years of the Festival of Literary Diversity with the FOLD team! We're kicking off the 2025 festival with our annual opening trivia event. Join us for the party and the chance to win exclusive book prizes. Visit: fold2025.vfairs.com #FOLD2025

🚨Happening on vfairs AND YouTube🚨 #FOLD2025 Join FOLD Executive Director (and Canada Reads megafan!) Jael Richardson as she chats with these superstars on the impact that this competition has on their careers and how it affects CanLit. YOUTUBE: youtube.com/live/CJg8MWcsA…

Don't miss join us for the recording of the podcast, THE SH*T NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT WRTING. Co-hosts Bianca Marais, CeCe Lyra and Carly Watters will conduct their popular "Books With Hooks" segment live with guest literary agent Marin Takikawa. Find out what it takes to capture

Trivia time! Join us RIGHT NOW on fold2025.vfairs.com for some fun questions before COMMUNITY IN CONFLICT. Hear authors Kagiso Lesego Molope, Sheung-King, and Andrea Currie discuss the ways they find meaningful connections and build community in the midst of conflict.

Join Uzma Jalaluddin, author of the forthcoming #DetectiveAunty, on May 4th @ 11am ET at The FOLD's literary high tea! Learn more: bit.ly/42wmlf6

If it's almost May, then it's almost time to start the Don't Call it A Book Tour. I'll be a lot of places this spring & summer w #MyFightingFamily First up: The Festival of Literary Diversity in Brampton this Friday & Saturday #Fold2025 thefoldcanada.org