The FOLD Blog

Submissions to the 2020 FOLD Festival Program are now open! Every year, the FOLD publishes a unique Festival Program which includes the festival schedule and information and articles and essays from Canadian writers. Articles in the Program showcase a wide variety of styles, approaches, and diverse lived experience. In 2020, we are pleased to announce […]

By Jael Richardson When we discover books for the first time, it’s often as a children – being read to by a teacher or parent or another adult. And while school often progresses young readers towards the written word, one of my favourite recent developments in the book world has been the growing popularity and […]

The FOLD is pleased to present the FOLD 2020 Challenge, sponsored by Audible Canada. Each year, the FOLD selects 12 challenges to encourage book lovers to broaden and diversify their reading. In 2020, we’re challenging bibliophiles to look for books that move beyond–beyond paper, beyond Canada’s borders, beyond genre. We’ve come up with twelve challenges […]

By Karen Mason Authors over the age of 50 are harnessing their experience and savvy to add their voices to the Canadian writing landscape. We are here for it! Some of the books we know and love premiered when their authors had already sprouted a few greys. Think Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose first title in […]

Are you passionate about books? Want to be a part of one of Canada’s most exciting literary festivals? Join the FOLD Planning Team! The FOLD Planning Team is a group of volunteers who meet monthly throughout the year to make programming decisions about the May festival, the FOLD Kids Bookfest in the fall, and other […]

By Elham Ali In researching titles for this blog, I had a sudden flashback to a book I had read in high school. I couldn’t remember the title or author, I had a vague image of the cover, and I didn’t remember the plot at all. But the ending I remembered vividly, where the protagonist […]

The FOLD is looking for passionate, committed people to join its Board of Directors. If you love literature and are keen about ensuring and increasing the celebration of diverse authors and storytelling in Brampton and across Canada, consider joining our team today! The Board of Directors is a group of volunteers who meet monthly to […]

By Cat Belshaw Read more African literature! Think this is hard to do here in Canada? Think again. Thanks to an ever-growing number of publishers, awards, and festivals dedicated to celebrating the rich and wonderful voices coming from the diverse countries that make up the African continent, we have more access to exceptional books by […]

By Nadia L. Hohn This month’s challenge is all about young adult titles that represent diverse voices in #Canlit.  Have a look at the four titles recommended, and share recommendations of your own in the comments! 1. Learning To Breathe, by Janice Lynn Mather Sixteen-year-old Indy struggles to conceal her pregnancy while searching for a […]

By C.J. Zvanitajs Most of us who live outside of Atlantic Canada probably have a vision of the region that’s a combination of Anne of Green Gables living among the emerald hills of PEI crossed with a fishermen catching Nova Scotian lobster and speaking in an incomprehensible Irish/Scottish/French accent. However, anyone who has read Atlantic […]