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📖Celebrating underrepresented authors & stories
📍Brampton, ON
🎉Next festival: April 25-May 2, 2027
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What are you reading this summer? 😎

Whether you're an avid fan of romance, mystery, or fantasy, or whether you'd like to dip your toe into a new genre, the FOLD Reads Summer Reading Challenge 2026 is for you!

3 Reading Challanges. 4 Books Each. 1 Summer of Reading.

❤ Summer of Love featuring Love is a War Song by @danica_nava, Leave and Come Back by @lavanya.lakshmi.writes, The Nowruz Negotiation by @arezoudeetoo, and Long Overdue by @rochellewolfauthor.

🔍 Summer of Intrigue featuring Moonlight Murder by @uzmajalaluddin, Too Dark for the Light by @alwahdelauthor, The Fourth Princess by @janiechang33, and Would I Lie to You? by @nicole_blades.

🪄 Summer of Magic featuring A Palace Near the Wind by @ai.jian.g, Not All Dragons by @davidlywrites, Seventhblade by @lairdtoniawrites, and The Civilization by @kmmauthor.

Join us on Beanstack to participate in the challenges! Read one book from the challenge to unlock a badge. Read all titles to win the challenge. Visit thefoldcanada.org/foldreads to learn how to join.

[Image ID: Carousel of 4 images. Image 1: Introducing the FOLD Reads Summer Reading Challenge 2026. 3 reading challenges. 4 books each. 1 summer of reading. Image 2: Summer of Love with covers of the 4 recommended titles. Image 3: Summer of Intrigue with covers of the 4 recommended titles. Image 4: Summer of Magic with covers of the 4 recommended titles.] by @the_fold

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📖 FOLD Reading Challenge 2026 📖

We are thrilled to unveil the new FOLD Reading Challenge for 2026. 12 new challenges. 12 ways to broad your bookshelf and expand your world.

Sign up for the FOLD Reads newsletter to receive each month's book recommendations directly in your inbox! https://mailchi.mp/thefoldcanada/rcnewsletter

Join FOLD on Beanstack to earn badges for each challenge completed! https://fold.beanstack.org/

Here's to another year of fantastic reading! 📚

#FOLDReadingChallenge #ReadingChallenge #ReadDiversely #ReadMore #Bookstagram

[Image Description: FOLD Reading Challenge 2026. Jan: Cozy fiction by a marginalized author. Feb: Romance by a queer male author. Mar: Non-fiction featuring food by a marginalized author. Apr: Poetry collection by a disabled author. May: Book about mental health by an Indigenous author. June: Novel featuring found family by a queer author. Jul: Book about climate change by a marginalized author. Aug: Literary fiction by a Black Canadian author. Sep: Non-fiction by a marginalized author that calls for change. Oct: Novel by a woman of colour translated into English. Nov: Book that celebrates fat bodies and fat joy. Dec: Book about rest or resilience by a racialized author. A stack of colourful books with a globe along the right side of the graphic. Along the bottom: Broaden Your Bookshelf. Expand Your World. For monthly reading suggestions visit thefoldcanada.org/readingchallenge2026. Track by @the_fold

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We're super excited to be hosting the 2026 FOLD Reading Challenge on Beanstack. Visit thefoldcanada.com/beanstack to learn more about the platform and how to join.

You can also join the FOLD Reading Challenge newsletter to receive the monthly blog and book recommendations directly in your inbox on the first of each month. Sign up using the 🔗 in bio.

#FoldReadingChallenge #Beanstack #ReadingChallenge

[Image Description: Carousel of images. Image 1: FOLD 2026 Reading Challenge now hosted on Beanstack. Image 2: What is Beanstack? Beanstack is an interactive platform where you can join reading challenges, track your reading, and earn badges and certificates as you complete challenges. Image 3: Beanstack is free to join for all readers. Parents can create family accounts for each family member. Readers can add friends and share your reading with each other. Image 4: Create your account now and join FOLD on Beanstack! Register for the 2026 Reading Challenge and get an exclusive sneak peak at the January challenge. Image 5: What if I'm not able to join Beanstack? Join our monthly Reading Challenge newsletter to get the challenge directly in your inbox! (see link in bio) Challenges will still be posted to Instagram every month. Image 6: Register for any challenge before January 31, 2026 for a chance to win a Kobo Libra Colour eReader! Header images for four different challenges: 2025 Holiday Wrap-Up, FOLD Reading Challenge 2026, Canadian Genre Challenge 2026, Read It Your Way 2026. Photo of Kobo eReader.] by @the_fold

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This is our Salty & Sweet series where FOLD authors offer their literary hot take, then share what the FOLD community means to them.

Up next is poet @missbrittab whose poetry collection was featured at this year’s Paint & Poetry Night.

Festival of literary diversity, publishing opinions by @the_fold

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Whether you attended in-person or virtually and took part in our panels, trivia nights, or after-parties, thank you for joining us for the 2026 Festival of Literary Diversity!

Your curiosity, enthusiasm, and attendance help make these festivals possible and we’re so happy you spent the week with us. We can’t wait to welcome you back next year! 🧡📚

#FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #BookFestival #BookCommunity #FestivalAttendees taken in Brampton, Ontario by @the_fold

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Introducing our Salty & Sweet series where FOLD authors offer their literary hot take, then share what the FOLD community means to them.

First up is @elledouglaswriter! Elle Douglas is a romance author and her latest book is a sapphic contemporary small town romance called Serving Up A Second Chance.

Festival of literary diversity, queer romance, lgbtq romance, publishing opinions by @the_fold

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Thank you to all of our amazing authors and speakers for taking part in the 2026 Festival of Literary Diversity! 🧡📚

Your insights and passion for storytelling are at the heart of what makes this festival so special. We’re grateful you all joined us for a week of meaningful conversations and connections with readers and writers alike.

#FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #FOLD #BookFestival #AuthorsAnsSpeakers taken in Brampton, Ontario by @the_fold

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A huge thank you to our incredible sponsors and partners for helping make the 2026 Festival of Literary Diversity possible.

Your generosity and commitment to supporting underrepresented voices, meaningful conversations, and Canada’s literary space helped create an unforgettable week of programming and community, and we’re so grateful for your partnership. 🧡📚

#FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #Sponsors #CommunityPartners #BookFestival by @the_fold

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Our next Instagram Live is on Tuesday, July 28 with romance author @arezoudeetoo! Tune in at 7pm ET as we chat about Arezou’s writing inspirations for her latest book The Nowruz Negotiation.

The Nowruz Negotiation is a part of FOLD’s summer of love reading challenge. Check out thefoldcanada.org/foldreads to learn more about all of our reading challenges!

[image description: pink background graphic with text: Instagram Live with Arezou Amin in conversation with Hudson Lin. Tuesday, July 28, 7pm ET. Follow at @the_fold. Image 2: book covers of 4 romance novels: Love is a War Song by Danica Nava, Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi, The Nowruz Negotiation by Arezou Amin, and Long Overdue by Rochelle Wolf. Text reads: Join the FOLD Reads Summer of Love! Register on Beanstack and earn badges for reading one or all of these recommended titles.] by @the_fold

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That’s a wrap on the 2026 Festival of Literary Diversity! 🧡📚

What an incredible week celebrating stories and connecting readers, writers, publishers, and book lovers!

The festival may be over, but we’re not done yet! Stay tuned as we share author interviews, festival photos, highlights, and more from an unforgettable week.

#FestivalOfLiteraryDiversity #BookFestival #BookCommunity #DiverseBooks #FOLD by @the_fold

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There is a lot of criticism of sensitivity reading in publishing, but editor Amber Riaz explains that it helps to ensure a respectful and authentic representation of historically marginalized identities.

This workshop was presented in partnership with @editorscanada.

Watch the full workshop on how to decolonize editing on our YouTube channel. All workshops will be available until August 31!

Editing workshop, writing workshop, conscious language, mindful language, by @the_fold

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