Festival of Literary Diversity
The Festival of Literary Diversity is an annual
In addition to the main annual festival, FOLD also sponsors an ongoing reading series, Writers at the Rose, at the city's Rose Theatre.[4]
2016
The inaugural festival in 2016 was headlined by Lawrence Hill, with other participants including Ian Kamau, Chase Joynt, Waubgeshig Rice, Farzana Doctor, Helen Humphreys, Heather O'Neill, Vivek Shraya, Zarqa Nawaz, Ayelet Tsabari, Cherie Dimaline, Brian Francis, Samuel Archibald, Zoe Whittall, Carrianne Leung, Dwayne Morgan and Patti LaBoucane-Benson.[5]
2017
The keynote speaker in 2017 was Eden Robinson. Other participants included Kamal Al-Solaylee, Gary Barwin, M-E Girard, Denham Jolly, Scaachi Koul, Jen Sookfong Lee, Monia Mazigh, Saleema Nawaz, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Kai Cheng Thom and Katherena Vermette.[6]
2018
Participants in 2018 included Amber Dawn, Sharon Bala, Lisa Charleyboy, Cherie Dimaline, Omar El Akkad, Rachel Giese, Catherine Hernandez, Jamil Jivani, Kyo Maclear, Rabindranath Maharaj, Lee Maracle, Robyn Maynard, Kayla Perrin, Tanya Talaga, Jillian Tamaki, Kim Thúy and Joshua Whitehead.[7]
2019
The 2019 program included Sharon Bala,
2020
Due to the
References
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Brampton’s book fest The FOLD offers authors but also workshops and dancing". Toronto Star, April 30, 2019.
- ^ "Festival of Literary Diversity in Brampton will shine the spotlight on diverse authors and books". Brampton Guardian, November 19, 2015.
- ^ Vincent Donovan, "'Lots of people want diverse books': A new festival launched by writer Jael Ealey Richardson will shine a spotlight on authors who reflect the full breadth of Canadian literature". Toronto Star, May 1, 2016.
- ^ "New literary series to debut at Brampton's Rose Theatre". Brampton Guardian, January 18, 2018.
- ^ "Canada's first ever-diverse literary festival unfolding in Brampton May 6 to 8". Brampton Guardian, April 29, 2016.
- ^ "Brampton's Festival of Literary Diversity is days away". Toronto Star, April 30, 2017.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Diversity in the book world: As festival grows, so do efforts to include everyone". Toronto Star, April 28, 2018.
- CBC Books, March 19, 2020.