Into the FOLD: A Books and Lit Fest podcast is hosted by authors Jael Richardson and Hudson Lin. Guided by Richardson and Lin’s inquisitive natures, love of books, and publishing expertise, Into the FOLD is a conversational dive deep into the history and current state of published storytelling in Canada.
In this episode of Into the FOLD, Jael and Lin get spicy about book titles and book covers. Reacting to social media posts, their controversial opinions fly about bad titles, bad covers, hard cover books, and author blurbs.
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15 Sept 2026
S3E2: Get Into Pretendians
In this episode of Into the FOLD, author and editor katherena vermette join Jael and Lin to talk about race shifting, pretendians, and how she addresses the issue in her book, Real Ones.
About katherena vermette
katherena vermette (she/her/hers) is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Born in Winnipeg, her Michif roots on her paternal side run deep in St. Boniface, St. Norbert and beyond. Her maternal side is Mennonite from the Altona and Rosenfeld area (Treaty 1).
She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia, and an honourary Doctor of Letters from the University of Manitoba. katherena lives with her family in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River.
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If you've enjoyed this podcast and would like to support the work of the FOLD, please consider donating at https://www.thefoldcanada.org/donate (https://www.thefoldcanada.org/donate).
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25 Aug 2026
S3E1: Get Into the Reading Epidemic
Welcome back to season 3 of Into the FOLD! To kick off the new season, co-hosts Jael Richardson and Hudson Lin tackle the reading epidemic. Inspired by a recent article in The Atlantic, they discuss why people aren't reading anymore, genre fiction in the Canadian literary landscape, and the importance of marketing a book correctly.
The End of Reading is Here by Rose Horowitz in The Atlantic. (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/)
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