A Books and Lit Fest Podcast with Jael Richardson and Hudson Lin
Into the FOLD: A Books and Lit Fest podcast started in 2025 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Festival of Literary Diversity and to document the journey of FOLD.
Now entering it’s third year, the podcast continues to explore diversity in Canada’s literary industry, featuring unique guests and storytellers and tackling critical conversations through honest dialogue.
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.
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.
In April 2026, the FOLD Team went to the Toronto Indie Author Con and recorded a live podcast episode with special guest Eve Silver. We had a fantastically candid conversation about the good and bad of being an indie author.
Now that the 2026 Festival of Literary Diversity has wrapped, Jael and Lin talk about how it went, what were their favourite parts, and an exciting new announcement about FOLD in our last official episode of Season 2!
Author Kern Carter joins Jael and Lin to talk about ghostwriting… what is it, how does it work, how do you get into it, and more! Plus, some pet peeves they have about the publishing industry.