FOLD: The Writing Life with Amanda Leduc, Denise Da Costa and Suzan Palumbo
FOLD 2025 authors Amanda Leduc, Denise Da Costa, and Suzan Palumbo talk about their writing processes and publishing careers. Join us for a lively conversation about the life of a writer.
In conversation with Jael Richardson, Executive Director of the FOLD Festival.
About the Authors
AMANDA LEDUC is a disabled writer and author of the non-fiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, which was shortlisted for the2020 Governor General's Award in Non-Fiction and longlisted for the 2020 Barbellion Prize. She is also the author of the novels The Centaur's Wife and The Miracles of Ordinary Men. Her new novel, Wild Life, is forthcoming in Spring 2025.
DENISE DA COSTA is a writer and visual artist based in Ontario. She writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry exploring identify, love, mental health and the complexities of the human experience. And the Walls Came Down is her debut novel.
SUZAN PALUMBO is a Trinidadian-Canadian dark speculative fiction writer and editor. Her short stories have been nominated for the Nebula, Aurora, and World Fantasy Awards. Her debut dark fantasy/horror short story collection, Skin Thief: Stories, published by Neon Hemlock. Her novella Countess was published in fall 2024. She lives in Brampton, ON.
About the Host
JAEL RICHARDSON is the author of The Stone Thrower: A Daughter’s Lesson, a Father’s Life, a memoir based on her relationship with her father, CFL quarterback Chuck Ealey which was adapted into a children’s book in 2016. Her debut novel, Gutter Child is a dystopian story of courage and resilience and became an instant bestseller in January 2021. The novel was shortlisted for three Word Awards and was a finalist for the 2021 Amazon First Novel Award. Her most recent title, Because You Are, is a touching picture book written as a letter to her younger self. Richardson holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and lives in Brampton, Ontario where she founded and serves as the Executive Director for the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD).
