Gift Ideas
What Readers Are Saying
Grief can leave us speechless, especially during the holidays. When we’re the ones grieving, we may not know what support we need.
That’s why I wr...
Employee Assistance Programs and My Book
If any of you work with, or are in touch with, EAP service providers (LifeWorks, BetterUp, ComPsych, MantraCare), I would love an introduction and/or a good word. Thank you, everyone!
Gan Arts Fest
Massive book sales? No. Deep connections? Yes. More on that in a future post.
This past weekend, I took the train up to Gananoque, Ontario an...
Kirkus Pins a Star on My Book
Getting the word out about an independently published book takes persistence & the forward lean of a battering ram. It also takes a set of c...
Finding Your Mother's Spice Tins
In 2021, Benjamin Dreyer, the former managing editor and copy chief at Random House, wrote a beautiful piece for his Substack newsletter. “The Fi...
My Book is Going to the Library
My graphic novel, I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults, will be available at the Toronto Public Library.
👐Jazz hands👐- Thank you to ...
I Miss You Too, Daddy
My new book is called I Miss My Mommy, but fathers are just as integral to the story for orphaned adults.For Father’s Day, here’s a preview of how ...
Giveaway
GIVEAWAYThank you to my readers from Toronto to San Francisco to New York and back for letting me know that your copy of I MISS MY MOMMY has la...
About the Author
I didn’t set out to create a book on grief ...
Hi, I’m Alison. As a magazine writer, I’ve interviewed:• Olympic boxers• Presidential candidates*•...
Press for I Miss My Mommy
Anne Bokma’s compelling Mother’s Day column in today’s Hamilton Spectator shows how fraught Mother’s Day can be for adult orphans, particularly wom...