Gift Ideas
Burlington Author Talk
"Inking Your Grief" is a public talk by Alison Garwood-Jones that uses her illustrated portraits to show how grief affects every day life.
Graphic Lit Must Push Boundaries
Is courage your first instinct or your last? I don't think it matters so long as you show it.
Writing a book is an act of courage. So is reading o...
For Mother's Day
When I was fresh out of grad school, I moved to Toronto and got a job in a restaurant.
It was the first of many times in my life when I was faced w...
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 ...
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...