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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 ...
Promoting My Graphic Novel: I've Learned From The Best
I've had to learn how to promote my graphic novel to reach my audience. It's like building a house from the ground up.
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...
Practicing what I preach in class
I sat down with Sarah McDonald of the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies to talk about my new graphic novel, I MISS MY MOMMY. High...
"I Miss My Mommy" was on TV!
When Carla Lucchetta and the crew from The Agenda with Steve Paikin left my home, after an afternoon talking about grief and deceased parents, I f...
Grief and Male Friendships
I’m at the start of a book tour for my graphic novel, I Miss my Mommy, and I’ve been glad to see as many men as women reaching out to me to share w...
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