Gift Ideas

A Visit to the Grief Dreams Podcast

A Visit to the Grief Dreams Podcast
Listen here When my Mommy comes to me in a dream, I always wake up restored and with a belly full of hot tea. It’s as if my buffer against an occ...

What Readers Are Saying

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

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!

My Book is Going to the Library

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

How I learned to promote my graphic novel, I Miss My Mommy

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.

What is Your Grief Story?

I Miss My Mommy, the book for orphaned adults
I Miss My Mommy takes you right to the heart of the five stages of grief through 150 portraits, some grim, some funny, but all relatable.The ...

I Miss You Too, Daddy

I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults by Alison Garwood-Jones
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 ...

Practicing what I preach in class

Article about How Alison Garwood-Jones uses the marketing skills she teaches at SCS to reach the right audience for her new book about navigating grief.
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...

Grief and Male Friendships

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...

"I Miss My Mommy" - What Readers Are Saying

Cover of I Miss My Mommy by Alison Garwood-Jones
This is my time to say thank you to the folks who read the advance reader copy of I MISS MY MOMMY, my new picture book for big people without pare...