Alison Garwood Jones

Every audience is different.

Some are earnest and quiet. Others are on the edge of their seats and ready to laugh, even at a talk on grief. Especially at a talk on grief.

I appreciate both, and I seem to know how to adjust to serve their needs on that particular day.

Not knowing what I’ll get from an audience is the beauty of public speaking. That and the fact that we all decided to show up for each other.

I’d love to see you (yes YOU!) at my next library talk this coming Wednesday, May 28 at the North York Central Library in Toronto. Curtains up at 6 pm.

I’ll be pulling stories from my book I MISS MY MOMMY, an illustrated novel that’s quickly becoming a companion for readers who find themselves managing grief while they learn how to “do life” without their parents. There will be demos from my sketchbooks (“How did that sketch make it into your book?”)

At my last talk, the librarian at the projector left the room half way through and came back with two boxes of Kleenex.

Like everything in life, none of this was planned.

Photo: Andrea Beranek. She is working on my speaker reel. Thanks, Andrea!

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