If you need a confident, warm stage presence at your next event, Alison Garwood-Jones can lead corporate functions, award ceremonies and community gatherings, adapting her tone to your needs.
Adding event host to my skillset
Originally published in June 2025 in Blog
Digital Publishing Awards
Originally published in June 2025 in Blog
That’s a wrap! Today I hosted the Digital Publishing Awards at Toronto’s historic Arcadian Court. Colin Leslie, Editor in Chief of The Medical Post, did the intros before he passed the baton to me to present the categories and winners. Congratulations to all of the nominees and medalists. Canadian journalists are meeting this moment in […]
Inking Your Grief
Originally published in May 2025 in Blog, Books on Grief, Grief
Grief and the Truth About Life
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog, Grief
Social media is mostly broken. But there are sporadic green shoots pushing through the muck that show human progress is possible and necessary. One of those shoots is our return to acknowledging grief in public. I’m talking about the hand-in-hand social media meme that announces the passing of a parent, spouse, friend or pet. (I’ve […]
Comfort on Mother’s Day
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog
U of T SCS Career Expo
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog
Saskatchewan Librairies
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog, Books on Grief, Grief, Pen Jar Productions
Do you have a rapacious view of success? This story will slow you down. I MISS MY MOMMY is now available in libraries across the province of Saskatchewan through Saskatchewan.Overdrive.com Since January, I’ve been rising with the sun and pitching one collections librarian at a time to carry my book. Yes, I have a map […]
Bologna Book Fair
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog
The road show continues. After hitting the London Book Fair two weeks ago with Lulu Press, this week, my friends at Foreword Reviews are showcasing I MISS MY MOMMY in Italy at the Bologna Books Plus Fair/Bologna Children’s Book Fair. This is one the premier events in the global publishing industry, bringing together publishers, illustrators, […]
London Book Fair
Originally published in March 2025 in Blog