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Alison Gadsby

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Alison Gadsby is a first generation settler of Scottish ancestry, who currently lives and writes in Tkaronto – the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Wendat, Métis and Haudenosaunee.

Her short fiction appears in Blank Spaces, The Temz Review, The Ex-Puritan, Coastal Shelf, Blue Lake Review, and many other literary journals in Canada and abroad. She holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia, and a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from York University. She is the founder/host of Junction Reads, a prose reading series in the west end of Toronto where she lives in a multigenerational home that currently includes a mother, a husband, a son and
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Alison Gadsby I found his fingers at mile six. If the truth were hidden in his toes, I'd have known about it a mile back.…moreI found his fingers at mile six. If the truth were hidden in his toes, I'd have known about it a mile back.(less)
Alison Gadsby Winter break reading list 2025:
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Laugh out loud stories about white feminists, scumbag developers, ghosts at spas, dead bodies in fake urban gardens, and so much more, you will absolutely love this collection, if you like to laugh and think about how capitalism is destroying the pla ...more
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A richly written novel about finding one's passion and understanding the impact of history on family. Lila and Lucas move to New York with a chance in a lifetime opportunity for Lila to study with an amazing piano teacher. While she discovers her sex ...more
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There is nothing more incredible than reading a collection of stories that are as abstract and wild as they are deeply personal and human. There are molting tarantulas; little pigeon men and babies born from fish; a woman breast-feeding babies who ma ...more
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Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive by Alison Gadsby
"Thank you to River Street Writes for a copy of Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive! Here are my thoughts.

In this collection of short stories, the author navigates family relationships but puts a dark sci-fi twist into these everyday situations. W" Read more of this review »
Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive by Alison Gadsby
"This loosely connected series of short stories often gave me the heebie-jeebies, but always kept me interested. The author blended horror, science fiction and more than a bit of family drama together to create this compelling collection.

I gratefully " Read more of this review »
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