Alison Gadsby
Canadian writer of short fiction based in Tkaronto/Toronto, author of the 2026 collection Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive (Guernica Editions), and founder/host of the Junction Reads prose reading series.
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Mar 30, 2026 • 40min
Alison Gadsby, "Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive" (Guernica Editions, 2026)
Alison Gadsby, a Canadian writer in Tkaronto/Toronto and founder of the Junction Reads prose series, discusses her 2026 short-fiction collection. The conversation covers the collection’s blend of weird, horror, and psychological realism. They explore water imagery, unsettling characters, power reversals among women, and the book’s dark humor and emotional intensity.
