York University Libraries Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections

File consists of a copy of the film script based on "Far to Go", written by Rosa Laborde and Hannah Moscovitch. Included in the file is e-mail correspondence exchanged between Pick and the screenwriters.

L'enfant du Jeudi : uncorrected proofs

2014-039/013(04)
Item
8 Aug. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is the French language version of Pick's novel "Far to Go", translated by Sophie Voillot.

National Post "Afterword" blog post drafts

2014-039/013(07)
File
Aug. 2014

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Review of Aftermath by Rachel Cusk : drafts

2014-039/013(12)
File
Aug. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File pertains to a review written by Pick for The Globe and Mail.

Review of The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters : drafts

2014-039/013(13)
File
2014

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Robin" : short story draft and letter

2014-039/013(15)
File
[2012?]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File consists of a draft version of Pick's short story, "Robin," and a letter with comments from Kerry Clare, who published the story in her anthology about motherhood, The M Word.

"Robin" : short story drafts

2014-039/013(17)
File
[2012?]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Hope makes love / by Trevor Cole

2014-039/014(09)
Item
[ca. 2013]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a manuscript of this novel by Trevor Cole.

Landing gear / Kate Pullinger

2014-039/015(01)
Item
Dec. 2013

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is an uncorrected proof and advance reading copy of this novel by Kate Pullinger accompanied by a letter from her Doubleday Canada editor Nita Pronovost.

The sun never sets : new poems / Erik Martinez Richards

2014-039/016(02)
Item
2014

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a book of poetry inscribed to Pick by its author, her former student from Humber College, who writes about her influence on his writing in the book's foreword.

Donderdagskind [Dutch translation of "Far to Go"], Orlando uitgevers, 2010 letters from Orlando uitgevers

2012-024/003(03)
File
2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

CBC / Radio-Canada : contract

2012-024/004(08)
Item
23 Sept. 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Far to Go" : first pages of proposed translation [into French] for Boreal Quebec

2012-024/004(26)
File
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Questions for Body Blitz spa's blog

2012-024/004(29)
File
Apr. 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

UK blog tour : High heels and book deals

2012-024/004(33)
File
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Toronto life : memoir pitch

2012-024/004(37)
File
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

My books, my place : Globe & Mail [draft in typescript]

2012-024/004(38)
Item
June 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

The bookseller group : editorial commission for: We love this book

2012-024/004(40)
File
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

St. John's-Kilmarnock school : writer-in-residence

2012-024/004(42)
File
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

The Journey Prize : draft and notes

2012-024/005(01)
File
2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Between Gods" [work in progress]

2012-024/006(06)
Item
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Between Gods" [work in progress]

2012-024/006(09)
Item
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Between Gods" [work in progress]

2012-024/006(10)
Item
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Between Gods" [work in progress]

2012-024/006(13)
Item
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Between Gods" [work in progress]

2012-024/007(04)
Item
[201-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Toronto arts council : letter regarding approved grant

2012-024/007(16)
Item
20 Sept. 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

The Banff Centre : alumni stories : Alison Pick -- wired writing : Alison Pick puts pen to paper on first novel in Banff's "conductive" community [draft in typescript]

2012-024/007(23)
File
Feb. 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Manuscript : Above all things / Tanis Rideout : letter from Anita of McClelland and Stewart

2012-024/008(02)
File
25 Jan. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Between Gods" : a memoir / Alison Pick

2017-024/003(08)
Item
2014

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is the paperback version of this novel, published by Anchor Canada, accompanied by notes from Lynn Henry and Martha Webb.

"Between Gods" : a memoir / Alison Pick

2017-024/004(02)
Item
2015

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a bound uncorrected proof for the Harper Perennial paperback version of this novel.

"Between Gods" : annotated partial draft manuscript

2017-024/004(05)
Item
[2013?]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Between Gods" : partial draft manuscript with edit notes

2017-024/005(02)
Item
2014

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Chalmers Arts Fellowship application

2017-024/005(07)
Item
June 2017

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is Pick's draft application for a Chalmers Arts Fellowship from the Ontario Arts Council for a project entitled "Exploring Palestine and Israel as a Socially Conscious New Jew".

Draft poems with editorial comments

2017-024/006(01)
File
[200-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File consists of poems written by Pick and annotated by an unidentified editor. Some of these poems were published in Pick's book "The Dream World".

International Festival of Authors/Humber School of Writing Workshop materials

2017-024/006(06)
File
Oct. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File consists of itineraries, notices, invitations, nametags and programs pertaining to Pick's involvement in the 37th International Festival of Authors, including her participation in author roundtables and her work as a faculty member for the Humber School of Writing workshop held at this event.

The nightingale won't let you sleep : a novel / Steven Heighton

2017-024/006(11)
Item
2017

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a bound uncorrected proof for this novel, sent to Pick by Nicole Winstanley of Penguin Canada. A card from Winstanley accompanies the item.

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : annotated draft manuscript : line edit

2017-024/008(01)
Item
Jan. 2017

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : annotated partial draft manuscript

2017-024/008(07)
Item
[ca. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : big MacDowell edit : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024/008(09)
Item
Dec. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : chapter one : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024/009(01)
Item
[ca. 2015]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : chapter one : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024/009(02)
Item
[2016?]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : chapter one : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024/009(03)
Item
[ca. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : chapter one : annotated draft manuscripts

2017-024/009(04)
File
Apr. 2015

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : chapter one : annotated draft manuscripts

2017-024/009(05)
File
Mar. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : chapter four : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024009(06)
Item
[ca. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : chapters four to nine : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024/009(07)
Item
[ca. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : draft manuscript with edit notes

2017-024/009(12)
Item
Nov.-Dec. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : edit notes by Dr. Judy Henn

2017-024/009(14)
File
[ca. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : edit notes and research materials

2017-024/009(15)
File
2016-2017

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File consists of research materials and notes, Pick's edit notes, edit notes and e-mail from Lynn Henry, and character profiles.

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : handwritten notes

2017-024/009(16)
File
[ca. 2015-2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : letter from Lynn Henry

2017-024/009(17)
Item
29 Nov. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item consists of Lynn Henry's edit notes for this novel and has been annotated by Pick.

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : part two : draft manuscript

2017-024/011(03)
Item
[ca. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : part three : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024/011(06)
Item
Mar. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : part three : annotated draft manuscript

2017-024/011(07)
Item
Sept. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : speaking notes for book launch

2017-024/012(05)
File
Sept. 2017

Part of Alison Pick fonds

"Strangers with the Same Dream" : to-do lists

2017-024/012(07)
File
[ca. Jan. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Yishuv women's timeline

2017-024/012(10)
Item
[ca. 2016]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

This Morning : Bronwen Award

2010-057/014(04)
Item
6 Mar. 2002

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Canada Reads finalists

2010-057/015(02)
File
2010

Part of Alison Pick fonds

GritLit : Hamilton's literary festival : letter of agreement

2010-057/015(03)
File
18 Dec. 2010

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Grumbler 1992 yearbook

2010-057/015(06)
File
1992

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Interviews

2010-057/015(08)
File
2010

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Culture of memory : 32nd Annual Holocaust Education Week : programme

2014-039/016(08)
Item
Nov. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item pertains to an event held between 1-9 November 2012 by the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Pick participated in this event with a discussion of her novel "Far to Go".

International Festival of Authors festival guide

2014-039/016(10)
Item
Oct. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

L'enfant du Jeudi : promotional bookmark

2014-039/016(11)
Item
2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item pertains to the French-language publication of Pick's novel "Far to Go" by L'Editions du Boreal in 2012.

Wild Writers Literary Festival : correspondence and programme

2014-039/017(02)
File
Oct.-Nov. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File pertains to Pick's participation at this festival, held in Waterloo, Ontario, on 2-3 November 2012.

The 26th annual writers' trust gala : program guide : questions and answers : award medal

2012-024/001(02)
File
2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Guelph contemporary dance festival : program guide : speech outline

2012-024/001(13)
File
2-5 June 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

32nd annual International festival of authors : correspondence : name tags : dinner schedule : list of authors : invitation : festival guide

2012-024/001(17)
File
19-30 Oct. 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Tarbut festival

2012-024/001(20)
File
Nov. 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

42nd annual book festival -- Jewish community centre of greater Washington : program guide : correspondence : receipts for expenses

2012-024/002(02)
File
3-13 Nov. 2011

Part of Alison Pick fonds

The book lover's ball : invitation : correspondence : name tag

2012-024/002(06)
File
9 Feb. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

The bookworm international literary festival -- Beijing, Suzhou, Chengdu : program guide : correspondence : travel itinerary : author instructions : author information form : business cards

2012-024/002(10)
File
9-23 Mar. 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

2012 Griffin poetry prize award : invitation

2012-024/002(18)
File
6 June 2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Anansi : grant & Portobello, Fall 2010

2012-024/003(09)
File
2010

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Jewish community Havura / Ruth Noel and Nancy Bennett [photo on page 33: featured speaker Alison Pick at the podium], in Shalon, 37:1 (Spring 2012), 31-34

2012-024/004(03)
File
2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

CBC literary prizes [Alison Pick -- juror], in enRoute, April 2012, 79-82

2012-024/004(04)
File
2012

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Poster : Parry Sound books - 20 years of author readings 1988-2008 : limited edition 263/300/ by Alan Stein

2012-024/009(02)
Item
[200-]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize : invitation, agenda and speaking notes

2017-024/012(12)
File
2015

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File pertains to Pick's role as a jury member for the 2015 Giller Prize. Items in this file include an invitation to the ceremony, a logistics package for the ceremony, a shortlist announcement press conference agenda, and speaking notes for the shortlist announcement.

"Between Gods" promotional card

2017-024/012(14)
Item
[ca. 2015]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Cherished moments : Prof. Tom Berman : February 25, 1934 to April 13, 2013

2017-024/012(15)
Item
[ca. 2013]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a memorial book pertaining to the life of Tom Berman, a distant relative of Pick whose experience as a Kindertransport child inspired her novel "Far to Go". A photograph of Pick and her father with Berman appears on page 22, along with Pick's remembrance of Berman.

Hebrew course materials

2017-024/013(03)
File
[201-?]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File consists of an annotated Hebrew language workbook and a syllabus pertaining to a Hebrew level 1 course taken by Pick at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre in Toronto.

Iceland Writers Retreat materials

2017-024/013(04)
File
Apr. 2015

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File includes e-mail, a nametag and a program pertaining to Pick's participation at this retreat.

J.I. Segal Award certificate

2017-024/013(07)
Item
15 Nov. 2016

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a certificate award for English non-fiction on a Jewish theme, issued to Pick by the J.I. Segal Foundation and the Jewish Public Library for "Between Gods".

Memorabilia

2017-024/013(08)
File
2005, 2014-2015

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File consists of assorted ephemera and objects collected by Pick mostly pertaining to her literary career, including event nametags and notices, a program, Banff Centre ID cards, a passport, and a Writers' Trust Gala 2014 medal.

Wild Writers' Literary Festival materials

2017-024/013(16)
File
2014

Part of Alison Pick fonds

File consists of a program, correspondence and a nametag pertaining to Pick's participation in this event.

Writers' Confessions II : episode 13

2017-024/013(17)
Item
Mar. 2006

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a videocassette of an episode of this series involving interviews with writers, featuring Pick.

"Between Gods" : Tinder Press cover mock-up

2017-024/014(04)
Item
[ca. 2015]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Plaque : University of Guelph campus author

2017-024/014(05)
Item
[ca. 2014]

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Item is a plaque issued by the University of Guelph to honour the publication of Pick's book "Between Gods".

Photographs

S00498
Series
1994, 1997, 2000-2010, 2015, 2017

Part of Alison Pick fonds

Series consists of photographs of or by Alison Pick, taken in the 1990s and 2000s. These photographs pertain to canoe trips taken by Pick; her attendance at literary workshops, writing retreats and readings; publicity photographs; research for her book "The Sweet Edge"; and social gatherings with Canadian writers including Michael Crummey, Michael Winter, Christine Pountney, Steven Heighton, David Seymour, Karen Solie, and many others.

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