Alison's new collection of poetry, The Dream World, is due out with McClelland & Stewart in March of 2008.

Alison will be writer-in-residence at Milkwood International in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic for March 2007:
http://www.milkwoodinternational.org/index.php

As a participant in the Odyssey Program
http://www.accr-europe.org/ Alison will be writer-in-residence at l'Abbaye d'Ardenne in Caen, France and at Schloss Brollin in Pasewalk, Germany in April 2007:
http://www.imec-archives.com
http://www.broellin.de

The Sweet Edge has been optioned for film by Four Seasons Productions in Toronto:
http://www.norstarfilms.com/

Alison is the winner of the 2005 CBC Literary Award for Poetry:
http://www.radio-canada.ca/prixlitteraires/english/pwinners2005.shtml