Myriam Steinberg
Previously the organizer of the In the House Festival, for which she was nominated for the YWCA's Women of Distinction Award, Myriam Steinberg is now an author. Her first graphic memoir, Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility has won several awards. Myriam has written articles for Birthing Magazine, She Knows, and the CBC. Her work has also been included in two anthologies: Choosing Single Parenthood: Stories From Solo Parents by Choice, and Bloom Where You Are Planted. She is currently working on her second graphic novel, entitled Stick, Stay, Grow.
Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility
Myriam’s first graphic memoir, Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility, is an award-winning graphic novel about her fertility struggles, miscarriages, and her deep-seeded desire to bring a child into the world. At its heart, Catalogue Baby aims to break the silence and taboos surrounding the world of infertility and pregnancy loss.
Catalogue Baby is the winner of the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature (memoir category), the gold medal for the IPPY (Independent Publisher’s) Book Award (graphic novel category), and the gold medal in the Foreword Indies Award (graphic novel category). It is also on the American Library Association’s (ALA) list of Must Read Graphic Novels 2021.
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Stick, Stay, Grow
Myriam is currently working on Stick, Stay, Grow, which is the sequel to Catalogue Baby. It follows her through the conception of her twins, her high-risk pregnancy, life in the NICU after the babies were born two months prematurely, and finally, life at home as a Single Mother by Choice to twin babies.
With gratitude to the Canada Council for the Arts for their support of the book.
Myriam’s books are an honest, compassionate, funny and devastating look into her journey to motherhood at all its stages.
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