Picture Books

The cover of The Bum Drum Conundrum, a picture book about consent. Two kids are facing away from each other as if they are mad at each other. There are other kids playing tag in the background.

The Bum Drum Conundrum

The Bum Drum Conundrum is a traditionally published picture book (Tiny Tree Press, 2019) that teaches children consent through the metaphor of tag.

Malina loves to play with her friends, but she doesn't like their new game — the Bum Drum. It makes Malina feel uncomfortable. Malina learns that saying "no" is OK and her friends learn the importance of respecting other people’s boundaries.

“I love the concept of this book and would highly recommend it to parents and carers” —The Next Best Thing to Mummy

“5 stars. Learning how to say NO!”—Breakaway Reviewers

Comics

Graphic memoir character art. Two characters from Melanie's graphic novel. A cute skeleton girls holds out a snapdragon for a cute girl dressed as a bee.

Drawn to Trauma: A Graphic Memoir

How can comics depict sexual violence without triggering survivors? Mélanie is on a journey to find out by exploring her own sexual violence experiences in this forthcoming graphic novel based on her doctoral research.

A page from the Drawn to Trauma graphic memoir. In this page of the graphic novel, Mel has fallen from the sky and crashed on a panel below. Her left arm an leg have been severed from the fall.

In the spring of 2023, the prologue of Drawn to Trauma, “Trauma”, was featured in OCAD University’s “Telling Stories” exhibit.

“Trauma”

A four panel comic strip. The first panel has a happy couple ready to have a baby. The second panel shows the woman is sick. The third panel shows her needing to restart thyroid medication. The fourth panel shows her being harassed for wearing a mask

“Hyperthyroidism… Again”

This comic was published in “Voices from the FOLD: A Festival Magazine” (2023).

First page of comic. The first panel has a close up of an eye wearing mascara. The second has finger nails being painted. The textboxes read "when a flare-up strikes there's just one thing to do"
The second page of the comic. A kawaii girl poses surrounded by flowers. The textbox reads "fight it with kawaii." Each element of her outfit has a description to show how it helps her flare-up symptoms.

“Harajuku Girl”

This comic was published in “Tired AF: A Chronic Illness Comics Collection” (2025).

Short Fiction

Image of a spooky forest as if seen through a large window.

My Frankenstein

“My Frankenstein” was published in the literary journal Montréal Writes (2020).