Dear readers,
For me, as an author and artist, Grief is an Origami Swan has always been a deeply personal journey. After the loss of my father, quickly followed by the loss of my dear friend to metastatic breast cancer, I realized I had more grief than I knew what to do with—it was everywhere I looked and often I didn’t know how to address the cloud hovering just out of sight. This is when the practice of folding origami became vital to holding space for the complicated and often contradictory feelings that grief often stirred up in me. What started as a way for me to process my own grief grew into a mission to help others find solace in their most difficult moments.
After Grief is an Origami Swan was released in 2020, I made sure it found a home in the public libraries of my small river town. When I visited, I’d slip a few sheets of origami paper between its pages, a quiet offering.
On my last trip home, I went to the Main Library to visit the book, but it wasn’t where it should have been, nestled in the 811s. The librarian and I searched—checked the system, combed the shelves—but the book was simply gone.
At first, I felt its absence like a small wound, a flicker of anger at the theft. But then, the librarian, knowing the book’s weight, its reach, offered a different perspective. “The person who took it,” they said, “must’ve really needed it.”
And then the loss became something else, proof of its necessity.
That moment at the library sparked an idea, one that now drives this campaign: getting more copies of Grief is an Origami Swan into public libraries across the U.S. By donating a book, you’re ensuring that people who need it most have access to its pages.
Every book donated brings us closer to our ambitious goal of 100 library copies. Thank you for your generosity.
Yours in grief and origami,
Every donation to this campaign helps Grief is an Origami Swan become available in more libraries, offering readers a place to process their grief and find solace in the beauty of nature and poetic reflection.
A Mission to Make Grief Support Accessible
Public libraries are sanctuaries—places where people seek knowledge, solace, and healing. But too often, books on grief and loss aren’t widely available.
With your help, we’re changing that.
📖 For every 10 books sold, Bad Saturn donates 1 to a public library.
📚 Every $20 donated places a copy directly into a library.
By donating to the campaign, you are not just buying a book—you’re making an investment in someone’s healing process.
Public libraries are crucial spaces where people from all walks of life come to learn, heal, and grow. Your donation ensures that Grief is an Origami Swan is available to those who need it most.
Every $20 donated directly places one copy in a library.
The theft was a surprising reminder of how essential it is to have accessible resources for grief in public spaces. Let’s make sure no one has to steal a book for the comfort it brings—let’s put it in every library.
Walk around inside the pages of Grief is an Origami Swan. A black-and-white world of flightless birds where befriending your grief is possible.
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For every 10 books sold, Bad Saturn donates 1 to a public library. Your support not only helps sustain this work but also ensures more people have access to it.