Gum on My Shoe: News & Appearances

Gum on My Shoe listed on the Great Links and Bloggers page at the Our Bipolar Family website.
Sharing our story in this powerful piece by STOP Suicide, for Time to Talk Day.

No One is Too Far Away: Notes from a Transatlantic Friendship (New Edition), Martin Baker and Fran Houston (Kingston Park Publishing, 2021)
No One is Too Far Away: Notes from a Transatlantic Friendship, Martin Baker and Fran Houston (Eliezer Tristan Publishing, 2018)
High Tide, Low Tide: The Caring Friend’s Guide to Bipolar Disorder (Revised Edition), Martin Baker and Fran Houston (Kingston Park Publishing, 2021)
High Tide, Low Tide: The Caring Friend’s Guide to Bipolar Disorder, Martin Baker and Fran Houston (Nordland Publishing, 2016)
For the Love of Peaks: Island Portraits & Stories, A Collection, Fran Houston (Maine Authors Publishing, 2010)
Collected Poems: 1977-1984, Martin Baker (Lulu, 2008)

High Tide, Low Tide included in Bipolar UK’s top books on bipolar disorder.
High Tide, Low Tide reviewed in The Psychologist, journal of the British Psychological Society
High Tide, Low Tide reviewed by Laura Marchildon for Our Bipolar Family
High Tide, Low Tide reviewed by Stephanie Cox
High Tide, Low Tide reviewed by Marie Abanga
High Tide, Low Tide reviewed by Anne Goodwin for Annethology
High Tide, Low Tide featured in Abilities, magazine of the Canadian Abilities Foundation
High Tide, Low Tide added to Book Club and Counselling Students Book List at The Counsellors Cafe
High Tide, Low Tide listed in October 2016 issue of Ex Libris Maine
High Tide, Low Tide accepted by Royal Society of Medicine Library
High Tide, Low Tide features in the customer library at The Happy Cafe Ely
For the Love of Peaks reviewed by Bob Keyes, Portland Press Herald

Friends in Deed: Overseas confidants co-write books about being a supportive friend. Interview with Bob Keyes, Maine Sunday Telegram
[MB] Podcast interview with Amy Gamble for SpeakUp4MentalHealth
Interview with It’s Not Your Journey for Mental Health Awareness Month
Interview with Marie Abanga (part 1, part 2)
Podcast interview with Stigma Fighters CEO/Founder Sarah Fader
MH Shorts podcast: Support in the age of Social Media, for Old Cove Road
Podcast, Transatlantic best friends: how Skype enables our long-distance caring friendship
Podcast interview with John Wilson from OnlineEvents for their professional resource library
Podcast interview with award-winning health writer/blogger Diane Atwood. Also interview for Catching Health
Podcast interview with Steven Hesse for Geek Apocalypse (mp3 audio). Also Geek Apocalypse 100th episode, mp3 audio (starting at 2:00:40)
[MB] Radio interview, Mentally Sound, Gravity Radio NE (starts 27:00)
[FH] TV interview with Derek Davis at kitten therapy event, Portland Press Herald
[FH] TV interview with Jennifer Rooks, Maine Watch, MPBN
[FH] Radio interview with Dellani Oakes, Red River Radio
[FH] Interview with Rita Kissen, Island Times (PDF)

[MB] Guest speaker for Talking FreEly, Ely, UK. Full speech (video)
Book party and fundraiser (video part 1, part 2, part 3) for mental health nonprofit Family Hope.
Fundraising campaign for mental health nonprofit Family Hope
[MB] Panellist, 2016 Maine Behavioral Healthcare’s annual It Takes a Community forum on Social Media & Mental Health (video | audio)
[MB] Book reading at Newcastle Literary Salon Jun 2016 | Jul 2016 | Sep 2016