Harriet Zaidman Book Launch (What Friends Are For)
Schedule
Thu Nov 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
McNally Robinson Booksellers | Winnipeg, MB
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Join Harriet Zaidman for the launch of What Friends Are For (Heritage House). Featuring special guest speakers Ellen Kruger and Dr. Suzanne Newman, a reading, and a conversation hosted by Shelagh Rogers. A book signing will follow.
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781772035537/harriet-zaidman/what-friends-are-for
This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a YouTube stream: https://youtube.com/live/JPcno_zLVSE
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Set in 1983, at the height of Canada's abortion debate, this powerful, nuanced YA novel follows a young girl as she grapples with an unplanned pregnancy.
Harriet Zaidman is an award-winning writer who applies extensive research to find the voice and detail necessary to animate her novels. She has always been interested in how important historical events impacted people and how we can learn from these experiences. Her middle-grade novel City on Strike was set during the turbulent times of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Second Chances, written for young adults and recipient of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, tells the story of young people stricken during the polio epidemics of the 1950s. A former teacher-librarian, Harriet lives in Winnipeg and is the children's book columnist for Winnipeg Free Press.
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Where is it happening?
McNally Robinson Booksellers, McNally Robinson for Kids, 1120 Grant Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3M, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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