Tonight : Graphic Novelist Miriam Katin at Harbourfront in Toronto


Miriam Katin at International Readings at Harbourfront Centre
In support of her new graphic novel We Are on Our Own
Tonight, Wednesday May 31, 2006 @ 7PM
Brigantine Room @ Harbourfront Centre
Cost: FREE if you come to The Beguiling today…!

International Readings at Harbourfront Centre is pleased to welcome
celebrated New York graphic artist Miriam Katin to the Brigantine Room
stage as a part of International Readings at Harbourfront Centre. Katin
will read from her new memoir We Are on Our Own, along with readings by
Laurie Gough and Alayna Munce, on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Katin’s
captivating and elegantly illustrated book tells the story of her and her
mother’s struggle for survival in Hungary during WWII. This book has
garnered much critical praise and was recently called, “a powerful reminder
of the lingering price of survival” by Publishers Weekly, where it also
received a starred review.

Miriam Katin presents her first full-length graphic novel, published at
age sixty-three. The captivating and elegantly illustrated We Are on
Our Own is the story of Miriam and her mother’s struggle for survival in
Hungary during WWII. Miriam first worked as a graphic artist in the
Israel Armed Forces. After moving to the United States, she worked for
both Disney and MTV.