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.