{"product_id":"the-politics-of-lonely-a-book-launch-and-friendship-forum","title":"The Politics of Lonely: A Book Launch and Friendship Forum","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan id=\"m_2736005730637576114gmail-docs-internal-guid-db6ea76c-7fff-5664-3b76-c8f668c141d4\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFriendship is hard because everything is hard. This book examines social structures to demonstrate how people mend an unravelling social fabric.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin us in the celebration and launch of The Politics of Lonely by Lee Arden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsing-block closed book-detail-authors-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsing-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-detail-author-block has-photo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-detail-author-bio\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee Arden is originally from Algonquin land in the Ottawa Valley, and now calls Montréal\/Tiohtià:ke\/Mooniyang home. They are the author of many zines, including \u003cem\u003ePALS:\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Radical Possibilities of Friendship, Surprisingly OK: What Healing Trauma Feels Like\u003c\/em\u003e, and the novella \u003cem\u003eSummer Shade\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee founded and runs Sheer Spite Press, a small press and zine distributor focused on beautiful, affordable work by creators who face barriers such as transphobia, ableism, and poverty in their practice. They’re also a member of the organizing collective for Dick’s Lending Library, a community-run library in Montréal that specializes in the literary, political, and artistic work of trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit authors, and a past intern and forever collective member for the Queer Zine Archive Project. Lee is white, trans, an anarchist, a Quaker, and a deeply imperfect friend, but they try.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theghostpine.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJeff Miller\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s debut novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/houseofanansi.com\/products\/temporary-palaces?srsltid=AfmBOopZZQ3mvwKL4VMPOhujvGHgBcNoFzlMemYoybbmFprIHXMwZ09_\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTemporary Palaces\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published by the House of Anansi Press in April 2026. His award-winning creative nonfiction collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/invisiblepublishing.com\/product\/ghost-pine-all-stories-true\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGhost Pine: All Stories True\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published by Invisible Publishing. He holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia and lives in rural Nova Scotia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"403\" style=\"font-weight: 400; width: 69.965278%;\" height=\"153\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 11.672474%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 87.28223%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSunday, September 13\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 11.672474%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 87.28223%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6:30 pm Atlantic Daylight Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 11.672474%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 87.28223%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1727 Barrington Street, Halifax\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 11.672474%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuration:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 87.28223%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eapproximately 1.5 hours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis workshop is a hybrid event: in-person at\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVenus Envy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and online via Zoom. Registration closes 3 hours before the event. 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