The Friend Machine: Book Launch & Conversation
Victoria Hetherington in conversation with Lydia Perović
📍 Society Clubhouse, 967 College St, Toronto
🕕 Friday, November 28 at 6 p.m.
What does it mean to love—and to be alone—in the age of AI?
Join acclaimed author Victoria Hetherington for the Toronto launch of The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship, a searching exploration of how technology is reshaping intimacy, identity, and connection. Blending memoir, philosophy, and reportage, Hetherington traces the rise of artificial companions and what they reveal about our lonesome modern world.
Hetherington will be in conversation with writer and cultural critic Lydia Perović, author of Lost in Canada: An Immigrant’s Second Thoughts and Long Play on Substack. Together, they’ll examine the shifting boundaries between human and machine, and what it means for love, loneliness, and the self.
Presented by
Sutherland House Books
For media inquiries, contact:
Sarah Miniaci, Director of Publicity
📧 sarah@sutherlandhousebooks.com
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