# Event Details - **Event Name**: Tiffany Watt Smith & Sheila Liming: Making Time, Making Friends - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 16 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon, 16 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Tiffany Watt Smith & Sheila Liming discuss modern friendship with host Scaachi Koul.About this EventTPL presents cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith and author Sheila Liming in conversation with host Scaachi Koul at the Toronto Reference Library's Appel Salon.Why is it so hard to make and keep friends as adults? Research shows stark gender differences—men report having fewer close friends and struggle more with emotional intimacy, while women's friendships, though often deeper, face their own pressures around time, competing responsibilities, and competition. Meanwhile, our digital lives offer the illusion of closeness, replacing spontaneous, unstructured time together with transactional exchanges. We curate rather than confide. We scroll rather than sit together.Cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith, author of Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship, combines memoir and cultural history to challenge the impossible ideals placed on female friendship. Exploring jealousy, competition, and the messy realities of women's relationships throughout history, Watt Smith asks why women's friendships are held to standards of perfection that no relationship can meet. Meanwhile, author and cultural critic Sheila Liming, whose book Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time is a manifesto for reclaiming unstructured social time, revealing how our hyperscheduled, productivity-obsessed culture has stripped away the very conditions that friendships need to flourish: time, space, and permission to just be together without purpose or performance.How do we make space for friendships that are honest rather than perfect, messy rather than idealized? Can we reclaim friendship as a radical act of presence in a world designed to keep us distracted and isolated? And what role does simply "hanging out", unproductive, unoptimized time together, play in building the authentic connections we're missing?Question and answer session and book signing to follow. Books available for purchase.About this Event's Guests:Tiffany Watt SmithSheila LimingScaachi KoulRead More:***This event is part of our signature Salon Series, where we host local and international authors, artists and thinkers in conversation about their new books and big ideas.***PLAN YOUR VISIT:Location: Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street), 2nd floorTime: Doors open 6:00pm, Event starts 7:00pm.Tickets: Free registration required.Ticket policy: We oversell these events to make sure that the greatest number of people have an opportunity to attend. Tickets are guaranteed until 6:45pm or until capacity is reached. Any remaining space will be opened up to the rush line beginning at 6:45pm. Seating first come, first served. Tickets do not guarantee seats.Bar: Beer/wine available for purchase (debit/credit only).Accessibility: TPL is committed to accessibility. If you are Deaf or have a disability and would like to request accommodation for this event, please contact accessibleservices@tpl.ca or 416-393-7099 at least three weeks prior to the event.***Information Collection Notice: The personal information on this form is collected by the Toronto Public Library under the Public Libraries Act, sections 20(a), 20(c), and 20(d). The information will only be used for event and program registration, delivery and evaluation. Registrants may be contacted to fill out a brief survey following the program. Questions about how the library handles your information can be directed to Answerline staff at answerline@tpl.ca, 416-397-5981, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto ON M4W 2G8.Agenda?: 06:00 PMDoors Open?: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PMConversation with Authors?: 08:00 PM - 08:30 PMBook Signing - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/tiffany-watt-smith-and-sheila-liming-making-time-making-friends/100001980648298378 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, contests, womens-history-month - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Ftiffany-watt-smith-sheila-liming-making-time-making-friends-tickets-1980648298378 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Toronto - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: Bram & Bluma Appel Salon - **lat**: 43.6719543 - **long**: -79.38650289999998 - **full address**: Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Toronto Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/toronto-public-library/22519460) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/e90e52d905175cdf4421f7750c3f8a1c848b76d427885acc450c9d9cc476db10-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf4d9be-gmir.jpg?v=1769071719 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/d22fc6ad3f7c22a0f9d311747ac1831de82dd7c384b49cc09007009b88a1f515-rimg-w400-h400-dcef7f7e-gmir.jpg?v=1769071719 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Mon, 16 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Toronto Public Library - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, contests, womens-history-month - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Tiffany Watt Smith & Sheila Liming: Making Time, Making Friends ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Tiffany Watt Smith & Sheila Liming: Making Time, Making Friends", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/e90e52d905175cdf4421f7750c3f8a1c848b76d427885acc450c9d9cc476db10-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf4d9be-gmir.jpg?v=1769071719", "startDate": "2026-03-16", "endDate": "2026-03-16", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/tiffany-watt-smith-and-sheila-liming-making-time-making-friends/100001980648298378", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Bram & Bluma Appel Salon", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Toronto Reference Library", "postalCode": "M4W 2G8", "addressLocality": "Toronto", "addressRegion": "ON", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "43.6719543", "longitude": "-79.38650289999998" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Tiffany Watt Smith & Sheila Liming discuss modern friendship with host Scaachi Koul.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-16", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/tiffany-watt-smith-and-sheila-liming-making-time-making-friends/100001980648298378" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/tiffany-watt-smith-and-sheila-liming-making-time-making-friends/100001980648298378", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Toronto Public Library", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/toronto-public-library/22519460" } ] } ] ```