S. Nadja Zajdman is a Canadian author. Her first short story collection, Bent Branches, was published in 2012. Zajdman’s non-fiction, as well as her fiction, has been featured in newspapers, magazines, literary journals, and anthologies across North America, in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Zajdman has completed work on a second short story collection as well as a memoir of her mother, the pioneering Holocaust educator and activist Renata Skotnicka-Zajdman, who passed away near the end of 2013.
My Secret Admirer by S. Nadja Zajdman It was summer, long ago. I was ten years old and at camp in southern Ontario. I hated volleyball and hiking because they made my flat feet hurt. I detested wearing shorts because they made my fat legs look even fatter. I dreaded the overnight camping trip. How Read more
Until We Meet Again By Sharon Nadja Zajdman One spring afternoon long ago I was walking with my dad. Clouds shifted, gathered, swelled with anger, and released a torrent of April showers. “Daddy? Where does the rain come from?” I asked. I was sure he would know. Whimsically, my father responded, “De engels in de Read more
Finding My Feet by S. Nadja Zajdman One early autumn, I joined a hiking club in my native Montreal. My intention was to find a way into nature. I don’t own a car. The most I hoped for was to sit quietly on the school bus, without being bothered, as it transported our group of active Read more
