In conversation with Katie Bickell
Sunday, October 26 | 2 PM
Forsyth Hall, Downtown Library | $10
On Isabella Street
A gripping novel set in Toronto and Vietnam during the sixties about two women caught up in powerful social movements and the tragedy that will bring them together.
“Genevieve Graham is the reigning queen of Canadian historical fiction, delving deep into lesser-told stories that shaped the country and its conscience over the course of the 20th century. She writes with warmth, wisdom, and a deep sense of place, grounded by an extraordinary amount of research. I'm a big fan.”
— KRISTIN HARMEL, #1 New York Times bestselling author
About Genevieve Graham
Genevieve Graham is the USA TODAY and #1 bestselling author of twelve novels, including The Secret Keeper, The Forgotten Home Child, Letters Across the Sea, and Bluebird. She is passionate about breathing life back into history through tales of love and adventure. She lives in Alberta. Visit her at GenevieveGraham.com or on X and Instagram @GenGrahamAuthor.
On Isabella Street
Toronto, 1967. Two young women with different backgrounds, attitudes, and aptitudes are living in an exciting but confusing time. They have little in common except for the place they both call home: an apartment building on Isabella Street. Inspired by the unfettered optimism and crushing disillusionment of the sixties, On Isabella Street is an extraordinary novel about the enduring bonds of friendship and family and the devastating cost of war.
Katie Bickell is author of the award-winning novel Always Brave, Sometimes Kind, which received the Georges Bugnet Award for Best Fiction, the Indie Book Award for Alberta, and was shortlisted for the national ReLit Award. She is also the recipient of the Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story, the Alberta Literary Award’s Emerging Writer Award, and the Alberta Views Fiction Contest, among others. Formerly Edmonton Metro Federation of Libraries’ Regional Writer in Residence for 2024, Katie is founder of The Memoir House by K.H. Bickell Literary, a boutique collective of authors specializing in ghostwriting services.
