Festival Friday Pass for READERS

Author Reading by Genevieve Graham - The Secret Keeper, moderated by Heather Marshall.

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War II novel about two sisters who join the war effort—one as a codebreaker and the other as a pilot—and the secrets that threaten to tear them apart. Perfect for fans of The Rose Code and The Nightingale.

Twin sisters Dot and Dash Wilson share many things, and while they are practically inseparable, they are nothing alike. Dot is fascinated by books, puzzles, and Morse code, a language taught to both girls by their father, a WWI veteran. Dash’s days are filled with fixing engines, dancing with friends, and dreaming of flying airplanes. Almost always at their side is their best friend Gus—until war breaks out and he enlists in the army, deploying to an unknown front.

Determined to do their duty, both girls join the WRENS, Dash as a mechanic and Dot as a typist. Before long, Dot’s fixation on patterns and numbers takes her from HMCS Coverdale, a covert listening and codebreaking station working with Bletchley Park in England, to Camp X, a top-secret spy school. But when personal tragedy strikes the family, Dot’s oath of secrecy causes a rift between the sisters.

Eager to leave her pain behind, Dash jumps at the opportunity to train as a pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary, where she risks her life to ferry aircraft and troops across the battlefields of Europe. Meanwhile Dot is drawn into the Allies’ preparations for D-Day. But Dot’s loyalties are put to the test once more when someone close to her goes missing in Nazi-occupied territory. With everyone’s eyes on Operation Overlord, Dot must use every skill at her disposal to save those she loves before it’s too late.

Inspired by the real-life stories of women in World War II, The Secret Keeper is an extraordinary novel about the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood and the light of courage during the darkest of nights.

Author Bio

Genevieve Graham is the USA TODAY and #1 bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Forgotten Home Child, which has been optioned for TV, 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 Twitter and Instagram @GenGrahamAuthor.

7:30pm - Short Story & Digital Art Contest Awards will be presented.

8:15pm - Film Screening of Lives of Girls & Woman

In this adaptation of Alice Munro's novel, a young girl comes of age in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. A made-for-tv movie by Alice Munro, Charles K Pitts, Kelly Rebar,1996.

"a great down to earth movie ,it is a tribute to Canadian actresses. "Tanya Allen and Wendy Crewson" (who) were excellent in their portrayal of a mother and daughter during a girls entering adulthood time.The Aunts and Uncle,as well as boyfriend and his family played the inhabitants of a small town in that time period to perfection.They left me feeling like I was part of their life and knew them all. This has become one of my favorite movies even though I have only seen it a few times , I would recommend it to everyone as a first rate film .The cast and crew can be praised for showing the world that Canada is second to none."