Isabel is Doing Well
Mystery novel by Boyle Street’s Candas Jane Dorsey is making waves in the literary world.

In our January 2021 edition we featured Candas Jane Dorsey’s novel, The Adventures of Isabel, which was published by ECW Press on October 20th, 2020: New Novel from Candas Jane Dorsey Influenced by Boyle Street
Since then, the novel has been making waves in the literary world and is being published in other countries. In addition to rave reviews, the British edition will be published soon. As well, the rights have been sold to a publisher in Germany, and there is an audio book from Orange Sky.
Here is a just a partial list of print and online appearances that Boyle Street’s Candas Jane Dorsey has made over the past while concerning The Adventures of Isabel:
- Episode 42: Candas Jane Dorsey | The Worldshapers Podcast by SFF writer Ed Willett.
- Artist Q & A: Candas Jane Dorsey | Avenue Edmonton and Genre-Fluid | Edify. are print, from a local arts mag.
- The Coode Street Podcast – Episode 513: Ten Minutes with Candas Jane Dorsey | Free Listening on Podbean App (interviewed by Gary Wolfe)(spoiler warning: it was more than ten minutes)
- The Bolo Tie Collective Presents: Candas Jane Dorsey Interview (Part One) – YouTube, The Bolo Tie Collective Presents: Candas Jane Dorsey Interview (Part Two) – YouTube, The Bolo Tie Collective Presents: Candas Jane Dorsey Interview (Part Three) – YouTube The Bolo Tie Collective is the literary magazine at MacEwan University where Candas teaches.
- Mystery tale created as an exercise in writing a book beginning to end, ‘with no skipping about’ – Prairie Books NOW
- Candas Jane Dorsey reads from The Adventures of Isabel – YouTube accompanies the print/digital article Candas Jane Dorsey wrote her new mystery novel The Adventures of Isabel for fun — and fun it is | Edmonton Journal
- Candas Jane Dorsey with guest Waubgeshig Rice, hosted by Terri Favro.
- Word Up Barrie November 12 – YouTube Guests Candas Jane Dorsey and Ursula Pflug Hosted by Linda LaForge.
- Writer’s Block – Episode November 18, 2020 – CJSW Radio
- Candas Jane Dorsey – writing on the edge by JCVArtStudio from The Dressing Room A podcast on Anchor
- Douglas Parsons blog where CJD interviewed – TalesLGBTQplus – YouTube
- Edmonton Bestseller List | Book Publishers Association of Alberta