2012 Festival Schedule

2:00 p.m. - "Titanic Voices"Readers/Writers
Daniel Allen Butler, "Unsinkable - The Story of the Titanic", Da Capo Press
Paul Butler, "Titanic Ashes", Flanker Press
Host
Richard Gwyn

Summary: Daniel and Paul will discuss the drama of the Titanic and how it influenced our history.
Ticket Price: $15.00

8:00 p.m. - "Perilous Voices"Readers/Writers
Simon Winchester, "Atlantic - The Biography of an Ocean", HarperCollins
Host
Michael Enright

Summary: Simon will read from and discuss his highly-praised book which covers this sea's history from its creation millions of years ago to now.
Ticket Price: $15.00

10:30 a.m. - "Cassie Brown - A Retrospective of Death on the Ice"Readers/Writers
Nancy Earle
Bernice Morgan
Bert Riggs
Host
Anne Budgell

Summary: Novelist Bernice Morgan, archivist Bert Riggs and historian Dr. Nancy Earle will talk about this most tragic of Newfoundland & Labrador maritime disasters and Brown's legendary book.
Ticket Price: $15.00

2:30 p.m. - "New and Lyrical Voices"Musicians/Writers
Danielle Devereaux, "Cardiogram", Baseline Press
Jamie Fitzpatrick,"You Could Believe in Nothing", Nimbus Publishing
Bob Hallett, "Writing Out The Notes". Nimbus Publishing
Pamela Morgan
Daniel Payne
Host
Dr. Noreen Golfman and Jamie Fitzpatrick

Summary: This panel features new and upcoming writers with host Dr. Noreen Golfman and songwriters with CBC's Jamie Fitzpatrick. In a twist this year, new voices will include Bob Hallett of the Great Big Sea Band and Jamie Fitzpatrick of CBC's The Performance Hour.
Pamela and Daniel will discuss their songwriting with Jamie Fitzpatrick.
Ticket Price: $15.00

4:00 p.m. - "Fish Supper at the Royal Canadian Legion"

Summary: The Royal Canadian Legion will be hosting its famous fish dinner. Three seatings: 4:00 p.m.; 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. This is an independent event. Tickets can be purchased from the Legion after June 30th. The Legion's telephone number is 709-677-2191 .

8:00 p.m. - "BMO Winterset Award Voices"Readers/Writers
Mark Callanan, "Gift Horse", Vehicule Press
Don McKay, "The Shell of the Tortoise", Gaspereau Press
Ed Riche, "Easy to Like", House of Anansi
Host
Michael Enright

Summary: This year’s finalists will read from their 2011 works, and Michael Enright will lead the discussion on various topics related to each of the works.
Ticket Price: $15.00

10:00 p.m. - "Festival Reception"Host
Festival Committee

Summary: Immediately following BMO Winterset Award Voices, the Festival Committee is pleased to invite all Winterset in Summer event audiences to attend a reception in the Centre's Foyer where they will have an opportunity to meet this year's writers, artists, musicians and panel hosts.

3:00 p.m. - "Oil and Water - In Concert"Plays/Events
Artistic Fraud

Summary: Oil and Water is Artistic Fraud’s theatrical retelling of the incredible true story of Lanier Phillips. Shipwrecked aboard the USS Truxton in 1942, Mr. Phillips was the only African American survivor. What happened to this son of the racially segregated south at the hands of the residents of the nearby town of St. Lawrence forever altered his world, and became a legendary story that still resonates with power 70 years later. Artistic Fraud’s concert production features an a capella score by Andrew Craig that blends the Newfoundland folk tradition with African American gospel.
Ticket Price: $20.00

8:00 p.m. - "Oil and Water - In Concert"Plays/Events
Artistic Fraud

Summary: Oil and Water is Artistic Fraud’s theatrical retelling of the incredible true story of Lanier Phillips. Shipwrecked aboard the USS Truxton in 1942, Mr. Phillips was the only African American survivor. What happened to this son of the racially segregated south at the hands of the residents of the nearby town of St. Lawrence forever altered his world, and became a legendary story that still resonates with power 70 years later. Artistic Fraud’s concert production features an a capella score by Andrew Craig that blends the Newfoundland folk tradition with African American gospel.
Ticket Price: $20.00