Winterset in Summer
Bringing Writers and Readers Together Since 2002

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Memories of the Founding of Winterset In Summer

Following a successful 25th anniversary celebration, we are remembering the festival’s founding and the aspirations of Richard Gwyn and the Winterset in Summer team. 
 
The hard work, dedication, and forward-thinking of everyone who strove to get the Winterset in Summer Literary Festival and the BMO Winterset Award off the ground is clear in this clip from an Up Sky Down Films documentary on Richard Gwyn and the festival.
 
What will it take for the festival to enjoy another 25 years? If you ask any of the wonderful people who have been here since day one, they would likely say passion, creativity, and stubbornness!

Join us in Eastport in August 2027 to experience Winterset’s indomitable spirit yourself!

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Getting Lost for Words

Newfoundland and Labrador is a place with its own vocabulary, its own dialect, even its own dictionary. It is a place where idiosyncratic stories are told with confidence and conviction. It’s here we’ve created a space for an exchange of words and ideas in a scenic town on the edge of the sea. The bountiful art created in, and about, this wild place was acclaimed across the country throughout the lifetime of Newfoundland-born, award-winning author and journalist Sandra Fraser Gwyn.