Winterset in Summer Literary Festival 2024 Program
26 April 2024
Daniel and Paul will discuss the drama of the Titanic and how it influenced our history.
Readers/Writers: Daniel Allen Butler, “Unsinkable – The Story of the Titanic”, Da Capo Press, Paul Butler, “Titanic Ashes”, Flanker Press
Host: Richard Gwyn
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.
Readers/Writers: Simon Winchester, “Atlantic – The Biography of an Ocean”, HarperCollins
Host: Michael Enright
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.
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
Paul Butler will read from his book “Titanic Ashes” (Flanker Press 2012) and be available to discuss and sign the book. Light refreshments will be served.
Readers/Writers: Paul Butler
Novelist Bernice Morgan, archivist Bert Riggs and historian Dr. Nancy Earle will talk about the writings of Cassie Brown. The session will be about all three of her disaster books: Death on the Ice (Bernice Morgan); The Winter’s Tale (Nancy Earle) and Standing into Danger (Bert Riggs). Each of the panelists will read from one of the books as indicated above and then discuss her legacy and influence on future writers.
Readers/Writers: Nancy Earle, Bernice Morgan, Bert Riggs
Special Guest: Margo St. John
Host: Anne Budgell
Special Guest Margo St. John will open this session with her song “Death on the Ice”.
Host: Chris O’Neill-Yates
Drop in at the Centre and be part of the audience in the live broadcast of CBC’s Weekend Arts Magazine with Chris O’Neill-Yates from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Everyone is invited to drop by -coffee and muffins will be served.
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.
Host: Festival Committee
Mark Callanan and Don McKay will read from their 2011 works, and Michael Enright will lead the discussion on various topics related to the writing of the finalists.
Readers/Writers: Mark Callanan, “Gift Horse”, Vehicule Press. Don McKay, “The Shell of the. Tortoise”, Gaspereau Press. Special Guest: 2011 BMO WInterset Award juror – Dr. Noreen Golfman
Host: Michael Enright
The Royal Canadian Legion will be hosting its famous fish dinner. Two seatings: 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. This is an independent event.
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.
Host:Artistic Fraud
Eastport writer Bruce Hynes will read from his book “Here Be Dragons” (Breakwater Books 2012) and be available to discuss and sign the book. Light refreshments will be served.
Location: Foyer of the Beaches Heritage Centre.
Drop in at the Centre and be part of the audience in the live broadcast of CBC’s Weekend Arts Magazine with Chris O’Neill-Yates from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Everyone is invited to drop by -coffee and muffins will be served.
Host: Chris O’Neill-Yates
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.
Host: Artistic Fraud
2012 – Festival Friends
2012 – Principal Sponsors
2012 – Government of Canada
2012 -Government of Newfoundland & Labrador
Winterset in Summer at Terra Nova National Park
Terra Nova National Park and Winterset in Summer are partnering from August 6th to August 9th to hold reading workshops with award-winning children’s writer, Maxine Trottier, at the Children’s Activity Centre at Newman Sound Campground.
Maxine Trottier is a prolific writer of books for young people. Born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on May 3, 1950, she moved to Windsor, Ontario in Canada with her family ten years later. In 1974 she became a Canadian citizen. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario.
Maxine spent 31 years working as an educator in elementary classrooms, guiding children toward literacy. The students in her class, who of course thought of her only as their teacher, saw each step in the creation of a new work. They heard the unillustrated story, saw the roughs, and were the first to view the finished book.
Maxine lives with her husband William and their Yorkie, Moon, at Newman’s Cove, Newfoundland. Her studio overlooks the Atlantic Ocean; it is a wonderful place to write.
Maxine’s latest book is Migrant, 2011, and was published by Groundwood Books (House of Anansi).
“Titanic Voices” Daniel and Paul will discuss the drama of the Titanic and how it influenced our history. Readers/Writers: Daniel Allen Butler, “Unsinkable – The Story of the Titanic”, Da
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