Snapshot of 2012 Winterset in Summer Festival

“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 Capo Press, Paul Butler, “Titanic Ashes”, Flanker Press

Host: Richard Gwyn

“Perilous Voices”

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

“New and Lyrical Voices”

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

“Book Launch: Paul Butler and “Titanic Ashes”

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

“Cassie Brown – A Retrospective of Her Work”

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”.

“WAM at the Festival”

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.

“Festival Reception”

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

“BMO Winterset Award Voices”

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

“Fish Supper at the Royal Canadian Legion”

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. 

“Oil and Water – In Concert”

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

“Book Launch: Bruce Hynes and “Here Be Dragons”

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.

“WAM at the Festival”

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 – In Concert”

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 Sponsorship 

2012 – Festival Friends

  • Peter Blackie
  • Betty Badcock
  • Kay Bradley & Freeman Rumbolt
  • Chris Brookes
  • Carter Home Designs
  • Ruth P. Canning
  • Rosann Cashin Nichol
  • Karen Cole
  • Sheila Curran
  • Tom & Susan Foran
  • Gerry Germain & Dr. Angela Penney
  • Noreen Golfman & Stephen Bornstein
  • Richard Gwyn & Carol Bishop Gwyn
  • John & Jennifer Guy
  • Tom & Bernice Hallett
  • Dr. Georgina Hedges & Robert Hedges
  • Robert & Marjorie Hiscock
  • Kathy Hodder
  • Allan & Kathleen Huckabone
  • Barbara Ostroff & Brian Shell
  • Pat & Tolson Parsons
  • Alan Pickersgill
  • Lisa Rae & Peter Pickersgill
  • Wallace & Shirley Rendell
  • Penelope & William Rowe
  • Lisa V. Salmon
  • Susan Sherk
  • Mary-Deanne Shears
  • Gerry & Barbara Shortall
  • Randy & Gladys Street
  • Friends of Dell Texmo – her Book Bags Reading Group
  • Patrick & Joanne Thompson
  • V. Trieloff
  • Albert & Joyce White
  • Anonymous Friend

2012 – Principal Sponsors

  • Elinor Gill Ratcliffe, C.M., O.N.L., LLD(hc)
  • Fry Family Foundation
  • NALCOR Energy
  • Telelink Call Centre
  • Clarenville Inn
  • BMO Financial Group

2012 – Government of Canada

  • Department of Canadian Heritage
  • Canada Council for the Arts

2012 -Government of Newfoundland & Labrador

  • Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
  • Department of Tourism, Culture & Recreation

Outreach 2012

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).

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