Winterset in Summer 2024 will take place Friday, August 9 to Sunday, August 11.
Unless otherwise noted, all sessions are at the Beaches Arts and Heritage Centre.
Winterset In Summer
When: Friday – Sunday, August 9 – 11, 2024
Winterset in Summer Festival Pass.
Includes all festival events except for Lisa Moore’s Writing Workshop at Sandy Cove Hall on Friday and Saturday morning.
$225.00
When: Friday, August 9, 12:30 pm
BMO-Winterset Award finalist and consummate CBC radio news reader, William Ping, talks with artist-author-broadcaster-podcaster Angela Antle about William’s acclaimed novel, Hollow Bamboo, and his forthcoming work of fiction.
$30.00
When: Friday, August 9, 3:00 pm
BC-Born, Oregon-based, multi-awarded writer of very fine fiction (The Sister Brothers, the Librarianist), Patrick DeWitt talks with prolific writer, essayist, brilliant professor, the Queen of Alberta, Aritha van Herk.
$30.00
When: Friday, August 9, 8:00 pm
Andy Jones needs no introduction but it is worth mentioning how lucky we are to be showcasing this beloved creator-of-all trades at our festival. Andy’s new collection of plays and performances is forthcoming from Breakwater this year and he has a lot to say about the evolution of his work and his own artistic process. Host: Noreen Golfman
$30.00
When: Saturday, August 10, 10:30 am
Clayton Smith grew up around the corner in Salvage. His debut novel, The Seal of Salvage, reveals quite a bit about what that was like. He is joined by Michelle Porter whose acclaimed A Grandmother Begins the Story powerfully chronicles five generations of Métis women. Both have a lot to say about their respective works and the writing life in this province. Their host for that conversation is writer, broadcaster, former CBC host Marjorie Doyle whose own memoir about her mom is also fresh off the Boulder Books press (Mary Foley, Mary Doyle).
$30.00
Where: Sandy Cove Hall, 99 Sandy Cove Road
When: Saturday, August 10, 12:30 pm
Popular Canadian writer Kate Hilton and former Globe and Mail journalist and author Elizabeth Renzetti co-wrote a wonderful mystery novel, Bury the Lead. How is that even possible? Long-time popular host of CBC Radio’s On the Go, Ted Blades, talks to the authors about their obviously successful collaboration and what might come next.
$30.00
When: Saturday, August 10, 3:00 pm
Zoe Whittall has a fascinating resumé as author and writer for some of your favourite television, among other projects. Joining her on stage is none other than St. John’s-based Lisa Moore who always has a lot on the go, most recently Best Canadian Short Stories, a collection she lovingly edited as you’d expect. Steering the conversation is CBC Radio WAM’s host, Heather Barrett.
$30.00
When: Saturday, August 10, 8:00 pm
This year’s BMO-Winterset winner, Holly Hogan (Message in a Bottle), graces our stage to speak with Angela Antle about her work and how she finds optimism in a sea of plastic. BONUS: joining Holly is BMO-Winterset finalist Michael Crummey (The Adversary) who happens to share a life with Holly. How good is that?
$30.00
Free Admission/Open to the public.
When: Sunday, August 11, 10:30 am
FREE
Where: Sandy Cove Hall, 99 Sandy Cove Road
When: Sunday, August 11, 12:30 pm
There is a special art to short-story writing and those who do it well have a lot to teach us. So it is that we bring together this year’s winner of the Governor General Literary Award for Fiction, Anuja Varghese (Chrysalis), and perennially homesick Newfoundland writer Rosalind Gill (Face into the Wind) to share their experience and insight with gifted English professor and mentor, Danine Farquharson.
$30.00
Where: Sandy Cove Hall, 99 Sandy Cove Road
When: Sunday, August 11, 2:30 pm
Michael Heffernan researched the local music scene as only someone passionately curious could. The result is his rich collection of interviews and monologues about the independent music culture you sort of know only a little something about. Mike speaks with well-known CBC host and author Jamie Fitzpatrick about Let It All Fall: Underground Music and the Culture of Rebellion in Newfoundland, 1977-95 and all that stuff.
$30.00
