Events

Winterset in Summer 2024 will take place Friday August 9 to Sunday August 11. 

Winterset In Summer

Aug. 11-13, 2023

Winterset in Summer Festival Pass

Winterset in Summer Festival Pass. Save $75 on ticket prices 

Includes all festival events with the exception of the Sunday Foraging Session 

Friday, August 11, 2023

Gwynne Dyer in conversation

Award-winning author-journalist-lecturer-broadcaster-Newfoundlander Gwynne Dyer will talk to us about his latest book on Ukraine and whatever else is on his capacious mind.

When: Friday August 11, 12:30pm

Noreen Golfman in conversation with Wayne Johnston

Noreen Golfman (Memorial University) in conversation with Wayne Johnston, author of The Mystery of Right and Wrong and Jennie’s Boy, and many other acclaimed works.

When: Friday August 11, 3pm  

Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with Michael Crummey

Eleanor Wachtel (CBC’s Writers & Co.) in conversation with author, poet, Michael Crummey about his latest book of poetry, Passengers.

When: Friday August 11, 8pm  

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Jane Adey in conversation with Jamie Simpson

Jane Adey (CBCNL producer/host, Land and Sea) in conversation with author, forager, lawyer Jamie Simpson (Eating Wild in Eastern Canada: A Guide to Foraging the Forests).

When: Saturday August 12, 10am

Lisa Moore in conversation with Leo Furey

Lisa Moore, author, BMO-Winterset Award finalist (This is How We Love) in conversation with Leo Furey (The Good Thief).

When: Saturday August 12, 12pm

Drew Hayden Taylor in conversation with Katherena Vermette and Scott B. Henderson

Drew Hayden Taylor, writer, playwright, filmmaker in conversation with Katherena Vermette and Scott B. Henderson, both acclaimed writers and graphic novelists and illustrators.

When: Saturday August 12, 2:30pm

Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with the 2022 BMO-Winterset Award finalists

Eleanor Wachtel (CBC’s Writers & Co.) hosts the BMO-Winterset Award finalists, Meghan Greeley (Hunger), winner Shelly Kawaja (The Raw Light of Morning), and Lisa Moore (This is How We Love).

When: Saturday August 12, 8pm

Sunday August 13, 2023

Foraging session with Jamie Simpson

Foraging session with Jamie Simpson (Eating Wild in Eastern Canada: A Guide to Foraging the Forests). Limited number of participants.

When: Sunday August 13, 9:30am

Carol Bishop Gwyn in conversation with Eva Stachniak and Jennifer Robson

Carol Bishop Gwyn (Art and Rivalry) hosts historical fiction writers Eva Stachniak (The School of Mirrors) and Jennifer Robson (Coronation Year: A Novel).

When: Sunday August 13, 10am

Noreen Golfman in conversation with Drew Hayden Taylor

Noreen Golfman (Memorial University) in conversation with Drew Hayden Taylor (so many novels, non-fiction, plays, films).

When: Sunday August 13, 12pm

Musical performance: The Kubasonics

Musical Performance: The Kubasonics

When: Sunday August 13, 2pm