We are thrilled to announce our lineup for this year’s Festival at Ochre Pit Cove June 17-18, 2016. Reading from their new books are Lisa Moore, Paul Rowe, Edward Riche, Chad Pelley, Catherine Hogan Safer and Joan Sullivan. Fabulous music provided by Ilia Nicoll and What Odds. Join us for an intimate Summer Solstice weekend of Newfoundland and Labrador Books, Music and Art at the beautiful Church at Ochre Pit Cove in Conception Bay.

Adult Events » Author's Stage Author Saleema Nawaz Bone & Bread Heralded across Canada for the power and promise of her debut collection, Mother Superior, Nawaz proves with Bone & Bread that she is one of our most talented and unique storytellers. Bone & Bread was short-listed for Canada Reads 2016. Presented in partnership with Scotiabank & Canada Council       Tuesday, June 21 | 7 p.m. Keshen Goodman

Tim Falconer: Bad Singer - The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness Wed Jun 22, 2016 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 60 mins Tim Falconer always wanted to make music, but he's part of the 2.5 percent of the population that is scientifically tone deaf. Many tone-deaf people are indifferent to music, or even actively dislike it, but for Falconer it is a life-long passion. Join him for a presentation about what we're really hearing when we when we listen to…

3:00 p.m. - "Giller Voices"Readers/Writers Lynn Coady Will Ferguson Elizabeth Hay Host: Anthony Germain Giller award winners Lynn Coady (Hellgoing), Will Ferguson (419) and Elizabeth Hay (Late Nights on Air) chat with host Anthony Germain about their writing lives, their passion for the written word, the impact of winning big literary awards and the pressures of writing in the spotlight.