Winterset in Summer Book Club Event

When: Thursday, August 6, 7:00 pm. Where: Society of United Fisherman (SUF) Hall, Church Street, Eastport, NL. When: Thursday, August 6, 7:00 pm Where: Society of United Fisherman (SUF) Hall, Church Street, Eastport, NL Returning for its second year, this event welcomes book clubs and all other interested readers to talk with beloved book club guest Susie Taylor who will read from Vigil, her raw and brilliant short story collection about life in today’s Newfoundland, which earned Susie the 2024 BMO Winterset Fiction Award. Added bonus: our host is Angela Antle, former journalist and winner of the 2025 BMO Winterset Award – so one winner hosts another! SUSIE TAYLOR is a queer writer who lives in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. An art school grad and former retail worker, the year she turned 40, she quit smoking and started writing. Taylor is the author of two books, Vigil and Even Weirder Than Before (Breakwater Books). Her short stories have appeared in literary magazines across Canada including Geist, PRISM International, The Fiddlehead, and Room Magazine. In 2015, she was the winner of the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers. Her book Vigil was the winner of the 2024 BMO Winterset Award for Fiction and the Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction. It was a finalist for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. Taylor is the associate fiction edi