Supersition, Folkore and more in Newfoundland

Local Author Series

Join local author Jeanette Winsor as she speaks to her Silver Cape Cove series which are a Historical Dive into Newfoundland Traditions, Superstitions, & Folklore.

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The Silver Cape Cove series:

Book 1: “The Apprenticeship of Molly Chant: A Historical Dive into Newfoundland Traditions, Superstitions, and Folklore” introduces us to 16 year old Molly Chant, a young Irish healer and wise woman with the gift of sight, facing charges of witchcraft and the penalty of hanging. The year is 1869. Her one chance for escape is to follow her friend Mick to the desolate island of Newfoundland and the tiny out-port of Silver Cape Cove.                                                                                                                          

Book 2: “The Healer’s Journey: A Historical Dive into Newfoundland’s Traditions, Superstitions, and Folklore” follows young Newfoundland fisherman Thomas Moore, rescued from death as an infant by Molly, as he deals with World War 1 and its after effects and the discovery of his own “gifts” of healing.                                                                                                                                                               

Both books are filled with the folklore and traditions of Newfoundland as well as the haunting natural beauty of “the Rock”. Weaving stories of love, loss, sorrow, betrayal, survival and community into a coastal Newfoundland hamlet, these books will leave you wanting more and anxiously waiting for Book 3 of the Silver Cape Cove series.   

Jeanette Winsor is a graduate of The Humber School for Writers, Toronto, and has been writing both novels and short stories for the past twenty-five years.

Many of her works are set in Newfoundland out-ports as she tries to capture a culture that is quickly giving way to the modern world. Her nonfiction pieces have been published in journals and magazines both nationally and internationally. Her short stories have appeared in Unleashed Ink, Frustrated Writers, CanWrite Anthology and most recently, The Antigonish Review.

Having spent most of her life in education, teaching both nationally and internationally, she has retired to a life of writing. She is a member of the Writers’ Community of York region and The Toronto Romance Writers. She currently lives with in Belize City, Belize where she writes, cooks Belizean food, and paints rocks which she leaves in the park for the children to find.

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