Archives for July 2011

Humber School Correspondence Program

This fall, Nino Ricci joins the stellar faculty of The Humber School for Writer’s renowned Correspondence Program in Creative Writing.

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Humber School for Writers

Registration is now open for the Summer Workshop in Creative Writing at the Humber School for Writers, running July 9 – 15, 2011 in Toronto at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus.

Since 1992, the Humber School for Writers has distinguished itself as a leading centre for the study of creative writing. Our track record speaks for itself: more than 275 of our graduates have been published, including placements by our in-house agency. Several have been nominated for literary awards, and a few have gone on to win. Alumna Angie Abdou’s The Bone Cage, for instance, was chosen for a prestigious list – one of the five books on this year’s Canada Reads. Sarah Selecky’s This Cake is for the Party was shortlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Robert Rotenberg had bidding wars in New York, London, and Toronto for his first novel, Old City Hall, and Cathy Marie Buchanan’s The Day the Falls Stood Still sold in Italy, the USA, the UK, and made The New York Times Best Sellers list.
– Antanas Silieka, director of the Humber School for Writers and author of Underground

“One of the best programs of its kind in North America.”
– The Globe and Mail

Order Up!

OTTAWA – Nino Ricci was among the 50 new appointments to the Order of Canada announced on June 30th by Governor General David Johnston. Rumours that the inclusion was an administrative oversight have so far proved unfounded. As a Member of the Order, Ricci will receive a lapel pin as well as the right to include the initials C.M. after his name. He will also have the right to be addressed by the honorific “Mister,” commonly abbreviated as “Mr.”

Recipients will be invited to accept their lapel pins at a ceremony to be held in the nation’s capital. A request by Mr. Ricci for a public reading at the event of the Open Letter he addressed to Stephen Harper during the recent election campaign has so far gone unanswered.

The Order of Canada, one of our country’s highest civilian honours, was established to recognize a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation. Ricci expressed hopes that his appointment did not constitute a departure from those aims.