The road show that never ends finally reaches the promised land: Cape Breton, ancestral home of Sense of Place stalwart and Canadian literary great Alistair MacLeod. Join the original Sense of Place trio of Iain Baxter&, Nino Ricci, and Alistair MacLeod as they jig their way through the place that writer Ray Smith dubbed the [...] More »

Nino Ricci joins Ian Brown, Wayson Choy, Austin Clarke, Anne Michaels, Jane Urquhart, and Richard B Wright to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Trillium Book Award. 7 PM Wednesday, 7 March 2012 The Gladstone Hotel 1212 Queen Street West, Toronto More »

Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Presents “Talking Fresh 10″   Talking Fresh 10 – “Projecting the Novel: Books and Film” March 2-3 at the Mackenzie Art Gallery Talking Fresh is a two-day writers’ workshop that targets Regina and a wider Saskatchewan community including aspiring writers and anyone interested in writers and books. This year Talking Fresh celebrates [...] More »

Can you stand hot days and cool nights in the shadow of Mount Tepozteco? Then join the Café Literario La Sombra del Sabino as it celebrates the 2nd Canadian Literary Festival in Tepoztlán, Mexico, one hour south of Mexico City in the Tepoztlån Vally. Cultures within Cultures More »

Tracy Moore of Cityline and Melanie Ng of CityNews host The Book Lover’s Ball, a night of literary fun and fashion in support of Toronto’s Public Library. Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the Fairmont Royal York. Voted one of Toronto’s best fundraisers. More »

The roadshow continues as Sense of Place comes to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, organized and circulated by the Windsor Printmaker’s Forum. The exhibition runs from January 13 – February 26, 2012. On Friday, January 27, come on out of the cold for readings at 7:30 PM from Nino Ricci and Alistair MacLeod. 7:30 PM [...] More »

7 PM ~ THURSDAY 26 JANUARY 2012 MAGPIE TAVERN 831 DUNDAS WEST ~ TORONTO Speakeasy is the University of Guelph MFA in Creative Writing’s monthly reading series. Readings take place on the last Thursday of the month at the Magpie Tavern, 831 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Nino Ricci reads on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at [...] More »

Catch the documentary based on Nino Ricci’s biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau in PMA Productions’ Extraordinary Canadians series. City TV – Sunday, January 15 2012: 8 PM. Biography – Saturday January 21, 2011: 7:30 PM. Omni - Coming in Spring 2012 in Mandarin, Hindi and Italian. Directed by the award-winning documentarian Helene Klodawsky and produced by [...] More »

Nino joins Franca Iacovetta, Ferdinando Dell’Omo, Lillia Topouzova and others to talk about culture and personal history at the 2nd National Conference of the Italian-Canadian Archive Project. Friday, 3 February 2012 7:30 PM Michelangelo’s Restaurant, Atkinson College York University   See the entire conference program: Towards a National Italian-Canadian Archive More »

Write a letter and help save a life. Join Amnesty International on Human Rights Day for Write for Rights and be part of the world’s largest human rights event. Date: December 10th, 2011 Time: 12:00pm-7:00pm Location: Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto (1 street north of Bloor) [...] More »