Nino Ricci joins fellow faculty Tim Bowling, M.A.C. Farrant, Larissa Lai, Tim Lilburn, Shyam Selvadurai, and Colin Bernhardt at the Banff Centre’s 2012 Writing Studio.
In residence from May 13th to June 3rd.
Award-winning Author
Nino Ricci joins fellow faculty Tim Bowling, M.A.C. Farrant, Larissa Lai, Tim Lilburn, Shyam Selvadurai, and Colin Bernhardt at the Banff Centre’s 2012 Writing Studio.
In residence from May 13th to June 3rd.
Join a stellar cast of literati and glitterati at the First Annual Pongapalooza Event, a ping pong tournament in support of First Book Canada, helping to raise awareness of Canada’s low literacy rates and to provide children in need access to books.
Tuesday May 8, 2012
6 PM
Spin Toronto
461 King St. West (west of Spadina)
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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 thought-control centre of Canada.
Opening Reception & Special Event
March 20, 2012 6:00 – 9:30pm
An Evening with Alistair MacLeod, Nino Ricci and Iain Baxter&
Join us for a lively exchange between MacLeod, Ricci and Baxter& at the Boardmore Theatre on the theme of place. The presentation will be followed by an opening reception and book signing in the CBU Art Gallery. Meet the special guests and see the exhibition. Works by Ricci and MacLeod and Sense of Place exhibition catalogues will be available for sale. Free event.
Special Presentation
March 21, 2012 1:00- 3:30pm
Join us for a special presentation for artists, writers, readers and students at the Boardmore Theatre. Alistair MacLeod, Nino Ricci and Iain Baxter& will enlighten audiences with readings and a discussion about creativity, art, place and identity, followed by an informal viewing of the exhibition at the CBU Art Gallery. Light refreshments will be served. Free event.
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
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 its 10th anniversary with the theme of “Projecting the Novel: Books and Film.” Alison Pick, Gail Bowen, Karen Walton and Nino Ricci, will present a public reading, panel discussion, and individual workshop sessions on writing fiction and screenplays through various stages of pre-production to film to television.
The presenters will focus on building relationships between the writers, film, and the wider community.
Friday, March 2
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Panel: Books & Film
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Red Carpet Reception (Prizes for best Red Carpet attire)
7:30 p.m. Readings
Saturday, March 3
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Alison Pick: “Uncertain Gifts: One Writer’s Take on Being Optioned for Film”
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Gail Bowen: “The Cheques Always Cleared: A Novelist’s Adventures in the Amazing World of TV production”
Lunch on your own
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Nino Ricci: “How I Sold My Soul to Sophia Loren: The Sequel”
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Karen Walton: “Adaptables: the difference between Translation to Screens versus Adaptation”
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
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.
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.
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 7 PM.
Catch the documentary based on Nino Ricci’s biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau in PMA Productions’ Extraordinary Canadians series.
Directed by the award-winning documentarian Helene Klodawsky and produced by PMA Productions, based on the book in Penguin Canada’s Extraordinary Canadians series. For more information, visit Extraordinary Canadians.
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.
See the entire conference program: Towards a National Italian-Canadian Archive
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)
Amnesty International invites you, your family, friends, and colleagues to be part of Write for Rights. Enjoy an afternoon and evening of mingling, letter writing, and inspirational words from guest speakers. Nino Ricci speaks about his own involvement with Amnesty International at 4 PM.
For more information visit www.amnesty.ca/writeathon or contact Nancy Cameron at 416.363.9933 ext. 328 or ncameron@amnesty.ca.
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