Okay. The fact is that this idea started out as a freak accident. To keep his costs down Nino asked his web designer if she could apply some sort of web price trimmer to his home page and she heard him say weekly prize winner. And thus the Ricci Challenge was born. So, coming soon, you’ll have a chance to win coffee mugs bearing Toronto-area high school crests, pen sets in faux wood from former East Bloc universities, signed copies of remaindered stock, and other items littering Nino’s closet by competing in challenges that will test both your intelligence and your patience. Stay tuned to these pages for the first Ricci Challenge. Or better yet, sign onto Nino’s mailing list at the bottom of this page.*
Nino Ricci is
also the author of Testament, winner of the Trillium Award, and of the Lives of the Saints trilogy, adapted as a miniseries starring Sophia Loren. For more on Nino's life and work, including his multi-award-winning novel The Origin of Species and his critically acclaimed biography of Pierre Trudeau, contact Nino's parole officer (or you can also poke around this nifty website).
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Hi Nino,
Just saw the news about your Order of Canada award. Congratulations! Great news.
Great-looking website–I eagerly await your challenges.
Congratulations Nino on being awarded a Member of the Order of Canada!
Sandra
Thank you, Sandra! I hope you’re well. I still remember our date at LDSS back in ’74.
Ok. I’ll bite.
Now that I’m seeing a groundswell of interest–okay, maybe not exactly a groundswell–I’ll see about getting this up and running soon. I’m gathering together my desk set collection as I speak.
I love freebies. Who doesn’t? Those faux wood pen sets sound AMAZING. So please start the contests soon, Nino!
Sorry I’ve let this slide for a while. I’ll put my brains to the matter soon, but maybe I’ll wait until after the election.
I was just exploring after reading the Open Letter to Stephen Harper, but I too will be back! This is my kind of website. I only wish I had seen it earlier–there is a wealth of ideas I could share with my students.
Thanks,
Aj
Alright, I’ll fall for it. Particularly because I happen to collect Eastern Bloc pens. I have yet to fine one set in faux wood!
Great article in the Globe this week about Nicaragua. We are currently traveling the world with the kids, and south/central America is on the itinerary. We’re in Fes, Morocco right now, and I read the Globe & Mail and the Edmonton Journal to fight the homesickness.
The new website is great!
Hope all is well,
Stephanie
The Girl With the Turquoise Scarf says……BOO!!!
Nino Ricci is one of my favourite writers. I never win at things like this (I suspect most of them are cheap scams of some sort) but I want to support Canadian talent.
It’s a low blow to call this scam cheap, Peter, but I guess I had it coming. In this case it’s so cheap, I have yet to give out any prizes. Or hold any challenges, for that matter. Somehow I just haven’t got around to it. Which is not surprising, since the whole idea was an accident in the first place (see above).
In any event, thanks for the support, Peter. If I ever do hold any challenges, you’d probably be wise to steer clear of them.
best,
Nino
Great site!
Great photos!
There’s a lot here…
I’ll be back!
Cheers,
Paul-Antoine