Award-winning Author
Ottawa’s Italian Week hosts an evening of conversation with Nino Ricci, including a sneak peek at his new novel, set in London, England in the months leading up to the Great War. Friday, 13 June 2025.
Italian Week is one of Ottawa’s most iconic annual festivals. Founded in 1975, it is among the city’s longest running arts and cultural festivals and highlights the many contributions of Italian heritage and culture to the city.
Lino Rufo, Dom Fiore, Andrea Ramolo and Nino Ricci open this year’s Librissimi, Toronto’s Italian book festival, with a tribute in music and spoken word to the late poet and novelist Giose Rimanelli.
Nino Ricci has been named one of the recipients of the Pirandello Lyceum’s 2025 I Migliori Awards. This year marks the 40th anniversary of an award that Boston Magazine has called the most prestigious honour to be received by a person of Italian descent. Normally reserved for American citizens, the Lyceum has chosen this year to include a Canadian among its honorees.
The award ceremony will take place on April 12th in Peabody, Massachusetts.
From May 25th to the 30th Nino Ricci will be joining writers Don Gillmor and Alison Wearing at the 12th annual Write on the French River Creative Writing Retreat. Hosted by the Lodge at Pine Cove, the retreat offers wordsmiths, travellers, innovators, poets, and dreamers the gift of time to pursue their craft on a storied waterway and the chance to work with some of the country’s leading writers.
