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Nino Ricci is the Toronto Public Library’s Fall 2025 Writer in Residence. The residency program offers members of the public the chance to receive feedback on their own work and to get first-hand insights into the writer’s craft through public workshops and lectures.

This fall’s residency will focus on historical fiction, with events throughout October and November and the chance for a select number of budding writers to meet one-on-one with Ricci and take part in a four-week workshop in which fellow writers will discuss their work .

All events take place at the Toronto Reference Library at 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, one block north of Yonge Street. For more information, visit the Toronto Public Library website.

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.

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.