Past Events - Part 4

26 Oct – Mayor’s Evening for the Arts

Monday, October 26, 2015 – 6 PM – Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Join John Tory and some of the city’s most celebrated artists at a gala event in support of the Toronto Arts Foundation.

25 Oct – The Sunday Brunch

Mimosas, Croissants and Coffee

Sunday, October 25, 2015 ~ 11:00am ~ Vancouver Writers Fest

Performance Works ~ 1218 Cartwright Street ~ Granville Island

Join Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Lauren Groff, Steven Hayward, Sigal Samuel, Neil Smith and Nino Ricci for the fabulous Sunday Brunch on the closing day of the 2015 Vancouver Writers Fest. Hosted by the inimitable Bill Richardson.

24 Oct – VWF continues

Freedom of Expression

Saturday, October 24, 2015 ~ 10:30am

Granville Island Stage ~ 1585 Johnston Street ~ Granville Island

Shauna Singh Baldwin, Roxane Gay, Lawrence Hill and Nino Ricci discuss some of the complex issues arising from the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre and other recent attacks on freedom of expression. Hosted by Festival Director Hal Wake.

23 Oct – Vancouver Writers Fest

Mind Games

Friday, October 23, 2015 ~ 6:00pm to 7:15pm ~ Vancouver Writers Fest

Studio 1398, 3rd Floor, Festival House, 1398 Cartwright Street, Granville Island

Anakana Schofield, John Vaillant and Nino Ricci talk about how the mind makes sense of the world in fiction.

20 Oct – Bolen Books, Victoria

Marina Endicott & Nino Ricci

6 PM ~ Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 – Bolen Books, Victoria

#111-1644 Hillside Avenue, Victoria, B.C.

Bolen Books of Victoria presents another double header event in its 40th anniversary autumn author event series. Novelists Marina Endicott and Nino Ricci present their new novels with short readings followed by a Q&A and signings. Admission is free, but seating is limited.

18 Oct – Whistler Writers Festival

Authors’ Brunch

Sunday, 18 October 2015 ~11 AM – 1 PM

Wildflower Room, Fairmount Chateau Whistler

Grant Lawrence hosts a brunch and discussion with award winning authors Camilla Gibb, Catherine Hunter, Marina Endicott, Amanda Lindhout, Nino Ricci, and Steve Toltz.

15 Oct – Bookfest Windsor

BookFest Windsor Presents Nino Ricci

Thursday, 15 October 2015 ~ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Capitol Theatre Windsor

The 2015 BookFest Windsor’s grand opening with Leamington native Nino Ricci as he launches his new book Sleep in a feature interview with Windsor’s Ted Shaw.

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27 Sept – Word on the Street

1 PM – 1:45 PM ~ Sunday, 27 September 2015 ~ Long Ago and Far Away

Join Nino Ricci and Marsha Skrypuch discussing the ins and outs of writing historical fiction at the 2015 Word on the Street. In the Wordshop Marquee at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre.

26 Sept – Kingston Writersfest

Saturday, September 26, 2015 – 3:30 – 4:30 PM – Kingston WritersFest – Author! Author!

Nino talks with Jared Bland about the writing life and his novel Sleep.