Award-winning Author
Steven Hayward and Nino Ricci join Clark Blaise in a conversation about mentoring and the teaching of creative writing. Monday, October 10th, 2011 at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
In addition to his renown as a teacher, novelist andwriter of non-fiction, Clark Blaise is a longtime master of the short story. His most recent collection is The Meagre Tarmac, published by Biblioasis.
This October Nino Ricci is the Maclean Distinguished Visiting Professor at the esteemed Colorado College in Colorado Springs, home of NORAD and the U.S. Air Force Academy as well as command central for the U.S. evangelical movement, boasting the headquarters of some eight-one right-wing Christian groups.
Nino will be teaching creative writing to anyone who dares to listen.
Looking for a good time in Sudbury? Check out Alistair MacLeod, Iain Baxter& and Nino Ricci at the Art Gallery of Sudbury as part of the ongoing Sense of Place roadshow. Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7 PM. For more information on Sense of Place, see Nino’s article in the July/August issue of Canadian Geographic.
The 23rd Eden Mills Writers’ Festival takes place this September in lovely Eden Mills, Ontario, with events that run from September 16th to 19th. On Sunday, September 18th, join Nino and more than thirty other authors reading from their work, signing their books, and being generally witty and entertaining, in a bucolic setting reminiscent of the world as it was before Google and social media. A good time is promised for all.
Join Nino for “Where the Words Are,” part of the York River Festival in Bancroft, Ontario. Saturday, September 17th, 2011 at 7 PM or thereabouts at Bancroft’s Village Playhouse. For more information, call 613.332.0873.
This fall, Nino Ricci joins the stellar faculty of The Humber School for Writer’s renowned Correspondence Program in Creative Writing.
Got a masterpiece mouldering in a drawer that needs just a little bit of expert polish? Sitting just a few comma splices short of a New York Times bestseller? Looking for that bit of alchemy that might turn your leaden dialogue into gold? Then look no further. Visit The Humber School website for details.
Registration is now open for the Summer Workshop in Creative Writing at the Humber School for Writers, running July 9 – 15, 2011 in Toronto at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus.
Since 1992, the Humber School for Writers has distinguished itself as a leading centre for the study of creative writing. Our track record speaks for itself: more than 275 of our graduates have been published, including placements by our in-house agency. Several have been nominated for literary awards, and a few have gone on to win. Alumna Angie Abdou’s The Bone Cage, for instance, was chosen for a prestigious list – one of the five books on this year’s Canada Reads. Sarah Selecky’s This Cake is for the Party was shortlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Robert Rotenberg had bidding wars in New York, London, and Toronto for his first novel, Old City Hall, and Cathy Marie Buchanan’s The Day the Falls Stood Still sold in Italy, the USA, the UK, and made The New York Times Best Sellers list.
– Antanas Silieka, director of the Humber School for Writers and author of Underground
“One of the best programs of its kind in North America.”
– The Globe and Mail
Who knew there was an Italian Heritage month? Come out and help celebrate it with Domenico Capilongo and Nino Ricci at Chapters Woodbridge, Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 7 PM.
Domenico Capilongo is the author of I thought elvis was italian, shortlisted for the F.G. Bressani Prize, and holds a Black Belt in karate. Nino Ricci owns a black belt, but knows no karate. Join Ricci and Capilongo for some friendly conversation on matters literary as well as a demonstration of Capilongo’s martial arts skills at Ricci’s expense.
Join renowned Azeri musicians Narmina Afandiyeva and Hassan Anami for a concert of classical music at Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 7:30 PM. Admission is free!
The tenth annual Springsong Celebration on Pelee Island features Margaret Atwood and guest authors Nino Ricci and Erika de Vasconcelos, with celebrity birder Trevor Herriot. Readings take place at The Great Banquet, which begins at 6:00 pm on Saturday, May 7th at the Wine Pavillion. Tickets at $65 each can be reserved beginning January 15th, by contacting curator@peleeislandmuseum.ca.
Nino Ricci speaksabout the adaptation of his Lives of the Saints trilogy into a television miniseries in his talk “From the Page to the Screen: How I Sold My Soul to Sophia Loren.” Presented by the Frank Iacobucci Centre of the University of Toronto.
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
6.00 PM
Alumni Hall, Room 100
121 St. Joseph Street, Toronto
(near Wellesley & Bay)
Everyone is welcome and admission is free. A reception will follow.