Amnesty International Writeathon
Saturday, December 5, 2015 ~ 1 PM to 7 PM
Centre for Social Innovation Annex ~ 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto

WRITE A LETTER. CHANGE A LIFE.
JOIN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FOR WRITE FOR RIGHTS.

Your hand-written letters, combined with millions from around the world, can change a life. Become part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights by signing up to host or join a letter writing party, or by writing on your own. However you participate, you’ll be adding your voice to the growing movement for justice and human rights.

Come out to the Centre for Social Innovation Annex at 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto on December 5th or check out the dozens of other Amnesty International activities in your area and across the country in celebration of Human Rights Day on December 10th.

Writers’ Trust Gala 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 ~ 6:30 PM 
The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto

The annual Writers’ Trust Gala is a true celebration of Canadian authors and Canadian literature and a major fundraising event in support of the Trust’s programs. Join some of this year’s hottest authors for an evening of food, fun and conversation. Hosted by Steve Patterson.

The Canadian Authors Series
Thursday, November 26, 2015 ~ 7 PM
Roselawn Centre for the Living Arts
296 Fielden Ave, Port Colborne, Ontario

Reception at 7 PM ~ Reading at 8 PM

For twenty-two years the renowned Canadian Authors Series has been hosting Canada’s finest writers at Port Colborne’s Roselawn Centre for the Living Arts, a haunted but lovely Victorian Mansion featuring a 265-seat theatre. Over the years the series has placed over 10,000 Canadian books into the hands of readers and has donated more than $30,000 to charities including the Niagara Peninsula Children’s Centre, Port Cares, Easter Seals and the United Way.

After its first week in bookstores, Sleep has come in at #2 on the Globe and Mail‘s Canadian Fiction Bestseller List, just behind Lawrence Hill’s The Illegal. Reached at his home, where he had cracked open a bottle of lemon Perrier in celebration, Ricci commented, “I think people will finally understand now what it means to come from a big Italian family. I don’t think they actually read any of my books, but at least they buy them.”

On the main Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List, Sleep comes in at #6, ahead of Harper Lee and Danielle Steele.

“I’m hoping this is just the beginning,” Ricci said. “Given how long it takes me to finish a book, I’m going to have to live off this one for quite a while yet.”