Nino Ricci

Award-winning Author

Kingston WritersFest

Paul Quarrington & Martin Worthy

The 2010 Kingston WritersFest opens with a tribute to the late Paul Quarrington. Nino joins Dave Bidini, Wayson Choy, Kim Moritsugu, Stuart Ross, Steven Heighton, Dan Hill, Cordelia Strube, Jim Garrard, Judith Keenan, and the Porkbelly Futures for an evening of reminiscence and story celebrating a legacy that includes Paul’s posthumously released CD The Songs and memoir Cigar Box Banjo.

7:30 – 10:30 pm on Wednesday, September 22 in the Regina Rosen Auditorium of the Grand Theatre, 218 Princess Street, Kingston.

Stephen Leacock Festival

The 2010 Stephen Leacock Summer Festival finishes off with the Paul Quarrington Levee, with readings by Joe Kertes, Antanas Sileika, Kim Moritsugu, and Nino Ricci, a screening of Paul Quarrington: Life in Music, and a live performance by Paul’s band Porkbelly Futures. Sunday, July 25th, 2010 at 2 PM, on the grounds of the Leacock Museum overlooking beautiful Lake Couchiching. Afterwards join Paul’s lifelong friend Dan Hill in concert at the Orillia Opera House at 8 PM.

Check out the Leacock Museum web site for a series of video tributes to Paul Quarrington produced by BookShorts.

SLEEP on Scribes & Songsters

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In The Blogosphere

☛Sleep makes the Toronto Star's Top 5 for 2015
☛Van Winkle's sleep site on Sleep
☛CBC Manitoba describes Sleep as a "dark but gripping read"
☛London Free Press calls Sleep "a page-turner bound to please"
☛Sleep ends first week at No. 6 on Hardcover Bestseller List and No. 2 on Canadian Bestseller List
☛Sleep heads Chatelaine's "Buzzy Fall Books"
☛Nino talks about Sleep on Canada AM
☛5 Good Reads from Word on the Street
☛How 5 writers survive the festival season
☛Nino Ricci on the origins of Sleep
☛Emily Donaldson reviews Sleep in the Globe
☛Domenico Capilongo talks to Nino on Italocanadese.com
☛The Globe & Mail's Mark Medley on Nino's new thriller novel
☛- Nino Ricci on Kafka and Sleep in the National Post
☛Quill & Quire gives Sleep a gold star
☛Phil Marchand gives Sleep a rare rave
☛A sneak preview of Sleep in the Globe
☛Quill & Quire on "Nino Ricci and The Power of Sleep"
☛Nino on sleep and the coming apocalypse
☛The Globe and Mail picks Sleep for Top 20

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