Tony Nesca

Tony Nesca was born in Torino, Italy in 1965 and moved to Canada at the age of three. He was raised in Winnipeg but relocated back to Italy several times until finally settling in Winnipeg in 1980. He taught himself how to play guitar and formed an original rock band playing the local bars for several years. At the age of twenty-seven he traded his guitar for a Commodore 64 and started writing seriously. He has published six chapbooks of stories and poems (which he used to sell straight out of his knapsack at local dives and bookstores), seven novels, six books of poetry and stories, a spoken word album, and has been an active contributor to the underground lit scene for twenty years, being published in innumerable magazines both online and in print.

He has also been published traditionally, with all ebooks and several print titles published by outside publishers.

Awards

2018 - Junkyard Lucy

Shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Fiction Award

Publications

Calabritto

Calabritto

Calabritto is a novel about a mountain village in central Italy taking place in the early 1970’s and the eccentric characters that weave their stories in and around each other. From the beautiful, innocent relationship of 11 year olds Guglielmo and Antonella as they experience love for the 1st time, to the adult complications of sex and romance surrounded by the changing tides, Calabritto weaves its magic around beauty, loss, and betrayal. Written in Tony Nesca’s classic free-flow, stream of consciousness, the prose itself mesmerizes and captivates, drawing the reader into a tragi-comedy that unfolds an intricate tapestry of human experience. A work of beauty.

Released: Dec 17, 2024

Publisher: Independent / Self-Published