Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau: Climate Action Book Club: Hot Mess
Time and Place: January 8 at 8:00 pm. via Zoom
Web: www.forourkids.ca/for_our_kids_book_club
Hot Mess: Mothering Through a Code Red Climate Emergency, by Sarah Marie Wiebe. Sara Parkes and Susan Bakshi. RSVP to receive Zoom link
January 2025 Events
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      CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau: Climate Action Book Club: Hot Mess 8:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Vanier 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2024/2025 2:00pm
Bringing Villagers' Voices to Life: Stories from Sierra Leone Nancy Edwards and Dauda Mansaray		 In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm		 Bywords.ca
Submissions
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
All the Happy Endings: a reading and a reunion of sorts 7:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Get tickets on site: www.gigspaceottawa.com/events/sad-girl-cafe-2025-01-16-19-00		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Creative Cafe 5:00pm		 Riverside United Church Winter Book Nook Sale 9:00am
Asian Community Arts Market 10:00am
The Book Purge Takes over Studio Staja 1:30pm
Lana Crossman, Laurie Koensgen & Pearl Pirie 2:00pm
For Our Kids online watch party and meet and greet 3:00pm
Mothering Through a Climate Emergency: A Conversation with Author Sarah Marie Wiebe 4:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Book Launch: Reading the Room 6:30pm
Book Launch: Reading the Room with Natalie Kouri-Towe 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm		 International Women's Day
Femme Fest, Next Door Ottawa, 955 A Gladstone:11am-5pm. Includes Spoken Word. www.facebook.com/events/s/femme-fest-at-next-door-ottawa/575470321764056/
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch: Burnt by Democracy by Jacqueline Kennelly 7:00pm
Croisée des mots : une causerie littéraire : Denise Desautels et François Baril Pelletier 7:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Zine Club with Possible Worlds 6:00pm
Art from the Archives : create a collage 6:30pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Art des archives : créer un collage 6:30pm
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm
Huda Mukbil's Agent Of Change and Carolyn Whitzman's Clara At The Door With A Revolver. Next Door Market and Event Space, 955 Gladstone Avenue Doors & Zoom 6:30 PM, Discussion 7:00-8:30 PM TICKETS: IN-PERSON: Click here to book a ticket: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1148995710099?aff=oddtdtcreator VIRTUAL (to join us from the comfort of your home) Click here to book a ticket: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1149561061079?aff=oddtdtcreator
Let the Heart Speak Poetry Night at Rumi Cup Commune-A-Tea Arthouse 6:30pm		  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
Blue Monday 6:30pm
The Whimsical Whiteout. Dress up in your best whites and sparkles and show up early if you want UESA to treat you to a FREE drink Sign up for performers: tinyurl.com/bluemonday250127
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm		 Librairie du Soleil
Lancement de La soif de la soie de François Baril Pelletier, 17h30 www.facebook.com/events/s/lancement-la-soif-de-la-soie
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Authors Meet Readers 5:30pm
Mother Trouble by Miranda Brady
Third World Players 6:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am