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Al-Funun: An Evening of Solidarity with Palestine
Time and Place: January 18 at 6:30 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas
Web: tinyurl.com/palestinejan18
music, film, poetry and art with books on Palestine published by Love Layla Books. $10 or PWYC. Masks required and provided. There will be air purifiers in the space as an additional measure. We ask that attendees avoid wearing scented products to this event.
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            Poetry Night 5:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 The Carleton University Poetics Society, CUSA and Impact Present Verses for Change 6:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Qualifer 7:30pm		 Winter Family Storytime 10:00am
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Book Launch: We Inherit the Fire Kagiso Lesego Molope 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Al-Funun: An Evening of Solidarity with Palestine 6:30pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
New Vision for Transit Launch Party & OPEN MIC in collaboration with Free Transit Ottawa 7:30pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Thandizo Joy: A Little Death 7:30pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Thandizo Joy: A Little Death 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Thandizo Joy: A Little Death 7:30pm		 Kind Space Clothing Swap and Fundraiser for the 2026 Ottawa Anarchist Book Fair 12:30pm
Ottawa Poets Laureate Present Words and Image 5:00pm
Last Poet Laughing 6:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Stories & Sweets: Celebrating Black History 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 U Ottawa Poetry x RISE X PRIDE X Tyah Art and Event Open Mic and Craft Night 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
8 mois pour écrire ton premier livre 6:00pm
Book Launch | The Winter Witch by Jennifer Chevalier 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch | A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
An Evening with Cory Doctorow, presented by The Perfect Books Lecture Series and The Other Hill 7:30pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Books on Beechwood Readings and Signings
Mary Hogan-Finlay 1-3 pm signing
Book Launch: Tessa Belanger, Pass the Sage: Stories from the Fire, Teachings from the Smoke 5:00pm