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October 17, 2024
A Most Extraordinary Ride with Marc Garneau
Time and Place: October 17 at 7:00 pm. Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington
Web: writersfestival.org/events/fall-2024-in-person-events/a-most-extraordinary-ride
Free. Registration in advance recommended
Sad Girl Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Ave
Web: www.gigspaceottawa.com
music, poetry spoken word open mic for women of all ages on the 3rd Thursday of each. Capacity: 35
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
all genres welcome. sign ups: 8pm
October 2024 Events
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    2024 John Newlove Poetry Award 6:30pm
City of Ottawa 2024 Poet Laureates' Announcement and Reading 7:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Amanda Earl and Christine McNair 8:30pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch: From Havana to Hollywood by Philip Kaisary 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm   Social Book Exchange 12:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 2024 Lampman Award Finalists 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Invisible Prisons with Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen 7:00pm The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Writing Women into History 5:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch: Monia Mazigh presents Farida 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
In Winter I Get Up at Night with Jane Urquhart 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Book Launch: Make Me a Mixtape by Jennifer Whiteford 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		    
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm		 Ottawa Independent Writers Meetings 7:00pm
10 Things I Learnt on my Memoir Journey with Barbara Leimsner		 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		 A Most Extraordinary Ride with Marc Garneau 7:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		   Horror Author Event 1:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Celebrates the Joy of Reading with Steve Patterson 7:00pm		   The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm    
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Unwinnable Peace: Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan, by veteran diplomat and the last Representative of Canada in Kandahar, Tim Martin 6:30pm The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Murderino 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm