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October 2, 2024

CKCU FM Literary News
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 9:30 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/414/info.html
Reports, features and interviews in English, French and German. Hosted by: Hans G. Ruprecht and Helmut Zobl Airs: Every Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Asian Sounds
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/91/info.html
music from the Indian sub-continent and showcases events taking place in Ottawa. The show hosts conduct a number of interviews with local artists, musicians, and writers.

Book Launch: From Havana to Hollywood by Philip Kaisary
Time and Place: October 2 at 6:00 pm. Wise Town Cafe, 329A Elgin.
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events

October 2024 Events
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    City of Ottawa Poets Laureate Activity
reading following John Newlove Poetry Award, Club Saw, 67 Nicholas, 7:30pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2024-in-person-events/john-newlove-poetry-awards-and-the-ottawa-poets-laureate
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
2024 John Newlove Poetry Award 6:30pm
City of Ottawa 2024 Poet Laureates' Announcement and Reading 7:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm
Amanda Earl and Christine McNair 8:30pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch: From Havana to Hollywood by Philip Kaisary 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Good Prospects Brewing Company Open Mic 7:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am le Festival du livre des indépendants
Social Book Exchange 12:00pm
Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Shannon Robinson, Caroline Adderson & Pasha Malla
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le Festival du livre des indépendants
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Little Italy
2024 Lampman Award Finalists 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Invisible Prisons with Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen 7:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 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
Third World Players 6:00pm
Book Launch: Make Me a Mixtape by Jennifer Whiteford 7:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Wydrsmyth Press Presents A Hallow Zine Fair 10:00am
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
no open mic this week!
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
happens on Oct 7 this month due to Thanksgiving
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Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Independent Writers Meetings 7:00pm
10 Things I Learnt on my Memoir Journey with Barbara Leimsner
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Ottawa Trans Library Collaborative Zine Making 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
A Most Extraordinary Ride with Marc Garneau 7:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Horror Author Event 1:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am SOIRÉE DE POÉSIE AU PUB À LA DÉRIVE 6:00pm
Michelle Lapierre-Dallaire
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Celebrates the Joy of Reading with Steve Patterson 7:00pm
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book launch - Murder in Highbury, by Vanessa Kelly 6:30 to 8:30pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Maid by Nita Prose
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Fall 2024
Marie Wilson: 6pm; Monia Mazigh, Canisia Lubrin : 8pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Fall 2024
Kate Heartfield and JM Miro: 6pm; Suyi Davies Okungbowa and Nalo Hopkinson: 8pm
Salon du livre afro-canadien
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book launch - This Bright Dust, by Nina Berkhout with Anita Lahey 7pm
Authors Meet Readers 5:30pm
Christina Gabriel and Pauline Rankin present Counting Matters
Third World Players 6:00pm
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Fall 2024
Richard Van Camp: 12pm; David O’Meara, Jenny Haysom and Marissa Stapley: 6pm; Dina Del Bucchia, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Matthew Walsh and Shani Mootoo; 8pm
Rockcliff Park Book Fair
Salon du livre afro-canadien
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Fall 2024
Diana Beresford-Kroeger: 11:30am; Bob McDonald: 1pm; Robert J. Sawyer and Madeline Ashby: 2:30pm; Lynne Kutsukake and Sarah Henstra: 4pm; Hannah Mary McKinnon and Shari Lapena: 5.30pm; Jennifer Whiteford, Amy Lea and Julia McKay: 7pm; Christophe Lebold featuring Michael Dubue and Rebecca Noelle: 8:30pm
Rockcliff Park Book Fair
Salon du livre afro-canadien
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Halloween party and candlelight shopping. RSVP for 7:30 or 8:30pm slot.
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CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Fall 2024
General Roméo Dallaire: 11:30am; Ken McGoogan: 1pm; Tim Cook and Nahlah Ayed: 2:30pm; Elizabeth Renzetti: 4pm; Dionne Brand: 5:30pm; Isabella Hammad: 7pm; Kagiso Lesego Molope, Jordan Abel and Saeed Teebi: 8:30pm
Rockcliff Park Book Fair
Salon du livre afro-canadien
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Naked Boys Reading 8:00pm
Alone in the Dark
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Property Wrongs: The 70 Year Fight for Public Housing in Winnipeg, by Doug Smith.
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
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Third World Players 6:00pm
Murderino 7:00pm