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The Octopus Books Reading Club
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events/42287
You're encouraged to bring a book to discuss, but also feel free to join us if you simply wish to listen in on the conversations.
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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
2024 John Newlove Poetry Award 6:30pm
The Octopus Books Reading Club 7:00pm
City of Ottawa 2024 Poet Laureates' Announcement and Reading 7:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm
Amanda Earl, Sandra Ridley 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
Carleton University Poetic Society Open Mic 6:00pm
sign up sheet link forthcoming
Third World Players 6:00pm
Good Prospects Brewing Company Open Mic 7:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Shannon Robinson, Caroline Adderson & Pasha Malla
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Silent Book Club Ottawa - Little Italy
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Invisible Prisons with Lisa Moore 7:00pm
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
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
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Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata
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  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book launch - Murder in Highbury, by Vanessa Kelly 6:30 to 8:30pm
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 and katherena vermette: 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
Third World Players 6:00pm
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
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
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
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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
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm   CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm