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Vibrations from Gaza: Screening, talk and book launch
Time and Place: October 5 at 7:00 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas
To mark the final stop of the North American tour of Driving in Palestine by Rehab Nazzal, now on view at The People’s Forum in New York City, SAW is pleased to present a screening of Vibrations from Gaza and Canada Park and talk with the artist on Sunday, October 5 at 7PM at Club SAW. The evening will also include the launch of Soumoud in Dark Times, a limited-edition publication by the artist, published by Monolith Editions (New York City).Admission: Pay-what-you-can — All proceeds support the Amani Fund

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      Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
The Carleton Poetic Society Open Mic at Oat Couture's Night Oat 7:00pm
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Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm Nuit blanche dans le Vieux-Hull 8:00pm
Nuit blanche dans le Vieux-Hull 8:00pm
The Byward Market in Literature, a walk with Susan Johnston 11:00am
Book Launch: Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees 2:00pm
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Sue Davidson, Dread Comes At Daybreak 4:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
Book Launch: Ann Cavlovic, Count on Me 6:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Book Launch: A Plea to Our Mother by Kathleen Rooney. 4:00pm
Vibrations from Gaza: Screening, talk and book launch 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Stories That Shape Us: Open Mic Poetry Reading 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Speed Dating 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Forensic Field Techniques for Human Remains by Christopher Courtin
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Authors Meet Readers 5:30pm
Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia with Merlyna Lim octopusbooks.ca/events/3604620251009
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
  Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
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
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award 6:30pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Domina Eliahou and Stuart Ross 7:30pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2025 Archibald Lampman Award 8:00pm
Book launch of Ajar by Margo LaPierre 8:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
2025-2026 Munro Beattie Lecture with Ivan Coyote 7:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Webinar: Book Bones with Susan Forest: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Book Launch of A Capital Mystery, featuring 21 stories set in Ottawa by 21 local authors. 6:00pm
Ottawa Design Club: Pivotal Moments - Special Zine Edition Launch Event 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
Improvised Introductions Jaap Blonk (voice) and Jesse Stewart (percussion) 8:30pm
  Jagjeet Sharma - Author Signings and readings 12:00pm
Indigo Gloucester, 2401 City Park Drive. Silent Ripples signing noon to 3pm
Hashem Abdi, When The Last Tree Falls 4:00pm
Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Zane Koss and rob mclennan
Catherine Allard, Christine Kifoil, Nshannacappo 7:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Author Talk | Madelaine Drohan on Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada 5:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Come Home to Poetry- Ottawa launch of Susan Wismer’s poetry book, Hag Dances, with guest poet, Sheila Steward, reading from her collection, If I Write About My Father. 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Bottle Lamp Tales Artist: Jan Blake 7:30pm
Signing | James Duthie presents Certified Beauties 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
Book Launch | Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel by Muhannad Ayyash 12:00pm
Conservation in Fiction Panel Discussion 7:00pm
Jagjeet Sharma - Author Signings and readings 12:00pm
Indigo Rideau, 50 Rideau Street Silent Ripples signing noon to 3pm
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Canadian Poets Concert: the poetry of Adele Graf 3:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
October: Scary Tales, Ghosts in the Attic
Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Bob Joseph, 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act. 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Book Launch | The Cheese Cure by Michael Finnerty 7:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
uOpoetry x RISE x PRIDE Open Mic 6:00pm
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Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
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Anina's Cafe Open Mic 7:30pm
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Author Talk | Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism 6:00pm
The Carleton University Poetic Society Dead Poet Society Event 6:00pm
The 2025 CBC Massey Lectures Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World with Alex Neve 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
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