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November 10, 2025

Elmvale Writers Group
Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:30 pm. Ottawa Public Library Elmvale Branch, 1910 St. Laurent Blvd
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/elmvale-writers-group
registration required. adult / teen. 90 minutes

Art House Cafe Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. 555 Somerset W
musicians, vocalists, poets, and comedians. sign up in advance on site. stairs leading up to cafe and down to open mic area. sign up opens at 6:30pm

Namaashoum
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/53/info.html
Promoting the Persian culture, especially its music and literature. Hosted by: Mehdi Fallahi

Poetry Cabaret with Billy Ray Belcourt, Canisia Lubrin and katherena vermette
Time and Place: November 10 at 7:00 pm. St John the Evangelist • 154 Somerset Street West
Web: writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/poetry-cabaret
$25

Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre, Bay 106
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-city-centre-meetup#
a quiet place to read and meet other book lovers. Sign up on site.

November 2025 Events
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            Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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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
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Isabella Wang. November, November (Nightwood, 2025)
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
Book Launch - Christopher McPherson Screaming Obscenities at the Sky 5:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa 7:00pm
A Simple Pencil - Amazing Letters with Rick Draffin, City View United Church, 6 Epworth
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
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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
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Poetry Cabaret with Billy Ray Belcourt, Canisia Lubrin and katherena vermette 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch | Ottawology by Tonya Davidson 6:30pm
Amanda Earl, Beast Body Epic 7:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan with Lyse Doucet 7:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
  2025 Ottawa Book Awards 7:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
The Real Art of Writing Haiku with Claudia Radmore. $20. 10:30 a.m. to noon Nepean Centrepointe Library, 101 Centrepointe, Room 1B
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Shameless Artist: Tom Lips
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Book Launch | Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education 7:00pm
Jennifer Baker, Stephen Brockwell and Vera Hadzic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
David A. Robertson: What if everything will be okay? 4:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
We Breed Lions with Rick Westhead 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Book Launch | Complex Kids, Simple Solutions 8:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
  Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Book Fair: Crime for Christmas 1:00pm
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Queer SWANA Stories 6:30pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Against the Grain with Terry O'Reilly 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
   
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Capital Comic Book Convention 11 Edition
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