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November 17, 2024
Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
Time and Place: 312 Laurier Ave E.
Web: amnesty.ca/bookclub/
open to all queer book lovers
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 10:00 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/30/info.html
celebrating and seeking the spirit of India thru sounds, stories, music & songs.
Indigo Kanata Book Signings
Time and Place: 11:00 am. 00 Earl Grey Dr Unit 1
Amanda Earl and Liam Taliesin
Time and Place: November 17 at 2:00 pm. The Lieutenant's Pump, 361 Elgin
Web: angelhousepress.com/
celebrating Liam's debut novel, Lithium Fire. Masks encouraged and will be provided.
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2024/2025
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Blackbox Studio and On Demand
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/signature-series-shows
Tickets $23 in person or on demand
January 12 - Bringing Villagers' Voices to Life: Stories from Sierra Leone Nancy Edwards and Dauda Mansaray
February 23 - Whispers from Tradition: Nigeria’s Untold Legends Explore Nigeria’s untold legends with Alaukwu Anozie and Uchechi Ogbonna
March 9 - The Music of What Happens: Stories of the Great Irish Hero, Finn Mac Cool Hear stories of the warrior, lover, hunter, and poet Finn Mac Cool
Sabina Wasserlauf, Gazing at the Moon
Time and Place: November 17 at 2:00 pm. Council Chambers, Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepoint
Web: tinyurl.com/wasserlauflaunch
Email: swasserlauf2@gmail.com
memoir/essays. Books $20 cash or e-transfer. all $ donated to Cornerstone Housing for Women. RSVP by November 8.
  November 2024 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
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Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
Coffee and Tea Social, the Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset W. 12:30 to 3:30pm.
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Renée La Force Ellison
Amanda Earl and Liam Taliesin 2:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2024/2025 2:00pm
Memories are Made of This - And, of course, they’re always true Kathie Kompass and Mary Wiggin
Sabina Wasserlauf, Gazing at the Moon 2:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Dangerous Memory with Charlie Angus 7:00pm
MacKay Music & Meditation Fall 2024 series 7:00pm		 Perfect Books
Laura Madokoro launches Sanctuary in Pieces 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Carleton University Poetic Society Open Mic 6:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 5 7:30pm
SACHA ARCHER SARAH BURGOYNE ANNIE SOCORIA		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Lloyd Axworthy: My Life in Politics 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book signing - Home Truths, by Carolyn Whitzman - 12-2pm
Mid City Zine Launch Party 4:00pm
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Perfect Books
Beth Everest Book Signing 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM; Jesse Ecklerin, Nyla Matuk, Cory Lavender, and Ellen Chang-Richardson Poetry Reading - 6-7:30pm
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Better Buses, Better Cities How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit by Steven Higashide.		 Perfect Books
Ruby Barrett launches The Match Faker 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Be Gay, Do Art, Zine Workshop and Swap 5:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm		 Perfect Books
Hòt'A! Enough! with Georges Erasmus 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
MacKay Music & Meditation Fall 2024 series 7:00pm		 Perfect Books
JC Sulzenko (writing as A. Garnett Weiss) and Allan Briesmaster, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm		 VERSeFest Fall 2024 Edition
8pm: Manahil Bandukwala, Alice Burdick, Stuart Ross, Véronique Sylvain $15 Redbird 1165 Bank. Buy tickets in advance here: www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/autumn2024redbird
Third World Players 6:00pm		 The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
A Night of Ink and Embers (RSVP for 7:30pm or 8:30pm slot)
VERSeFest Fall 2024 Edition
- Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave: 7pm: MASKS REQUIRED. Khaleefa ‘Apollo the Child’ Hamdan, Sergio Guerra, aka Cheko7even, Playto AKA Panos, PWYC at the door 9pm: Chuqiao Yang, Faith Paré, Stephen Collis - free. ACCESSIBLE VENUE
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Carleton University Fundraiser for the CUSA Food Centre: Open Mic + Amanda Earl 7:00pm		 Perfect Books
Barbara Fradkin Book Signing 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
VERSeFest Fall 2024 Edition
Alice Burdick poetry workshop: “Taking the reins by the horse” 30 Nov 2024 • 01:30 PM–03:30 PM Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank; 5pm: The Manx Pub, 370 Elgin: Armand Garnet Ruffo, Chimwemwe Undi, Erik Lindner. free.