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November 18, 2025
Book Launch | Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education
Time and Place: November 18 at 7:00 pm. Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper Street, Room 14.
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events/3854120251117
Jennifer Baker, Stephen Brockwell and Vera Hadzic
Time and Place: November 18 at 7:00 pm. The Lieutenant's Pump, 361 Elgin
Web: www.facebook.com/events/2853149791744142
November 2025 Events
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            Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 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		 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
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Poetry Cabaret with Billy Ray Belcourt, Canisia Lubrin and katherena vermette 7:00pm		   The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
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
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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
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Book Launch | Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education 7:00pm
Jennifer Baker, Stephen Brockwell and Vera Hadzic 7:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
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		 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		    
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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
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		   The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 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