Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

November 5, 2024

CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Web: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2024/
Help keep CKCU on the air.

CKCU FM Words and Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 9:30 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/640/info.html
Words and Culture weaves conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. Airs: Every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

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.

Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap
Time and Place: 7:30 pm.
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/story-swap
Attendees are invited to listen or to tell a story 5-10 minutes in length. via Zoom

  November 2024 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Can*Con Fall 2024, Ottawa’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Literature Convention
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Diana Ash
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Little Italy
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Octopus Books Reading Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Carleton University Poetic Society Open Mic 6:00pm
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Third World Players 6:00pm
A Communist for the RCMP: The Uncovered Story of a Social Movement Informant, Dennis Gruending 7:00pm
Good Prospects Brewing Company Open Mic 7:00pm
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Jim Johnstone, Manahil Bandukwala, Mahaila Smith, Margo LaPierre, and Chris Johnson, 7:30pm
Urban Legends Season 15
ULPC #3 featuring Lucia de Luca, doors 7pm . masks required.
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Reconciling History with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh 7:00pm
CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
1-3:30pm
Perfect Books
Mike Martin Book Signing 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Erin Lisbeth
Wayne Ng: Book Launch - Johnny Delivers and Yet Keen Seniors’ Day Centre Fundraiser 2:00pm
Do Weeds Still Grown in Heaven? by Lan "Florence" Yee 3:00pm
Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Memorial Launch for Jacqueline Bourque
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CKCU Funding Drive 2024
Perfect Books
Yvonne Blomer and Ariel Gordon 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Renée Gendron
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Perfect Books
Doris Fiszer, Carolyne Van Der Meer & Bruce Kauffman 7pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Poetry reading - Patrick Connors, Frances Boyle and Colin Morton. 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
The Alex Trebek Distinguished Lecture Series with Kim Thúy 6:00pm
At a Loss for Words with Carol Off 7:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Octopus Books Glebe
Book Launch: Mother Trouble by Miranda Brady 7pm
Possible Worlds
Zine Club, Ottawa Public Library, 18 Rosemont, 6:30-free
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book launch - White, by Aviva Rubin 7pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
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Submissions
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
ottawa small press book fair fall 2024 pre-fair reading 7:00pm
Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
1-3:30pm
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book signing - Secrets of Stone, by Coltrane Seesequasis 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Chris Smith
ottawa small press book fair 2024 12:00pm
Fall Edition
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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
Perfect Books
Laura Madokoro launches Sanctuary in Pieces 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 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
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Holiday subscriber appreciation evening 7:30pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
 
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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
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.