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Octopus Books Readings and Signings
Time and Place: 116 Third
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events
October 21 - Elizabeth Urso and Robin Blackburn McBride 6:30 to 8:30pm
October 24 - Book signing The Politics of Lonely Why Is Friendship So Hard? 11am to 1pm
November 24 - Book Launch | Marie-Claire McKelvey presents The Year my Head Exploded 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
November 2026 Events
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Manahil Bandukwala, Amanda Earl, Jennifer Lovegrove 7pm to 8:30pm.
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Book Launch - Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Allan Briesmaster launches Elsewise with Daniel Scott. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
WitchLit Writer Wednesdays 12:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam Part 1 McNabb Community Centre. Meeting Room C
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Altared's Open Mic 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Book Launch: Footnotes by Cameron Anstee with Jessica Bebenek and Christine McNair 6:00pm		 Re-read Used Books Readings and Signings Riverside South
Peggy Blair book signing 12-3pm
Poetry Night at the Ottawa Trans Library 5:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
WitchLit Writer Wednesdays 12:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Singing Pebble Books Readings and Signings
Book Talk with author & artist Rob Mullen 6:30PM - 8:00 PM
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2026 pre fair reading 7:00pm		 the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2026 edition 12:00pm
City of Ottawa Book Awards 7:00pm
Joyce Carol Oates 8:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Past and Present: Celebrating Archibald Lampman, an evening of poetry 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
WitchLit Writer Wednesdays 12:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Altared's Open Mic 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm
Urban Legends Poetry Slam		 Unbound: Indie Lit Market 11:00am
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 N.G. Avant: Indie Author Group 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Octopus Books Readings and Signings
Book Launch | Marie-Claire McKelvey presents The Year my Head Exploded 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Robin Blackburn McBride and Frances Boyle 7 to 8:30pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
WitchLit Writer Wednesdays 12:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art-N-Tell 7:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm