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Bywords.ca Poetry Open Mic
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Lieutenant's Pump, 361 Elgin
Email: amanda@bywords.ca
Sign up 1:30pm. 5 minutes total at the microphone per poet. 2-3pm.
February 2026 Events
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Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Ernie Bies 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Perfect Books
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm		 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar and SOUL MACHINE by Jordana Globerman River House Ballroom, 501 Promenade Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier. 6:30pm for tickets to the in-person event at the Ottawa River House: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-amal-el-mohtar-and-jordana-globerman-tickets-1980265864508?aff=oddtdtcreator for virtual tickets (participating from your home or wherever you may be): www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-amal-el-mohtar-and-jordana-globerman-tickets-1980275045970?aff=oddtdtcreator
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm		 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
The Inaugural Father Jim Bleackley OMI Lecture on Indigenous Justice with Guest Speaker Niigaan Sinclair 7:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm		 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Bywords.ca Poetry Open Mic 2:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Recovering Romantic Artist: Briane Nasimok
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm		 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm