Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

April 2, 2025

CKCU FM Literary News
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 9:30 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/414/info.html
Reports, features and interviews in English, French and German. Hosted by: Hans G. Ruprecht and Helmut Zobl Airs: Every Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Asian Sounds
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/91/info.html
music from the Indian sub-continent and showcases events taking place in Ottawa. The show hosts conduct a number of interviews with local artists, musicians, and writers.

Every Person Cafe Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm. 139 Bank
music, poetry, spoken word. every Wednesday w/ 1st Wednesday of the month for Carleton Poetics Society Open Mic

Silent Book Club - Constance Bay
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. The Bay Cafe , 131 Constance Bay Rd
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-constance-bay-meetup

Sucker Punch with Scaachi Koul
Time and Place: April 2 at 7:00 pm. Southminster United Church • 15 Aylmer Ave.
Web: writersfestival.org/events/spring-20251/sucker-punch
$25

Capstone Reading
Time and Place: April 2 at 7:30 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas
emerging writers from the University of Ottawa creative writing program

  April 2025 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
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    CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
Sucker Punch with Scaachi Koul 7:00pm
Capstone Reading 7:30pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Urban Legends Poetry Collective and The Other Hill for Scribblin’ in the Margins: Beyond the Binary, an open mic event featuring Charlie Petch 7:00pm
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Beth Granger, Born and Razed, Surviving the Cult Was Only Half the Battle, 12-3pm
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Chris Smith: 11 am to 2pm
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Perfect Books Presents: Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre with Mark Bourrie 7:00pm
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Indigo South Keys Signings and Readings
Marko Arizanovic, Julie E. Czerneda, Kate Heartfield, Kevin Hearne, and James W. Lackie. Meet and Greet: 12-3pm
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Kate Cole: 11 am to 2pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Common House Issue 5 Launch Party 7:00pm
Perfect Books
Book Launch for At the Trough by Laurent Carbonneau 7-8:30ppm
Sunnyside Writers' Group with Michael F. Stewart 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
MASC Young Authors & Illustrators Festival
Octopus Books Glebe
The Octopus Books Reading Club 7pm
Perfect Books
Born and Razed Book Launch -Beth Granger 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
MASC Young Authors & Illustrators Festival
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Vanier 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Can Con 2025
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Stephen Thorne: 11 am to 2pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Collage Club 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
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Submissions
Octopus Books Glebe
Shannon Arntfield and Christine McNair. 7pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
RPL Acoustic Music Jam 6:00pm
Carleton University Presents: A Half-Built Garden with Ruthanna Emrys 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
House of Anansi Poetry Bash with AF Moritz, Clémence Dumas-Côté, Farah Ghafoor and Karen Solie. 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Octopus Books Glebe
Book Launch: My Thievery of the People by Leila Marshy 7pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ben Ladouceur: Book Launch, I Remember Lights 7:30pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Deborah-Anne Tunney, Poetry Workshop: Crafting Poems for Publication
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Ottawa Afrocentric Book Club
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson, Room 213 3-5pm.
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Paige Prangley: 11am to 2pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Laiza Millan, 11am to 2pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Amanda Earl, Margo La Pierre, Lisa Richter and Chuqiao Lang 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Collage Club 6:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm