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UESA Creative Writing Capstone Reading
Time and Place: April 1 at 7:00 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas
Web: www.instagram.com/p/DVwGbSODaXF/
As the academic year is coming to an end, many students are preparing for their graduations. Come down to Club Saw to checkout what the graduating creative writers have been working on throughout their degrees! It’ll be a night to celebrate their hard work, listen to some cool pieces, and socialize. You might even get to hear some works from your professors!

April 2026 Events
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      The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
UESA Creative Writing Capstone Reading 7:00pm
Authors Meet Readers 5:30pm
The Nightcrawlers by Joshua Steckley
Public Talk and Poetry Evening with Prof. Nimi Wariboko, Poet and Director, African Studies Center, Boston University 6:00pm
The Voices of Ottawa Variety Show 6:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
DYKE SMUT 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am Ottawa Comic Arts Festival 10:00am
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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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
Dr. Cornel Pewewardy, Indigenous Pathways for Educational Transformation across Turtle Island 2:00pm
Last Generation Canada: Zine Night 6:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Commonhouse Issue 7 Launch Party 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Book launch and signing: Exhumed Ottawa, What Lies Beneath. 6 to 9pm
Sumac Literary Magazine Launch Party 5:00pm
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
Book Launch | Little Bee by Danny Neville 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm
Carol A. Stephen Celebration of Life 2:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Reading and Writing Splendid Sentences with Melanie White-Heron 7 to 8:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
ALSO's 4th Annual Banned Book Night 6:00pm
The Dusty Owl Reading Series Open Mic Night and Book Launch 7:00pm
Reread Used Books: Grand Opening Party
Kate Cole, Clover Callahan, Aurelia Foxx, Michelle Young, John Haas, MK Schultz, Chris Campeau, AJ Dolman, JK Moran.1-4pm
Ottawa Book Launch for Laurie D. Graham, Liz Johnston, and Aga Maksimowska 2:00pm
SIP & READ (+Book Swap) - Ottawa/Gatineau 2:00pm
Registration required www.eventbrite.ca/e/sip-read-book-swap-ottawagatineau-tickets-1981161560559?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Indigo Barrhaven Signings and Readings
Amanda Bernardo 12-3pm
Reread Used Books: Grand Opening Party
Marie Bilodeau, Stephanie Anne, Charlene Elsby, Mona Storm, Renee Gendron, Krista Walsh, Celine Perron, Jen and Eric Desmarais 1-4pm
An Indian Morning 10:00am
A Queer Community Telethon for the Ottawa Trans Library (OTL). 11:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Susan J. Atkinson, Amanda Earl, Chris Johnson, Jim Johnstone, Shane Neilson 5:00pm
Book Launch | The Long Sixties with Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
An Evening with Amal El-Mohtar: Seasons of Glass and Iron 7:30pm
Words and Culture 10:00am
Book Launch | The Long Sixties with Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry 6:30pm
Mary Lee Bragg. Ronnie R. Brown, Blaine Marchand, Susan McMaster, and Colin Morton 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch | Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us 6:30pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Author Talk | Curtis Chin - Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant 6:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Book Launch | Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer presents wîhtamawik / Tell Them 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Soirée de poésie en hommage à Lucie Hotte 6:00pm
Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale
Canadian Indie Bookstore Day 10:00am
When the Forest Breathes with Suzanne Simard 7:00pm
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Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Amanda Earl and Eliza Rankin celebrate the end of winter 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Words and Culture 10:00am
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm
Zeina Sleiman, Where The Jasmine Blooms. IN-PERSON: www.eventbrite.ca/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-in-person-zeina-sleiman-tickets-1985979182195?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true ONLINE: www.eventbrite.ca/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-zeina-sleimans-where-the-jasmine-blooms-tickets-1985980005658?aff=oddtdtcreator
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings
Zeina Sleiman Meet and Greet 6-7:30pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Author Talk | Nora Loreto at The CNCA’s 20th Anniversary Party 5:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Indigo Carlingwood Signings
Steph Mulley 1-3pm
Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring 2026 Edition
6:30pm Monique Gray Smith. 8pm Ashraf Zaghal, Reem Gaafar and Maria Reva
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm