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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Caitlyn Paxson launches A Widow's Charm 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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 |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Susan J Atkinson, Marie-Andree Auclair, Dawn Steiner, Adrienne Stevenson 7 to 8pm
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 |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm
Scribblin’ in the Margins: Beyond the Binary, an slam and open mic event with signs ups open specifically to Two-Spirit, trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, and/or other gender-nonconforming identities. Everyone is welcome to attend. This event will feature Ottawa's own, Lukayo! FACE MASKS REQUIRED.Doors 7:00 | Show 7:30 Tickets at the door, PWYD (suggested donation: $10) |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Pascale Lacelle Book Signing for Infinite Shores 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm |
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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
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Pascale Lacelle Book Signing for Infinite Shores 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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 |
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
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 |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Miss Rocket 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Ottawa Book Launch for Laurie D. Graham, Liz Johnston, and Aga Maksimowska 2:00pm |
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
A Queer Community Telethon for the Ottawa Trans Library (OTL). 11:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm |
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
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall with Whit Fraser. 7pm
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
Silent Book Club - East End 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 |
Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl
Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale
Canadian Indie Bookstore Day 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
When the Forest Breathes with Suzanne Simard 7:00pm |
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Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl
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 |
Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Launch for Knowledge Under Siege 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy by Carter Lavin.
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Zoe Dickinson, Frances Boyle, and Margo LaPierre 7 to 8:30pm
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 |
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Poetry Reading - David O'Meara, Christina Shah and Natalie Southworth 6:30 pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
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 |
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