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Canadian Indie Bookstore Day
Time and Place: April 25 at 10:00 am.
visit local independent bookstores

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