Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events

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May 15, 2025

Bywords.ca - Submissions
Web: www.bywords.ca
Monthly online magazine featuring emerging and established poets residing, studying or working in Ottawa. Please submit poems and events by the 15th of each month. Events calendars distributed monthly. Please submit events to events@bywords.ca, and previously unpublished poetry to submissions@bywords.ca in Word or RTF format. Please no PDFS. Read guidelines on site.

Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Web: www.asianheritagemonth.net/

Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition
Web: writersfestival.org/

Silent Book Club - Hintonburg
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Absinthe Cafe 1208 Wellington St. W.
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-hintonburg-meetup
Sign up to attend

Writing Circle
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 3:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Ruth E. Dickinson Branch, 100 Malvern
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/writing-circle

Third World Players
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: www.ckcufm.com/
readings from Third World literature

Sad Girl Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Ave
Web: www.gigspaceottawa.com
music, poetry spoken word open mic for women of all ages on the 3rd Thursday of each. Capacity: 35

Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
all genres welcome. sign ups: 8pm

	May 2025 Events Return to today
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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				Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition Writing Circle 3:00pm Third World Players 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition
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Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings Author storytime - Kenzie's Little Tree 10am CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Sunnyside Writers' Group with Michael F. Stewart 6:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Perfect Books Terese Mason Pierre’s Myth and Mahaila Smith’s Seed Beetle 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Words & Culture 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Writing Circle 3:00pm Third World Players 6:00pm Silent Book Club - Vanier 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am	Octopus Books Glebe Signing: Jolly Bimbachi presents I Wish I Could 11:00AM - 1:00PM, weather permitting Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
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Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month 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	Octopus Books Glebe Book Launch: Red Flags by David Camfield 7:00PM - 8:00PM Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm Words & Culture 7:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm	Bywords.ca Submissions Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition 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	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Edition CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am	Octopus Books Glebe Signing: Dan Black presents Oceans of Fate 11:00AM - 1:00PM, weather permitting Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
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Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Perfect Books Jessica Bebenek, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Christine Wu. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm Words & Culture 7:00pm	Indigo Books, Rideau Centre Readings and Signings Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer 7pm Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm	Brenda Chapman Readings and Signings Who Lies in Wait, 4th in the Hunter and Tate Mysteries. 7-9pm; Ottawa Curling Club, 440 O'Connor Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Writing Circle 3:00pm Third World Players 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
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Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm (un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Collage Club 6:00pm Monday Director Spotlight - Lee Chang-dong - Poetry 6:00pm Zine Workshop 6:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm Words & Culture 7:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm	Octopus Books Glebe Author Talk: Race, Class, and Urban Revitalization with Vanessa Rosa 7pm Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Writing Circle 3:00pm Third World Players 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am	Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm