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May 31, 2025
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Web: www.asianheritagemonth.net/
Westboro Books Readings and Signings
Time and Place: 214 Richmond Road
Web: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094299872995
May 31 - Book signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1-3pm
June 14 - Book signing with Jordana Globerman 2-4pm
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale
Time and Place: 10:00 am. James Bartleman Centre, 100 Tallwood Drive
Web: www.fopla-aabpo.ca/events/category/mammoth-sale/
from 10 am to 2 pm
May 31 -
June 21 -
July 26 -
August 23 -
September 27 -
October 25 -
November 29 -
December 20 -
Collaborative Zine Making
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset W.
Web: ottawatranslibrary.ca/series/collaborative-zine-making-night-at-the-otl/
May 31 -
June 28 -
July 26 -
August 23 -
September 20 -
October 18 -
November 15 -
December 13 -
Manahil Banduwala, Natalie Lim, Ellen Chang-Richardson
Time and Place: May 31 at 3:00 pm. Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way
Elegy for Opportunity Book Launch
  May 2025 Events
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Kitab Book Fair
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
Book Launch: Unsilenced – Poems for Palestine 11:00am
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
Jordana Globerman, Soul Machine book launch 6:00pm
Media Club of Ottawa Meetings 6:00pm
Jean-François Pinsonneault, author, organizational development practitioner, mediator, consultant and coach.
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Storytelling Open Mic for Teens 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
Westboro Books Readings and Signings
Thursday Murder Book Club: The Night Will Be Long 6-7pm. Registration required
Third World Players 6:00pm
Jamie Liew, Monia Mazigh, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Narratives of Belonging: Stories of Identity, Community and Kinship 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 Librairie du Soleil
Lancement du nouveau livre de Martine Batanian le 23 mai de 5 à 7
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
312 Laurier E. 1-3:30pm
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Capital Comic Book Convention 11:00pm
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Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
Coffee and Tea Social, Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset W. 12:30 - 3:30pm
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Open Mic Poetry Night 7:00pm		 Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Collage Club 6:00pm
Monday Director Spotlight - Lee Chang-dong - Poetry 6:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
Happiness Book Walk Club: Happiness Habits 613 x Ottawa Public Library 6:30pm
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		 Octopus Books Glebe
Book Launch | Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey 7:00PM - 8:00PM
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		 Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Made in Alta Vista Market 4:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Is a River Alive? with Robert Macfarlane 7:00pm		 Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Westboro Books Readings and Signings
Book signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1-3pm
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Manahil Banduwala, Natalie Lim, Ellen Chang-Richardson 3:00pm