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Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025
6:30 PM Theory of Water with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 8:00 PM Crime and Punishment with Liann Zhang, Katie Tallo and Eliza Reid
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025
6:30 PM Past as Present with Gwen Tuinman, Jack Wang and Linda McQuag 8:00 PM The Social Safety Net with Nora Loreto
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025
11:30 AM The Certainty Illusion with Timothy Caulfield 1:00 PM Ends of the Earth with Neil Shubin 2:30 PM A Billion Butterflies with Dr. Jagadish Shukla 4:00 PM: On Oil with Don Gillmor 5:30 PM: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All with Sandy Hudson 7:00 PM: Inheritance with Otoniya J. Okot Bitek and Iryn Tushabe 8:30 PM: The River Has Roots with Amal El-Mohtar
Sip & Read
Jenni tea. 98 Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville Gatineau, QC. Inscription: www.eventbrite.ca/e/sip-read-a-literary-experience-like-no-other-ottawagatineau-tickets-1318976035829 $30 |
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Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025
1:00 PM Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope with Garry Gottfriedson and Victoria Handford 2:30 PM On Book Banning with Ira Wells 4:00 PM From Truth to Reconciliation with Bruce McIvor and Rose LeMay 5:30 PM Canada in the New World Order with Lloyd Axworthy 7:00 PM Long Story Short with Bill Gaston, Catherine Bush and Andre Alexis 8:30 PM: Everything Everywhere with Emily Austin, Matt Jones and Georgia Toews
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
Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition Red Dress Day 2025 10:00am
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
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 May 14 - 16, 2025
Southminister United Church, 15 Aylmer. 6:30 PM: Scene of the Crime with Uzma Jalaluddin and Nita Prose 8:00 PM Criminal Intent with Sue Hincenbergs, Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti
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 May 14 - 16, 2025
Cafe Nostalgica, 601 Cumberland. 7:00 PM Happily Ever After with Emma Theriault, Uzma Jalaluddin and Jackie Lau
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 May 14 - 16, 2025
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington. 6:00 PM 52 Ways to Reconcile with David A. Robertson 8:00 PM Baldwin, Styron, and Me with Mélikah Abdelmoumen and Catherine Khordoc
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
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
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
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm |
