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June 20, 2025

Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Time and Place: 2735 Iris

The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change
Time and Place: The Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Road
Web: tinyurl.com/zinesforchange
create a collection of zines about various social issues, as well as their role in advocacy movements. We will then distribute these zines to major community hubs, mirroring the historical method of information sharing and mutual aid in current times. Finally, this project aims to educate the public about and build our local zine community- furthering our collective impact and personal role in social justice!

CKCU FM Friday Special Blend
Time and Place: Every Friday at 7:00 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/158/info.html
Hosted by: Susan Johnston. Airs: Every Friday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Khaleefa 'Apollo the Child' Hamdan, Poems For Fools Who Fell In Love Launch
Time and Place: June 20 at 7:00 pm. Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum
Web: shenkmanarts.ca/en/poems-fools-who-fell-love-launch
tickets: $13.25

The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, June 20: Pirie, MA|DE, Bandukwala, Moran + Smith,
Time and Place: June 20 at 7:30 pm. Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way
Web: abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-factory-reading-series-pre-small.html
Pearl Pirie (QC) MA|DE (Windsor ON) Manahil Bandukwala (Ottawa ON) James K. Moran (Ottawa ON) + Mahaila Smith (Ottawa ON) Doors: 7pm

June 2025 Events
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Amanda Earl, rob mclennan, Christine McNair 2:00pm
Sunnyside Writers' Group with Michael F. Stewart 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
Elgin Street Public School Book Fair
3-9pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
Elgin Street Public School Book Fair
3-9pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm
Season closer poetry slam with Rusty Priske.
Elgin Street Public School Book Fair
8am to 4pm + bake sale
Jolly Bimbachi
The Spooky Blue Jay, 2020 Tenth Line, Unit 2, 5pm
Ottawa Trans Library Readings
Poetry Night: bring your own and others' poems. 5:30 to 7:30pm
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Elgin Street Public School Book Fair
8am to 4pm
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
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
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Why We Write: Ottawa 5:30pm
Poets Laureate Reading: David O'Meara, Véronique Sylvain and Chimwemwe Undi 6:00pm
RPL Acoustic Music Jam 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
In Our Tongues Reading and Art Series: Indigenous History Month 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Don Butler, Confessions of a Crime Novel Novice
Dan Rubenstein 5:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Parker AM Johnston Zine Launch: Isn't Being A Man Supposed to Mean Something 5:00pm
Book Talk with Nino Ricci 7:00pm
ArtsPark: Meet Local Authors 10:00am
Kanata North Book Fair 1:30pm
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Submissions
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Current Conversations: Poetry by the River 6:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change
Phase 1: Develop and Create. Emmy & Victor Abboud Music Studio, Fill out form at link if interested.
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Andrew Coyne, 7pm
The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change
Phase 1: Develop and Create. Emmy & Victor Abboud Music Studio, Fill out form at link if interested.
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Khaleefa 'Apollo the Child' Hamdan, Poems For Fools Who Fell In Love Launch 7:00pm
The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, June 20: Pirie, MA|DE, Bandukwala, Moran + Smith, 7:30pm
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
ottawa small press book fair 12:00pm
spring edition
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Collage Club 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Book Launch: Where the Jasmine Blooms by Zeina Sleiman 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Queers Bash Back II: Stories from Queer Elders; Zine Making with the Queer Zine Collective 6:30pm
Phyllis Webstad 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Erin Forget, 1-3pm
Ottawa Afrocentric Book Club
Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah tinyurl.com/afrocentricJune28
The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change
Phase 1: Develop and Create. Emmy & Victor Abboud Music Studio, Fill out form at link if interested.
Ottawa Anarchist Bookfair 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Cap City Cyphers 7:00pm
Open Mic Night at Britannia Coffeehouse 8:00pm
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The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change
Phase 1: Develop and Create. Emmy & Victor Abboud Music Studio, Fill out form at link if interested.
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
cancelled
Namaashoum 7:00pm