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June 6, 2026
Elgin Street Book Fair and Silent Auction
Time and Place: 310 Elgin
over 15k books and great prices.
Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings
Time and Place: 400 Earl Grey Dr Unit 1
Web: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/store-locator/kanata-indigo-kanata.html
National Indigenous History Month
Web: www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1466616436543/1534874922512
Indigo Carlingwood Signings
Time and Place: 1:00 pm. 2121 Carling
Poetry Night at the Ottawa Trans Library
Time and Place: 5:00 pm. 1104 Somerset W.
Web: ottawatranslibrary.ca/
An informal evening of poetry reading and discussion. No mic, no stage! Share poems you have discovered or ones you have written in a casual atmosphere of poetry appreciation. Meeting on the first Saturday of the month at 5pm
June 2026 Events
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  Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
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
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Elgin Street Book Fair and Silent Auction
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Elgin Street Book Fair and Silent Auction
National Indigenous History Month
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Elgin Street Book Fair and Silent Auction
Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings
Vickie Lanthier 12 to 3pm
National Indigenous History Month
Indigo Carlingwood Signings 1:00pm
N.G. Avant
Poetry Night at the Ottawa Trans Library 5:00pm
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Elgin Street Book Fair and Silent Auction
Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings
Heather Grace Stewart 11am to 2pm
National Indigenous History Month
Tea for Tara
Five- Art & Activism with special guest speaker from Toronto the incredible "Mikiki" in conversation with Dr. Cara Tierney. 1-3pm Registraton for in-person: www.eventbrite.ca/e/tea-for-tara-episode-5-art-activism-tickets-1990385501615
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings
Dr. Cheryl Bauman 12 to 3pm
National Indigenous History Month
Indigo Carlingwood Signings 1:00pm
Robyn G. Grove
James Joyce Association of Ottawa 2:00pm
Songs from the Streets of Dublin + Readings from James Joyce for Bloomsday 7pm
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Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings
Niraj Chandra 11am to 2pm
National Indigenous History Month
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Adult Book Fair 12:00pm
Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre Ave Bay 106 12-5pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Italian Week Literary Events
Bread By Us 128 Smirle Avenue: 1 Books and Biscotti 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm. 2. Queer Italian Voices: Italian-Canadian Writers Today with Liana Cusmano
National Indigenous History Month
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		 National Indigenous History Month
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Waubgeshig Rice Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd. 7pm. Free, but reservations recommended: octopusbooks.ca/waubrice
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 National Indigenous History Month
Indigo Carlingwood Signings 1:00pm
Sharon Teklu
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National Indigenous History Month
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:15pm
Kagiso Lesego Molope, We Inherit The Fire! CLUB SAW, 67 Nicholas for your in-person ticket to join us at Club Saw: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-in-person-kagiso-lesego-molope-tickets-1991183482397?aff=oddtdtcreator for your virtual ticket (to join us from your home or wherever you might be): www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-kagiso-lesego-molope-tickets-1991185125311?aff=oddtdtcreator
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 National Indigenous History Month
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National Indigenous History Month
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Art-N-Tell 7:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 National Indigenous History Month
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm