Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

Perfect Books
Time and Place: 258A Elgin
Web: perfectbooks.ca/
readings, signings; accessibility note: 1 stair up to store; Additional accessibility via walkway from Somerset Street
July 2 - Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
July 9 - Sanita Fejzic Joint Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
July 13 - Book Signing with Veena Gohkale 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
July 26 - Book Signing with Sarah Selecky 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
July 27 - Book Signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
August 5 - Triple Book Launch with Hollay Ghadery, Christy Climenhage, and Caitlin Galway 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
August 11 - Erin Brubacher and Jacob Wren Double Feature 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
August 18 - D.M. Bradford presents Ring of Dust 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
  July 2025 Events
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    CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
cancelled		 Perfect Books
Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Also Cool Mag x Bird Lips Zine – Zine Workshop: The Show That Changed My Life 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Books on Beechwood Signings and Readings
Erin Forget, 11am - 1pm
Indigo South Keys Signings and Readings
Darren Jerome 12:30 - 2:30 PM darrenjeromeauthor.com
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Parvin Kolahdooz
Science for the People Magazine – Palestine issue launch 1:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Claudette Languedoc
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Westboro Books Readings and Signings
The Book Club : Prophet Song by Paul Lynch 6-7pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Perfect Books
Sanita Fejzic Joint Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Open Mic 6:30pm
Silent Book Club - Vanier 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Chris Smith
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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Perfect Books
Book Signing with Veena Gohkale 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Gil Waugh
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		 Bywords.ca
Submissions
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
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
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Barrhaven signings
Erin Forget, 1-4pm
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Natalia Pierce
West Side Pride 11:00am
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
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The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change
Phase 2: Share and Support. Celebrate and Build Community: Zine Market
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Emily Murray
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Orleans Book Signings and Readings
Erin Forget, 12-3pm
Perfect Books
Book Signing with Sarah Selecky 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
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Book Signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Charles Davies
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		 Ottawa Urbanism Book Club
Messy Cities Why We Can't Plan Everything Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo. Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank. 6:15pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
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		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm