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August 21, 2025

Silent Book Club - Hintonburg
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Absinthe Cafe 1208 Wellington St. W.
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-hintonburg-meetup
Sign up to attend

AJ Dolman, natalie hanna, Chris Johnson, Stevie Mikayne, James Moran,
Time and Place: August 21 at 6:00 pm. T's Pub, 323 Somerset W
hosted by Eden Moore

Robin Blackburn McBride, Nancy Huggett, Laurie Koensgen
Time and Place: August 21 at 7:00 pm. Great Canadian Theatre Company, Upstairs Lobby, 1233 Wellington Street W.
Web: pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/
launch of Koengsen's this clingstone love

Sad Girl Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Ave
Web: www.gigspaceottawa.com
music, poetry spoken word open mic for women of all ages on the 3rd Thursday of each. Capacity: 35

The Factory Reading Series Presents Jamaal Amir Akbari/JAAWORD, Shery Alexander Heinis, Pearl Pirie
Time and Place: August 21 at 7:30 pm. Avant-Garde Bar, 135 1/3 Besserer
Web: abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-factory-reading-series-august-21.html
doors 7pm

Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
all genres welcome. sign ups: 8pm

August 2025 Events
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            Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
the above/ground press thirty-second anniversary party 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
  Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Zine Swap in the Park 1:00pm
Prayers to the God of Tasty Moss with Matt Jones and Matt Atton 6:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm   Big Gay Book Swap 12:00pm
The Poets' Picnic 2:00pm
Pride Night Market 5:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Pride Poetry Reading with Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, Sanita Fejzic, and Kevin Shaw 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
AJ Dolman, natalie hanna, Chris Johnson, Stevie Mikayne, James Moran, 6:00pm
Robin Blackburn McBride, Nancy Huggett, Laurie Koensgen 7:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
The Factory Reading Series Presents Jamaal Amir Akbari/JAAWORD, Shery Alexander Heinis, Pearl Pirie 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
  Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Glenys Marshall’s Spelling Bee 8:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm Ode to Palestine 7:00pm  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm