Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

Prayers to the God of Tasty Moss with Matt Jones and Matt Atton
Time and Place: August 9 at 6:00 pm. Bamm's Snack Shack, 74 Cobourg
Web: www.bammssnackshack.com/
a reading and epicurean delight with flash fiction, poetry & amazing food. featuring Jennifer Baker, David Currie, Amanda Earl, Jenna Jarvis and Vivian Vavassis. registration advised. read at the open mic

August 2025 Events
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          CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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Slam Outaouais 2025
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
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
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
the above/ground press thirty-second anniversary party 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am All Things Bookish 11:00am
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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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
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
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Indigo South Keys Signings and Readings
Lis Angus, Brenda Chapman, John Delacourt, Randall Denley, Katie Tallo. 6 - 8pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
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CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Capital Pride 2025
Big Gay Book Swap 12:00pm
The Poets' Picnic 2:00pm
Pride Night Market 5:00pm
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Capital Pride 2025
Westboro Books Readings and Signings
Young Adult Climate Fiction Panel and Readings. 1-3pm with Lea Beddia, Mary Jennifer Payne, Allister Thompson
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Capital Pride 2025
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Capital Pride 2025
Westboro Books Readings and Signings
The Book Club: A Novel Bookstore" by Laurence Cossé. 6-7pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Pride Poetry Reading with Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, Sanita Fejzic, and Kevin Shaw 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Capital Pride 2025
Poetry Reading and Writing with JustJamaal The Poet
St. Laurent, 515 Coté St, Claude B. Aubry room. 6:30pm Register here: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/poetry-reading-and-writing-justjamaal-thepoet-0
Riverbed Reading Series Season 6
s6: iteration 2 7:30pm Eva Crocker, MLA Chernoff and OMARI B. JOHNSON
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Capital Pride 2025
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
AJ Dolman, natalie hanna, Chris Johnson, Stevie Mikayne, James Moran, 6:00pm
Third World Players 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
Capital Pride 2025
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Capital Pride 2025
Streetmarket featuring local bookstores and authors from noon to 4pm in Ottawa's Village capitalpride.ca/2025-street-festival/
Poetry Reading and Writing with JustJamaal The Poet
Centennial, 3870 Old Richmond Rd 10:30am. Register here: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/poetry-reading-and-writing-justjamaal-thepoet-2
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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Capital Pride 2025
Streetmarket featuring local bookstores and authors from noon to 4pm in Ottawa's Village capitalpride.ca/2025-street-festival/
CKCU FM: 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
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
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
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Ode to Palestine 7:00pm
 
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm