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September 2025 Events
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  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
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
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 Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing with Susan Aglukark 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Thank You for Asking, featuring Brandon Wint, May Spoken and Amanda Lowe 7:00pm
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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Slam Outaouais 2025
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Elle Wither
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
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
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Valentine in Montreal with Arizona O’Neill and Heather O’Neill 7:00pm
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
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Richard Makinen
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
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Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
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
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
A Truce That Is Not Peace with Miriam Toews 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Presses uOttawa Press Author Talks and Launches
Book Launch : Migration et racialisation en temps de « crise » | Social Sciences Building (FSS4006), campus de l’Université d’Ottawa
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Webinar: Medical Errors 101 – a physician’s tips on getting medicine right in your stories Presenter: Dr. Melissa “Yi” Yuan-Innes 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Sandy Hudson and Nora Loreto, Challenging Power: Corporate Control, Policing, and the Price of Inequality 8:00pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Open Pages Queer Writers Circle 6:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Fifteen Dogs Unleashed, From Page to Stage: A Creative Discussion 6:00pm
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Barrie Finlay
Open Pages Book Club / Reading Club 1:00pm
Dagne Forrestt, Nancy Hugget, Susan Robertson 2:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Elbows Up! Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance with David Moscrop, Carol Off and Elamin Abdelmahmoud 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
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2025 Archibald Lampman Award Finalists Reading 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
The Carleton Poetic Society Outdoor Open Mic 5:30pm
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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
Jour des Franco-Ontarien/ne/s chez l'hôtel de ville d'Ottawa 8:30am
Writing Circle 3:00pm
The Carleton Poetic Sociey Monthly Poetry Workshop 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Le Cinq-Zéro, Une célébration du le cinquantenaire du drapeau franco-ontarien 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
John Egan
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Kate Cole
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
A.J. Dolman, Amanda Earl, James K. Moran 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
September: Lessons Learned, School Daze
The Paris Express with Emma Donoghue 7:00pm
The Factory Reading Series Presents nathanael o'reilly, ben ladouceur + michael lithgow 7:30pm
Club de lecture francophone de BD 3:00pm
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Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Book Launch: Judy Darcy presents Leading from the Heart 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day 2025
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm