Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.
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October 2020 Events Return to today |
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HoP 2020: Intersect Online Knowledge Conference 12:00pm Third World Players 6:00pm Literary Landscape 6:30pm Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm |
HoP 2020: Intersect Online Knowledge Conference 12:00pm | Little Birds Poetry Editing Workshops 10:00am HoP 2020: Intersect Online Knowledge Conference 12:00pm |
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HoP 2020: Intersect Online Knowledge Conference 12:00pm Slam Outaouais 5:00pm Renaissance Press' Triple Book Launch: Matti McLean, Lynne Sargent, & Raluca Balasa 7:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival/Ottawa Public Library Live Online Events Missing from the Village with Justin Ling 7:30pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-live/missing-from-the-village Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm |
CKCU FM - Asking for A Friend with Susan Johnston 3:30pm Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm |
Millennial Rumi - An Online Poetry Slam Meetup 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm |
Shirley Greenberg Lecture - Against the carceral state: Making (Black) freedom in a time of crisis and revolt - Robyn Maynard 12:30pm Third World Players 6:00pm Literary Landscape 6:30pm Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm |
Monthly Poetry Slam 7:00pm Friday Vibe Open Mic Nights 8:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival/Ottawa Public Library Live Online Events One Good Reason With Séan McCann and Andrea Aragon 2pmwritersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-live/one-good-reason |
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Thanksgiving Poetry Slam 7:00pm Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival/Ottawa Public Library Live Online Events Ending Inequality with Thomas Phillipon 7:30pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-live/ending-inequality CKCU FM - Asking for A Friend with Susan Johnston 3:30pm Stories and Tea 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Stage 7:30pm |
Arc Poetry Magazine 2020 Lampman Award Shortlist Reading 7:00pm Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm |
Bywords.ca Submissions Third World Players 6:00pm Literary Landscape 6:30pm Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm |
CAN WE TALK?! Lunch Meet #1: Get Local Queer Arts Funding! 12:30pm | Grant Wilkins in conversation with Petra Halkes: Poetic Constructions 2:00pm | |
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Ottawa International Writers Festival/Ottawa Public Library Live Online Events Musical Language with Martha Baillie, Stuart Ross, and Maria Reva 7pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-live/musical-language Happy Goat Open Mic 2:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival/Ottawa Public Library Live Online Events Jesse Thistle and David A. Robertson writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-live/jesse-thistle-and-david-a.-robertson Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm |
CKCU FM - Asking for A Friend with Susan Johnston 3:30pm Glimmers of Light, a virtual poetry dive 6:30pm |
The Ottawa Book Awards Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival/Ottawa Public Library Live Online Events National Book Launch: Love After the End With Joshua Whitehead, jaye simpson, Nazbah Tom and Adam Garnet Jones 7:30pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-live/national-book-launch-love-after-the-end Third World Players 6:00pm Literary Landscape 6:30pm Ottawa Storytellers Signature Series 2020/2021 7:30pm David Brennan with David Brennan Ghosts You Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival Podcasts Imagining Worlds (part 1) Featuring David A. Robertson and Derek Kunsken 12pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-podcast/imagining-worlds-part-1 Imagining Worlds (part 2) Featuring Lauren Beukes and MR Carey 12:30pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-podcast/imagining-worlds-part-2 |
Renaissance Press Virtual Conference, Fall Edition 10 AM- 11 AM EDT: Dystopian and Utopian fiction; 11:30 AM- 12:30 PM EDT: Writing about religion and spirituality; 1 PM – 2 PM EDT: Ableist, me? That’s cr*zy!; 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT: Writing inclusive horror; 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM: The submission process; 7 PM – 8 PM: Building worlds Virtual Canzine 2020 Pearl Pirie and David O'Meara 7:00pm |
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Ottawa International Writers Festival Interviews The Lost Spells with Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris 2pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-interviews/the-lost-spells The Education of an Idealist with Samantha Power 4pm writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-interviews/the-education-of-an-idealist Renaissance Press Virtual Conference, Fall Edition 10 AM – 11 AM : I know that place!; 11:30 AM – 12 30 PM Family of choice. 1 PM – 2 PM : Polyamorous narratives; 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM : What is the Artist’s Role in the Revolution? 4 PM – 5 PM: Writing gender: a cistemic problem Virtual Canzine 2020 |
Ottawa International Writers Festival/Ottawa Public Library Live Online Events Bywords.ca 2020 John Newlove Poetry Award https://writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-live/bywords-2020-john-newlove-poetry-award 7:30pm Virtual Canzine 2020 Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival Podcasts Craft, Content and Process Featuring andrea bennett and John Elizabeth Stintzi writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-podcast/craft-content-and-process CKCU FM - Asking for A Friend with Susan Johnston 3:30pm Stories and Tea 7:00pm |
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm |
Third World Players 6:00pm Literary Landscape 6:30pm Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival Podcasts Spotlight on Arsenal Pulp Press Featuring Amber Dawn, Sachiko Murakami and Jillian Christmas writersfestival.org/events/fall-2020-podcast/spotlight-on-arsenal-pulp-press |