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October 25, 2025
Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
Time and Place: Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington
Web: writersfestival.org/
tickets and passes available on site
October 22 - 6:30 PM On Wholeness with Quill Christie-Peters. 8:00 PM The Trial of Katterfelto with Michael Redhill
October 23 - 6:30 PM On the Ground with Brian Stewart. 8:00 PM What Dreams May Come with Sara Peters and Mona Awad
October 24 - 6:30 PM One Life To Live with Marc Bendavid, Susie Taylor and Shani Mootoo 8:00 PM Playlist with Ivan Coyote
October 25 - 11:30 AM The Explorer's Gene with Alex Hutchinson. 1:00 PM John Candy: A Life in Comedy with Paul Myers. 2:30 PM The Science of Pets with Jay Ingram. 4:00 PM More than Human with Kendra Coulter, Thomas Wharton and Sibylle Grimbert. 6:00 PM Displaced with Zeina Sleiman, Aaron Kreuter and Brian Thomas Isaac. 8:00 PM Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It with Cory Doctorow.
October 26 - 11:30 AM An Accidental Villain with Linden MacIntyre. 1:00 PM Community with Ziyad Saadi and Conor Kerr. 2:30 PM Pick a Colour with Souvankham Thammavongsa. 4:00 PM Now and Then with Elaine Feeney and Eimear McBride. 6:00 PM You Will Not Kill Our Imagination with Saeed Teebi. 8:00 PM Human Rights in a Fractured World with Alex Neve
Jane's Walk: Hintonburg & Wellington West in Literature with Susan Johnston
Time and Place: October 25 at 9:30 am. Suzy Q Donuts, 1015 Wellington Street West
Web: www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/td-park-people/22055
Join Susan for an interactive walk through Hintonburg and Wellington West as we explore some familiar streets and landmarks through works of fiction and poetry. We'll do some readings and/or discuss the choice of setting for selected works, and muse on what the location may be telling us about its meaning.
Antiquarian Book Fair
Time and Place: 10:00 am. Saint Paul University 223 Main Street,
Web: ottawabookfair.ca/
$10
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale
Time and Place: 10:00 am. James Bartleman Centre, 100 Tallwood Drive
Web: www.fopla-aabpo.ca/events/category/mammoth-sale/
from 10 am to 2 pm
October 25 -
November 29 -
December 20 -
Silent Book Club Stittsville
Time and Place: 12:00 pm. Kung Fu Bistro, 1110 Carp Rd. Unit 150,
every second and fourth Saturday. 1-3pm
  October 2025 Events
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Jacqui Du Toit, The Hottentot Venus
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
WyrdSmyth Press Presents HallowZine, an Art and Zine Fair 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm		 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
Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award 6:30pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Domina Eliahou and Stuart Ross 7:30pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2025 Archibald Lampman Award 8:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Book launch of Ajar by Margo LaPierre 8:30pm		 Bywords.ca
Submissions
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
2025-2026 Munro Beattie Lecture with Ivan Coyote 7:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Webinar: Book Bones with Susan Forest: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Book Launch of A Capital Mystery, featuring 21 stories set in Ottawa by 21 local authors. 6:00pm
Ottawa Design Club: Pivotal Moments - Special Zine Edition Launch Event 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Can Con 2025
in person
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Can Con 2025
in person
Festival du livre des indépendant.e.s 10:00am
Hashem Abdi, When The Last Tree Falls 4:00pm
Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Stephanie Bolster, Zane Koss and rob mclennan
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
Catherine Allard, Christine Kifoil, Nshannacappo 7:00pm
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Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Can Con 2025
in person
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm		 Perfect Books
Premee Mohamed launch for The First Thousand Trees 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Perfect Books
Double Book launch with Katie Welch and James Cairns 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
6:30 PM On Wholeness with Quill Christie-Peters. 8:00 PM The Trial of Katterfelto with Michael Redhill
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Media Club of Ottawa Meetings 5:00pm
SPEAKER: Jennifer Swanson David, former APTN employee. TOPIC: Her current role with NVision and writing her book about APTN, called Original People. WHERE: Wise Town Cafe, 329A Elgin Street, near Waverley. TIME: 6p.m.-8p.m.
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
6:30 PM On the Ground with Brian Stewart. 8:00 PM What Dreams May Come with Sara Peters and Mona Awad
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Bottle Lamp Tales Artist: Jan Blake 7:30pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm
Wayne Ng 's "Johnny Delivers", Ottawa Technical Secondary School, 485 Donald. 6:30pm to attend the IN PERSON extravaganza at Ottawa Technical Secondary School, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-in-person-wayne-ng-s-johnny-delivers-tickets-1783261024729?aff=oddtdtcreator to attend VIRTUALLY from the comfort of your own home, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-wayne-ngs-johnny-delivers-tickets-1783352057009?aff=oddtdtcreator
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
6:30 PM One Life To Live with Marc Bendavid, Susie Taylor and Shani Mootoo 8:00 PM Playlist with Ivan Coyote
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
11:30 AM The Explorer's Gene with Alex Hutchinson. 1:00 PM John Candy: A Life in Comedy with Paul Myers. 2:30 PM The Science of Pets with Jay Ingram. 4:00 PM More than Human with Kendra Coulter, Thomas Wharton and Sibylle Grimbert. 6:00 PM Displaced with Zeina Sleiman, Aaron Kreuter and Brian Thomas Isaac. 8:00 PM Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It with Cory Doctorow.
Jane's Walk: Hintonburg & Wellington West in Literature with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Antiquarian Book Fair 10:00am
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
11:30 AM An Accidental Villain with Linden MacIntyre. 1:00 PM Community with Ziyad Saadi and Conor Kerr. 2:30 PM Pick a Colour with Souvankham Thammavongsa. 4:00 PM Now and Then with Elaine Feeney and Eimear McBride. 6:00 PM You Will Not Kill Our Imagination with Saeed Teebi. 8:00 PM Human Rights in a Fractured World with Alex Neve
Antiquarian Book Fair 10:00am
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Canadian Poets Concert: the poetry of Adele Graf 3:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
October: Scary Tales, Ghosts in the Attic		 Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
You'll Pay For This: How we can afford a great city for everyone, forever | Paperback Michel Durand-Wood | Emma Durand-Wood
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Bob Joseph, 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act. 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
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
Final Orbit with Chris Hadfield 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Policing Black Lives (2nd ed) - Book launch with Robyn Maynard 7:00pm		 Writing Circle 3:00pm
LANCEMENT | RÉORIGINE DES ESPÈCES | OTTAWA 5:30pm
The Carleton Poetic Sociey Monthly Poetry Workshop 6:00pm
The Carleton University Poetic Society Dead Poet Society Event 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
The 2025 CBC Massey Lectures Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World with Alex Neve 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Ajar Presents: Halloween 7:00pm