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An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm Crowd Pleaser with Yotam Ottolenghi 2:00pm |
Rough Draft Paper Company Annotated Book Swap 6:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am The Distance of a Shout with Michael Ondaatje 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Collaborative Zine Making Workshop 2:00pm Music and Poetry by Women Performance Marathon 2:00pm Poetry Night 5:30pm |
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An Indian Morning 10:00am 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 |
Words and Culture 10:00am Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Librairie du soleil: Lancements et lectures Paul Bisson 17h30 8 mois pour écrire ton premier livre 6:00pm Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Book Launch: Laura Horak, Trans Cinema Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds 4:00pm |
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An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Carleton University Department of English and Language Arts' Spring Showcase of Literary and Dramatic Art 6:00pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm |
Lancements chez Bouquinart Librairie & Galerie d'art Jacques Poirier et Christian Quesnel 18h Third World Players Present 6:00pm Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am David Geselbracht presents Climate Hope 1:00pm |
Book Swap and Fundraiser! for the Ottawa Anarchist Bookfair 12:30pm THE HOUSE ON 9TH LINE | An Evening with Aaron Bangay 4:00pm |
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An Indian Morning 10:00am Eid Storytime and Craft 11:00am Amanda Bernardo, The Road to You 1:00pm Culture géniale 1:00pm Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm Grimm | Dark Paths and Wild Wonder OST Annual Long Show (un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm David Suzuki and Tara Cullis – What You Won't Do for Love 8:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Smutty Storytelling 6:30pm Behind the Happily Ever Afters 7:00pm Book Launch | Taslim: We Are the Prophets by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
VERSeFest 2026 Plan 99, The Manx Pub, 370 Elgin. 5-6pm, Stephanie Bolster, Declan Ryan. Virutal: Brandi Bird: 730pm www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/brandibird2026 |
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VERSeFest 2026 Arts Court Black Box Studio Kado. 1:30 PM: Sébastien Rock & readings by Kado members. 3pm: The Factor Reading Series Lecture Series with Lydia Unsworth and Nada Gordon. 4:30pm Hall of Honour presentations and readings by Monty Reid and Susan McMaster. 7pm: Jumoke Verissimo, Lydia Unsworth, Nada Gordon. 8:30pm: Karen Solie, Alexandre Yergeau, Kacper Bartczak An Indian Morning 10:00am Unbound Indie Lit Market 11:00am Unbound Indie Lit Market 11:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm 2nd Annual CKCU Host Talent Show Fundraiser 2:00pm Anina's Book Swap 3:00pm www.instagram.com/p/DVtk0RGDhWA/ |
VERSeFest 2026 VERSeFest extra 02:30 PM Carleton University, Dunton Tower 2017 • 1125 Colonel By Drive Free A reading and Q and A with Karen Solie Presented in partnership with Carleton University's Department of English Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
National Indigenous Language Day Words and Culture 10:00am Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
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