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March 2026 Events Return to today |
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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 |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Launch for Dr. Maria Milland's Born at the Gates of Hell 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions―and How the World Lost Its Mind Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am | Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with A.V. Howland 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM 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 Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm 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 |
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 | Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm |
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| An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm 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 |
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm Third World Players Present 6:00pm Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am | 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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| Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with Glenn McInnes 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM An Indian Morning 10:00am 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 |
VERSeFest 2026 Club Saw, 67 Nicholas 7pm, Riverbed: Marie-Célie Agnant, Olivia Tapiero, Sanita Fejzic. 8:30pm: Melissa Powless Day, David Galvaude, Robyn Sarah Words and Culture 10:00am Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Zena Sharman launches Staying Power 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM VERSeFest 2026 Arts Court Black Box Studio, 2 Daly. 7pm: Claudia Coutu Radmore, D.A. Lockhart, Gwen Aube. 8:30pm: Isabella Wang, Lucia Farinon, T. Liem. The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm David Suzuki and Tara Cullis – What You Won't Do for Love 8:00pm |
VERSeFest 2026 Club Saw, ULPCxVERSeFest Invitational Slam 7pm. Join Urban Legends Poetry Collective for the return of the VERSeFest Invitational Poetry Slam (the first since 2021!) with a feature performance from Sheri-D Wilson. Apply to compete for the $300 grand prize here: forms.gle/xFkWCu4jgweRHNRV8 Applications are due February 28th at 12PM. 8:30pm: Misha Solomon, Emma McKenna, Open set: u’ART presents quick cruising: poetry spots offered for 3 local poets, who will each read works for up to 3 minutes Interested Ottawa-based 2SLGBTQIA+ writers can apply for consideration by sending a sample of their work and a bio before March 1st to queerart2019@gmail.com . Priority will be given to BIPOC writers and to those new to VERSeFest Poets selected will be contacted and announced by March 16th Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
VERSeFest 2026 The Happy Goat, 35 Laurel. 7pm: Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Vera Hadzic, Jennifer Bake. 8:30pm: Paul Vermeersch, Jérôme Melançon, Hajer Mirwali Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
VERSeFest 2026 Paul Vermeersch, WORKSHOP: The Poet as "Small Language Model" in the Age of LLMs. 10:30AM. OPL-Elmdale. Pre-registration required, spaces limited to fifteen participants. Contact rob at rob_mclennan@hotmail.com if you need a low-income ticket for this workshop. 1:30pm Workshop with Sheri-D Wilson OPL, Main Branch $20. Poetry Without Borders Pre-registration required, spaces limited to fifteen participants. Contact rob at rob_mclennan@hotmail.com if you need a low-income ticket for this workshop. www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/sheridworkshop2026 Arts Court Black Box Studio : Sunday March 29: 1:30pm, Sébastien Rock + Kado members; 3pm, The Factory Lecture Series: Nada Gordon, Lydia Unsworth. Plan 99, The Manx Pub, 370 Elgin. 5-6pm, Stephanie Bolster, Declan Ryan, Brandi Bird. Hall of Honour Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm |
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| VERSeFest 2026 Arts Court, Black Box Studio, 7pm: Lydia Unsworth, Nada Gordon, Jumoke Verissimo 8:30pm, Karen Solie, Alexandre Yergeau Kacper Bartczak An Indian Morning 10:00am Unbound Indie Lit Market 11:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile by Sarah Good Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |