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May 30, 2026
Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books
Time and Place: 875b Bank Street
Web: evermorebooks.ca/pages/events
May 30 - Erin Lisbeth Book Signing 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
June 20 - YOU x ME Conversation with Ayla Vejdani and August Chun 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Friends of the Farm Used Book and Donation Sale
Time and Place: 10:00 am. K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling
Web: friendsofthefarm.ca/calendar/
10am to 4pm
Adult Book Fair
Time and Place: 12:00 pm.
Web: thespanielstale.ca/events/5422420260530
Shop the latest releases, bestsellers, and fun gifts while having a bite to eat and a drink
May 30 - Dominion City Brewing Co., 15-5510 Canotek Rd 12 to 5pm
June 14 - Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre Ave Bay 106 12-5pm
Wear Red in Solidarity with Afghan Women and Poetry Reading
Time and Place: May 30 at 2:00 pm. Andrew Haydon Park
Andrew Haydon Park to Britannia Park and community poetry picnic in support of women and girls living under gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Bring a red pashmina scarf, a poem you wrote or a poem that inspires courage, dignity, resistance, snacks, tea or picnic food to share. Open to everyone. 2-6pm
  May 2026 Events
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Human Transit (Revised Edition): How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
VERSeOttawa AGM 6:30pm
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		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books
Anuja Varghese Book Launch: A Kiss of Crimson Ash 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Personal journeys: Sharing stories, discovering common ground 7pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books
Erin Lisbeth Book Signing 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Friends of the Farm Used Book and Donation Sale 10:00am
Adult Book Fair 12:00pm
Dominion City Brewing Co., 15-5510 Canotek Rd 12 to 5pm
Wear Red in Solidarity with Afghan Women and Poetry Reading 2:00pm
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Octopus Books Readings and Signings
Signing | Jagjeet Sharma presents Silent Ripples 1-3pm
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Unrivaled Midnight Release Party 9:30 PM - 12:00 AM
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Friends of the Farm Used Book and Donation Sale 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
An Evening with Eckhart Tolle 7:00pm
Ottawa Independent Writers Meetings 7:00pm
Mike Keenan on writing humour