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Jamaal Amir Akbari events |
September 2026 Events Return to today |
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| Words and Culture 10:00am Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Events by the Ottawa Poets Laureates 6-8 pm. Where: Ottawa Riverkeeper Boathouse (501 Promenade Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier, Ottawa, ON) Tickets: $20 All proceeds to the Ottawa Riverkeeper Jean Marc Dalpé, David Galvaude, Harold Hoefle, Christine McNair, Sarah Migneron, stephanie roberts, Alexis Rodrigue-Lafleur, and Mahaila Smith. www.eventbrite.ca/e/current-conversations-conversations-au-courant-tickets-1990173089284?aff=ebdssbdestsearch The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Raise It, a spoken word showcase Arts Court Nathanael Larochette Winner of the slam will recieve the first ever edition of the Raise It Mixtape! Featuring music chosen by our feature Doors 7pm | Show 7:30 Sign up and tickets available at the door $12 | Free for performers doors 7pm. show 7:30pm Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am | Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a 7 Week Reading Group 3:00pm Poetry Night at the Ottawa Trans Library 5:00pm |
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| An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Readings at Library and Archives Canada In conversation with Jocelyne Bourgon, A Public Servant’s Voice: Through the Words of the First Woman Clerk of the Privy Council for Canada. 7 - 9 pm. in person and online Words and Culture 10:00am Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm 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 |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa ComicCon 2026 Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Ottawa ComicCon 2026 Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with Julie M. Green 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Ottawa, the Real Surreal Poetry Crawl 1:30pm Book Launch and Workshop with Sarah Lamble, Unsafe The Carceral Roots of the Anti-Trans Backlash 3:00pm Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a 7 Week Reading Group 3:00pm |
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| Ottawa ComicCon 2026 An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Wayne Grady Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Readings at Library and Archives Canada Book launch | Renshi by Roseann O'Reilly Runte, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Words and Culture 10:00am Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Jamaal Amir Akbari events 8:30 p.m. Ottawa Hip Hop Jam Red Bird Live, Ottawa Join JustJamaal ThePoet as the featured artist performing with the Capital Syndicate Session Band. ADULT EVENT. More information: redbirdlive.ca The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Housing Inc. with Leilani Farha 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Arc Poetry Magazine presents the Archibald Lampman Finalists 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Third World Players Present 6:00pm A Capital Mystery Volume 2 Book Launch 6:30pm Arc Poetry Magazine 2026 Archibald Lampman Award Finalists Reading 7:00pm Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am | The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent van Staalduinen 7:30 - 9:30pm |
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| An Indian Morning 10:00am Books on Tap 1:00pm Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Sonal Champsee and Elyssa Marcoux-Bissoondath Book Launch 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM Words and Culture 10:00am For the Long Haul – A book launch with Chris Dixon 6:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings An Evening of Queer Literature with Plenitude Magazine: Manahil Bandukwala, Adam Meisner, Pamela Mosher, and Kevin Shaw, with Plenitude’s managing editor, Patrick Grace. Hosted by Ben Ladouceur. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Getting Away with Murder with Shari Lapena 6:30pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Playing the Changes with Colin James 8:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Book Launch - Fret by Nadia Bozak 7:30 - 9:30pm Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Agrippa with Robert Harris 7:00pm |
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| Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm (un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm Art-N-Tell 7:00pm An Evening with David Sedaris 8:00pm |
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm Walkable City by Jeff Speck Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm Taipei Story with R.F. Kuang 7:00pm Taipei Story with R.F. Kuang 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings LiterAsian 2026 Ottawa, Re-Generation: Carrying Memory, Crafting Story: LESLIE SHIMOTAKAHARA, CHUQIAO YANG, WILEY WEI-CHIUN HO, JAMIE CHAI YUN LIEW 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Registration for this event is required. Link is on the Perfect Books site. Readings at Library and Archives Canada Book launch—Au nord de nulle part : Le chant d’une commissaire à la vérité et à la réconciliation by Marie Wilson 18h - 20h Words and Culture 10:00am Celebration of twenty years of The Ruby Tuesdays: 7:00pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
National Day for Truth and Reconcilliation and Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Women, Truth, and Reconciliation with Tanya Talaga and Rose LeMay 5:30pm Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |