Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

May 6, 2024
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Little Italy
Time and Place: Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre, Bay 106
Web: www.facebook.com/groups/silentbookclub.ottawachapter/
a quiet place to read and meet other book lovers
North Gloucester Writing Workshop
Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, North Gloucester Branch, 2036 Ogilvie Road
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/writing-workshop-1
Come and share your writing and participate in guided writing activities with other writers in the neighborhood. Writers of all genres and skill levels are welcome.
Sunnyside Writers Group
Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/sunnyside-writers-group-1
Join author Michael F. Stewart for an evening of shared writing, support, and constructive criticism from peers. No experience necessary, all forms of writing welcome.
Art House Cafe Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. 555 Somerset W
Web: calendly.com/miguel-lhf/open-mic?month=2024-03
musicians, vocalists, poets, and comedians. sign up in advance on site. stairs leading up to cafe and down to open mic area
May 20 - cancelled on Victoria Day
  May 2024 Events
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo Monthly Write-In 1:00pm		 North Gloucester Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Sunnyside Writers Group 6:00pm
Harmony Circle for Palestine 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm		   Bywords.ca
Submissions
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Carleton University Poetic Society Open Mic 6:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 5 7:30pm
Familial Roots: Wayne Ng, ViNa, Jean Van Loon and a screening of MITATA | GRANDFATHER BY DESMOND SIMON www.riverbedreads.ca/s5.html		 Authors Unbound
Cameron Anstee and Jay Ritchie, 6:30pm The Spaniel's Tale. RSVP: thespanielstale.ca/events/33729
Third World Players 6:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm
Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm
ULPC Broken Mic #5 ft. MayaSpoken.Registration: bit.ly/ULPCBrokenMic5tickets		 Asian Heritage Month
Book Launch: Ainalem Tebeje presents The Unknown Mother 2:00pm
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Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Patrick Grace, Ben Ladouceur, Ellen Chang-Richardson, 6pm
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo Monthly Write-In 1:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
North Gloucester Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Sunnyside Writers Group 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
cancelled on Victoria Day
Naked Boys Reading 8:00pm
The Other Victorians: Smut in the Long 19th Century tinyurl.com/nbr052024		 Asian Heritage Month
Ming Wu, Collage Night, Digital Arts Resource Centre, 67 Nicholas 6-8pm www.facebook.com/events/s/collage-night/2435257319994074
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata		 Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Jesse Keith Butler and Daniel Bezalel Richardson, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
A.J. Dolman and James Moran, 7pm thespanielstale.ca/events/37476
Third World Players 6:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
Bourgeons éclatés, mini festival en arts littéraires jeunesse de Gatineau
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
Bourgeons éclatés, mini festival en arts littéraires jeunesse de Gatineau
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists' Guild Ottawa Book Arts Show and Sale 9:00am
Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Susan Atkinson, Matthew Tierney & Spencer Gordon
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Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo Monthly Write-In 1:00pm
(un)told 2024 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
une conversation avec Kim Thuy - en ligne; 19h; Inscription: biblioottawalibrary.ca/fr/mois-du-patrimoine-asiatique-une-conversation-avec-kim-thuy
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
North Gloucester Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Sunnyside Writers Group 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Mike Stewart, 7pm		 Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Mark Bourrie, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
Third World Players 6:00pm		 Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm