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| April 2026 Events | |
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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 Dr. Cornel Pewewardy, Indigenous Pathways for Educational Transformation across Turtle Island 2:00pm Last Generation Canada: Zine Night 6:30pm 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 Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm Commonhouse Issue 7 Launch Party 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings Book launch and signing: Exhumed Ottawa, What Lies Beneath. 6 to 9pm Sumac Literary Magazine Launch Party 5:00pm Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm Scribblin’ in the Margins: Beyond the Binary, an slam and open mic event with signs ups open specifically to Two-Spirit, trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, and/or other gender-nonconforming identities. Everyone is welcome to attend. This event will feature Ottawa's own, Lukayo! FACE MASKS REQUIRED.Doors 7:00 | Show 7:30 Tickets at the door, PWYD (suggested donation: $10) |
Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings MYPO Book Club: 40 Hadith on Community Service & Activism by Dr. Mohannad MaKeem 5-7pm Perfect Books Readings and Signings Pascale Lacelle Book Signing for Infinite Shores 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm |
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| An Indian Morning 10:00am Book Launch | Little Bee by Danny Neville 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm |
Carol A. Stephen Celebration of Life 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 |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Aaron Kreuter on Lake Burntshore 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM 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 Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm Reading and Writing Splendid Sentences with Melanie White-Heron 7 to 8:30pm Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am ALSO's 4th Annual Banned Book Night 6:00pm The Dusty Owl Reading Series Open Mic Night and Book Launch 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with Miss Rocket 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM James Joyce Association of Ottawa 2:00pm Ivy Day at the Committee Room, The Well Ottawa Book Launch for Laurie D. Graham, Liz Johnston, and Aga Maksimowska 2:00pm SIP & READ (+Book Swap) - Ottawa/Gatineau 2:00pm Registration required www.eventbrite.ca/e/sip-read-book-swap-ottawagatineau-tickets-1981161560559?aff=oddtdtcreator |
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| An Indian Morning 10:00am A Queer Community Telethon for the Ottawa Trans Library (OTL). 11:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm Susan J. Atkinson, Amanda Earl, Chris Johnson, Jim Johnstone, Shane Neilson 5:00pm |
Book Launch | The Long Sixties with Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry 6:30pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm An Evening with Amal El-Mohtar: Seasons of Glass and Iron 7:30pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Book Launch | The Long Sixties with Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry 6:30pm Mary Lee Bragg. Ronnie R. Brown, Blaine Marchand, Susan McMaster, and Colin Morton 6:30pm Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Readings at Library and Archives Canada From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall with Whit Fraser. 7pm The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Book Launch | Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us 6:30pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm |
Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings Spoken words - a gathering for creatives to share their craft. registration opens soon. Author Talk | Curtis Chin - Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant 6:00pm Third World Players Present 6:00pm Book Launch | Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer presents wîhtamawik / Tell Them 6:30pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl From Friday, April 24th through Sunday, April 26th, collect stamps from seven of the nine participating stores to be entered to win a $225 Ottawa indie bookstore shopping spree. Pick up a stamp card at your favourite indie to get started and drop off your completed card before the end of the day on Sunday. Plus, when you buy books from any Canadian indie bookstore on Saturday, April 25th, you can enter to win up to a $1000 gift card courtesy of indiebookstores.ca! Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl From Friday, April 24th through Sunday, April 26th, collect stamps from seven of the nine participating stores to be entered to win a $225 Ottawa indie bookstore shopping spree. Pick up a stamp card at your favourite indie to get started and drop off your completed card before the end of the day on Sunday. Plus, when you buy books from any Canadian indie bookstore on Saturday, April 25th, you can enter to win up to a $1000 gift card courtesy of indiebookstores.ca! Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale Canadian Indie Bookstore Day 10:00am Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm When the Forest Breathes with Suzanne Simard 7:00pm |
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| Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl From Friday, April 24th through Sunday, April 26th, collect stamps from seven of the nine participating stores to be entered to win a $225 Ottawa indie bookstore shopping spree. Pick up a stamp card at your favourite indie to get started and drop off your completed card before the end of the day on Sunday. Plus, when you buy books from any Canadian indie bookstore on Saturday, April 25th, you can enter to win up to a $1000 gift card courtesy of indiebookstores.ca! Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm Amanda Earl and Eliza Rankin celebrate the end of winter 2:00pm (un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm |
Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl From Friday, April 24th through Sunday, April 26th, collect stamps from seven of the nine participating stores to be entered to win a $225 Ottawa indie bookstore shopping spree. Pick up a stamp card at your favourite indie to get started and drop off your completed card before the end of the day on Sunday. Plus, when you buy books from any Canadian indie bookstore on Saturday, April 25th, you can enter to win up to a $1000 gift card courtesy of indiebookstores.ca! Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Launch for Knowledge Under Siege 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy by Carter Lavin. Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Zoe Dickinson, Frances Boyle, and Margo LaPierre 7 to 8:30pm Words and Culture 10:00am CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm Zeina Sleiman, Where The Jasmine Blooms. IN-PERSON: www.eventbrite.ca/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-in-person-zeina-sleiman-tickets-1985979182195?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true ONLINE: www.eventbrite.ca/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-zeina-sleimans-where-the-jasmine-blooms-tickets-1985980005658?aff=oddtdtcreator Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings Zeina Sleiman Meet and Greet 6-7:30pm The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Poetry Reading - David O'Meara, Christina Shah and Natalie Southworth 6:30 pm The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring 2026 Edition 6:30pm Monique Gray Smith. 8pm Ashraf Zaghal, Reem Gaafar and Maria Reva Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |