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September 12, 2025

CKCU FM Friday Special Blend
Time and Place: Every Friday at 7:00 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/158/info.html
Hosted by: Susan Johnston. Airs: Every Friday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

  September 2025 Events
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Elle Wither
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
Octopus Books Glebe
The Octopus Books Reading Club 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Perfect Books
Karin Wells, Women Who Woke Up the Law 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Valentine in Montreal with Arizona O’Neill and Heather O’Neill 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Perfect Books
Jack Stilborn, The Tyranny of Good Intentions 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Richard Makinen
Jagjeet Sharma - Author Signings and readings 12:00pm
Eggspectation, 171 Bank. 2-4pm Book launch
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
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Submissions
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From The Margins To The Centre: Asian Writers Reclaim The Page. Jinwoo Park, Rachel Phan, Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Wayne Ng 7-8:30pm
Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
A Truce That Is Not Peace with Miriam Toews 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Octopus Books Glebe
Motherhood & Identity: Author discussion with Teri Vlassopoulos and Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Presses uOttawa Press Author Talks and Launches
Book Launch : Migration et racialisation en temps de « crise » | Social Sciences Building (FSS4006), campus de l’Université d’Ottawa
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Octopus Books Glebe
Book Launch: Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes by Laura Hall 7-8pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Fifteen Dogs Unleashed, From Page to Stage: A Creative Discussion 6:00pm
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Barrie Finlay
Dagne Forrestt, Nancy Hugget, Susan Robertson 2:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Elbows Up! Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance with David Moscrop, Carol Off and Elamin Abdelmahmoud 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2025 Archibald Lampman Award Finalists Reading 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Media Club of Ottawa Meetings 5:00pm
Aaron Kylie, editor, Legion magazine; TOPIC: magazine writing.
The Carleton Poetic Society Outdoor Open Mic 5:30pm
sign up here: tinyurl.com/carletonopenmicsept24
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
From Truth to Joy: An Author Talk with Jenny Kay Dupuis 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book signing - The Unsung Song of the Wren by Erin Forget 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
John Egan
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Kate Cole
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
A.J. Dolman, Amanda Earl, James Moran 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
September: Lessons Learned, School Daze
The Paris Express with Emma Donoghue 7:00pm
The Factory Reading Series Presents nathanael o'reilly, ben ladouceur + michael lithgow 7:30pm
Perfect Books
Joanna Cockerline and Kevin Andrew Heslop Cross-Canada Book Tour 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Charles Marohn
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm