Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Can Con 2025
in person
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Author Discussion - Radical Antiquity: Free Love Zoroastrians, Farming Pirates, and Ancient Uprising by Christopher B Zeichmann - 9:00 PM
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm |
Perfect Books
Premee Mohamed launch for The First Thousand Trees 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Perfect Books
Double Book launch with Katie Welch and James Cairns 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
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
6:30 PM On Wholeness with Quill Christie-Peters. 8:00 PM The Trial of Katterfelto with Michael Redhill
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Media Club of Ottawa Meetings 5:00pm
SPEAKER: Jennifer Swanson David, former APTN employee. TOPIC: Her current role with NVision and writing her book about APTN, called Original People. WHERE: Wise Town Cafe, 329A Elgin Street, near Waverley. TIME: 6p.m.-8p.m.
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
6:30 PM On the Ground with Brian Stewart. 8:00 PM What Dreams May Come with Sara Peters and Mona Awad
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Bottle Lamp Tales Artist: Jan Blake 7:30pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm
Wayne Ng 's "Johnny Delivers", Ottawa Technical Secondary School, 485 Donald. 6:30pm to attend the IN PERSON extravaganza at Ottawa Technical Secondary School, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-in-person-wayne-ng-s-johnny-delivers-tickets-1783261024729?aff=oddtdtcreator to attend VIRTUALLY from the comfort of your own home, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-wayne-ngs-johnny-delivers-tickets-1783352057009?aff=oddtdtcreator
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
6:30 PM One Life To Live with Marc Bendavid, Susie Taylor and Shani Mootoo 8:00 PM Playlist with Ivan Coyote
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
11:30 AM The Explorer's Gene with Alex Hutchinson. 1:00 PM John Candy: A Life in Comedy with Paul Myers. 2:30 PM The Science of Pets with Jay Ingram. 4:00 PM More than Human with Kendra Coulter, Thomas Wharton and Sibylle Grimbert. 6:00 PM Displaced with Zeina Sleiman, Aaron Kreuter and Brian Thomas Isaac. 8:00 PM Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It with Cory Doctorow.
Jane's Walk: Hintonburg & Wellington West in Literature with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Antiquarian Book Fair 10:00am
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition 2025
11:30 AM An Accidental Villain with Linden MacIntyre. 1:00 PM Community with Ziyad Saadi and Conor Kerr. 2:30 PM Pick a Colour with Souvankham Thammavongsa. 4:00 PM Now and Then with Elaine Feeney and Eimear McBride. 6:00 PM You Will Not Kill Our Imagination with Saeed Teebi. 8:00 PM Human Rights in a Fractured World with Alex Neve
Antiquarian Book Fair 10:00am
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Canadian Poets Concert: the poetry of Adele Graf 3:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
October: Scary Tales, Ghosts in the Attic |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
You'll Pay For This: How we can afford a great city for everyone, forever | Paperback Michel Durand-Wood | Emma Durand-Wood
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Bob Joseph, 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act. 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
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
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
Library and Archives Canada Events
Lancement de livre L’équation avant la nuit, de Blaise Ndala 19h. www.eventbrite.ca/e/lancement-de-livre-lequation-avant-la-nuit-de-blaise-ndala-tickets-1778060269129?aff=oddtdtcreator
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
uOpoetry x RISE x PRIDE Open Mic 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Final Orbit with Chris Hadfield 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Policing Black Lives (2nd ed) - Book launch with Robyn Maynard 7:00pm |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
Writing Circle 3:00pm
LANCEMENT | RÉORIGINE DES ESPÈCES | OTTAWA 5:30pm
The Carleton Poetic Sociey Monthly Poetry Workshop 6:00pm
The Carleton University Poetic Society Dead Poet Society Event 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
The 2025 CBC Massey Lectures Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World with Alex Neve 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
CKCU FM 93.1 Fundraising Drive
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Ajar Presents: Halloween 7:00pm |
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