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January 8, 2026

The Carleton University Poetics Society, CUSA and Impact Present Verses for Change
Time and Place: January 8 at 6:00 pm. Ollies Pub, University Centre, 1125 Colonel By, 1st Floor
Web: tinyurl.com/v4c2026
an open mic event to support the Unified Support Centre’s Food Centre. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and attendees are encouraged to bring some items the Food Centre is looking for this time of year to create hampers for students, such as non-perishable food items and personal care products. Trade in items for raffle tickets, play trivia about the USC to win prizes, and participate in games before the show starts and during intermission! Although doors open at 6, performances will not start until 6:30p.m. As always, you can sign up in advance or at the door. Interested in being an opener to support a good cause? Email poeticssociety@gmail.com or D.M us on Instagram or Discord. Performers may sign up at the link

Third World Players
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: www.ckcufm.com/
readings from Third World literature

  January 2026 Events
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        Third World Players 6:00pm    
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Culture géniale 1:00pm SOIRÉE POÉSIE AU PUB À LA DÉRIVE: UNE PINTE OU UN VERS ? 6:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
The Carleton University Poetics Society, CUSA and Impact Present Verses for Change 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Qualifer 7:30pm Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Ludovic Viger Book Signing 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Book Launch: We Inherit the Fire Kagiso Lesego Molope 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
   
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
The Women in Me Artist: Sao-Mai Nguyen
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
New Vision for Transit Launch Party & OPEN MIC in collaboration with Free Transit Ottawa 7:30pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm   Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Kind Space Clothing Swap and Fundraiser for the 2026 Ottawa Anarchist Book Fair 12:30pm
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Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Carter Vance Book Signing 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Bywords.ca Poetry Open Mic 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
An Evening with Cory Doctorow, presented by The Perfect Books Lecture Series and The Other Hill 7:30pm
Third World Players 6:00pm