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October 15, 2025
Bywords.ca - Submissions
Web: www.bywords.ca
Monthly online magazine featuring emerging and established poets residing, studying or working in Ottawa. Please submit poems and events by the 15th of each month. Events calendars distributed monthly. Please submit events to events@bywords.ca, and previously unpublished poetry to submissions@bywords.ca in Word or RTF format. Please no PDFS. Read guidelines on site.
CKCU FM Literary News
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 9:30 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/414/info.html
Reports, features and interviews in English, French and German. Hosted by: Hans G. Ruprecht and Helmut Zobl Airs: Every Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Asian Sounds
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/91/info.html
music from the Indian sub-continent and showcases events taking place in Ottawa. The show hosts conduct a number of interviews with local artists, musicians, and writers.
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 6:30 pm. 1448 Meadow Dr
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/greely-writing-group-0
drop in program. adult. 60 minutes
2025-2026 Munro Beattie Lecture with Ivan Coyote
Time and Place: October 15 at 7:00 pm. Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper Street, Room 14.
Web: carleton.ca/english/cu-events/2025-2026-munro-beattie-lecture-with-ivan-coyote/
Email: english@carleton.ca
free public event
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS
Time and Place: 7:00 pm.
Web: canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/events/
$20 non members; registration on site
October 15 - Webinar: Book Bones with Susan Forest: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
November 15 - The Real Art of Writing Haiku with Claudia Radmore. $20. 10:30 a.m. to noon Nepean Centrepointe Library, 101 Centrepointe, Room 1B
Ottawa Scrabble Club
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Calvin Christian Reformed Church, 1475 Merivale
Web: www.ottawascrabbleclub.com/
Players of all skill are welcome
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank, Room A
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/open-mic#open-mic-in-person
hosted by Véronique Dupuis
Storytelling Open Mic
Time and Place: 7:15 pm. Ottawa South Community Centre (aka The Old Firehall), 260 Sunnyside
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/all-ost-events/2023/9/20/storytelling-open-mic-gpcx4
free and open to all
  October 2025 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
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      Perfect Books
Merilyn Simonds Book Launch for Walking with Beth 7-8:30pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
The Carleton Poetic Society Open Mic at Oat Couture's Night Oat 7:00pm
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHaGMlGUBtfJMTJ4NUmJhQYZ2QI0j2rdoRx_B4yqFLMBPtIw/viewform		 Octopus Books Glebe
Karen Dubinsky, Book Launch: Strangely, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters 7pm
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		 Presses uOttawa Press Author Talks and Launches
Author talk : le français grandeur nature, with Pierre Calvé, co-hosted by Robert Major | Lamoureux Hall (LMX 203), University of Ottawa
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Nuit blanche dans le Vieux-Hull 8:00pm
Nuit blanche dans le Vieux-Hull 8:00pm		 FILibro Canada 2025
Perfect Books
Book Signing with William Alexander 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The Byward Market in Literature, a walk with Susan Johnston 11:00am
Book Launch: Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees 2:00pm
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Sue Davidson, Dread Comes At Daybreak 4:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
Book Launch: Ann Cavlovic, Count on Me 6:30pm
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Slam Outaouais 2025
Espace DEP Sylvestre, 230 Rue Montcalm, Gatineau, QC 18h30. Annie St-Jean animera la saison et sacrifiera un finaliste de la 17e. Venez écouter Nadir Benfredj, Marco Boudreault, La Chamane, LouNat, Andrée Martineau, Rich’S et Simon RM. Comme à notre habitude, nous passerons le chapeau à la pause, mais vous pouvez aussi faire un virement à slamoutaouais@gmail.com. Vos dons soutiennent les joutes et le déplacement des finalistes régionaux à la compétition nationale.
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Book Launch: A Plea to Our Mother by Kathleen Rooney. 4:00pm
Vibrations from Gaza: Screening, talk and book launch 7:00pm		 Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Perfect Books
Book Launch for Catherine Lang's Embedded 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 Stories That Shape Us: Open Mic Poetry Reading 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Perfect Books
Book Launch for Tamara Jong's Worldly Girls with Tamara and Ellen Chang-Richardson 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Speed Dating 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Forensic Field Techniques for Human Remains by Christopher Courtin
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Perfect Books
Brit Griffin Launches The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien 7-8:30pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Authors Meet Readers 5:30pm
Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia with Merlyna Lim octopusbooks.ca/events/3604620251009
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 Octopus Books Glebe
Signing | Coltrane Seesequasis presents A Wolf in the Sun 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
WordSmyth Press Presents HallowZine, an Art and Zine Fair 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
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 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
Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award 6:30pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Domina Eliahou and Stuart Ross 7:30pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2025 Archibald Lampman Award 8:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Book launch of Ajar by Margo LaPierre 8:30pm		 Bywords.ca
Submissions
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Greely Writing Group 6:30pm
2025-2026 Munro Beattie Lecture with Ivan Coyote 7:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Webinar: Book Bones with Susan Forest: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
Book Launch of A Capital Mystery, featuring 21 stories set in Ottawa by 21 local authors. 6:00pm
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		 Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Can Con 2025
in person
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Can Con 2025
in person
Festival du livre des indépendant.e.s 10:00am
Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Stephanie Bolster, Zane Koss and rob mclennan
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
Catherine Allard, Christine Kifoil, Nshannacappo 7:00pm
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Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Can Con 2025
in person
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
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 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
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 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		 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.
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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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
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
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
October: Scary Tales, Ghosts in the Attic		 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
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 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 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 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 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		 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 Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Ajar Presents: Halloween 7:00pm