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AUTHOR MEETS READERS| October 2026 Events | |
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| Books on Beechwood Readings and Signings Thomas E. Towle 11am to 1pm signing CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall 2026 Edition General Wayne Eyre 11:30am; Jesse Wente and Louise Bernice Halfe 1pm; Chris Hedges 2:30pm; Dina Del Bucchia, Frances Boyle and Isabel Bogdan 4pm. Nyla Matuk, Damian Barr and Marina Nemat 6pm; David Szalay and Patrick deWitt 8pm Re-read Used Books Readings and Signings Riverside South A. Iles book signing 11-2pm An Indian Morning 10:00am Antiquarian Book Fair 10:00am 10am to 3pm Stages and Pages 12:30pm Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire Culture géniale 1:00pm (un)told - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm Art-N-Tell 7:00pm |
CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books ACOTAR 6 Midnight Release Party 9pm to 12 am The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings A Court of Splintered Harmony Midnight Release Party 9:30 PM - 12:00 AM N.G. Avant: Indie Author Group 1:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive Perfect Books Readings and Signings Leigh Kotsilidis Book Launch with Anita Lahey and Kimberly Quiogue Andrews. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Words and Culture 10:00am Book Launch | Gyetk: Coastal Fusion and Ancestral Knowledge from a Ts’msyen Kitchen 5:00pm Book Launch | Monia Mazigh in conversation with Alex Neve on "Hope and Despair 6:00pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive Perfect Books Readings and Signings A Celebration of Barochois by Cynthia French with Frances Boyle, Claudia Coutu Radmore, and Deborah Anne Tunney, and L.M. Rochefort. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Book club: Eliza Sunshine by Michelle Good. RSVP on site. 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am WitchLit Writer Wednesdays 12:00pm Women at the Centre A conversation with N.G. Avant about writing complex female characters with agency, ambition, flaws and power. Asian Sounds 6:00pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings Take Back the Witch: an Evening of Witchy Fiction with N.G. Avant and Tish Tish Black. Doors 5:45pm. 6-8pm $5. ticketscene.ca/events/65429/ Le Salon du livre afro-canadien AUTHOR MEETS READERS 5:00pm Author Meets Readers | M. Remi Yergeau presents "Technoskepticism Third World Players Present 6:00pm Book Launch | Megan M Davies Ostrom presents "Rise from These Dark Waters 7:00pm CBC Massey Lectures | Leilani Farha presents Housing, Inc. 7:30pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive Le Salon du livre afro-canadien Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive Le Salon du livre afro-canadien Perfect Books Readings and Signings Halloween Book Signing with Jennifer Chevalier, author of The Winter Witch 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Stephanie Anne: Readings and Signings Indigo Author Signing & Halloween Event 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Coles Carlingwood 2121 Carling Ave The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Book signing - Whale Fall by Elysia Rourke 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |