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November 17, 2026
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Time and Place: 258A Elgin
Web: https://perfectbooks.ca/events
small step up. ramp on Somerset by Scrimms.
November 14 - Book signing with Carolyn Y. Nakagawa and their debut book “Asahi: Japanese Canadian Baseball Heroes” | 1:00-3:00PM
November 15 - Book signing with Rod Carley and their latest book “The Great Catsby” | Perfect Books, 1:00-3:00PM
November 16 - Gary Barwin launches “The Comedian’s Book of the Dead” with Conyer Clayton 7:00-8:30PM
November 17 - Andrew Lafleche launches Polaroids of Tomorrow with Ron Corbett and an audience Q&A 7 to 8:30pm
November 18 - Jinwoo Park and The Soju Korean Literature Club, featuring Dolki Min, Lee Young-Do, Cheon Seon-ran and Park Seolyeon | Perfect Books, 7:00PM-8:30PM
November 19 - Book talk with Jen Agg and their latest book “Table Boss” | 7:00-8:30PM
November 24 - Apt. 9 Press Chap Book Launch with Monty Reid, Phil Hall, Sandra Ridley | 7:00-8:30PM
November 25 - Robin Blackburn McBride and Frances Boyle 7 to 8:30pm
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Time and Place: Library and Archives of Canada,395 Wellington Street.
Web: www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/services/public/events/events.html
registration recommended
November 12 - Always a Part of the Land – Book Launch 7pm
November 17 - Knowledge Exchange Series—Arctic Narratives 1-5pm. in person and on Zoom. register at link.
November 18 - Ghosts of Ortona – Book Launch 7pm
November 20 - STEP INTO STORIES An Inter-Generational Celebration of A Child’s Inalienable Right To Be Heard 12:30pm. free. reserve tickets writersfestival.org/event/step-into-stories
November 25 - The Making of a Champion with Brad Gushue 7pm
Words and Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 10:00 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/640/info.html
Words and Culture weaves conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. Airs: Every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Past and Present: Celebrating Archibald Lampman, an evening of poetry
Time and Place: November 17 at 6:30 pm. Beechwood Cemetery, 280 Beechwood, Beechwood National Memorial Centre
Web: www.facebook.com/events/1769010504369648/
Join us at Beechwood Cemetery for a special evening celebrating the life, poetry and enduring legacy of Archibald Lampman, one of Canada’s most important early poets. Presented in partnership with the Poet Laureate of Ottawa and with the support of the League of Canadian Poets and Arc Poetry Magazine, this special gathering will connect Lampman’s literary legacy with Ottawa’s continuing tradition of poetry and storytelling.
Radical Wordcrafting: Exploring Poetry as Magical Practice | Co-facilitated by Gemini and Spark
Time and Place: Every Second Tuesday at 7:00 pm. via Zoom
Email: dianeperazzo@outlook.com
online discussion group on Poetry as Spellcasting by Tamiko Beyer, Destiny Hemphill and Lisbeth White. Centring queer and BIPOC perspectives, it celebrates the power of language to inspire and create personal and collective change.Registration via e-mail
November 17 - Opening the circle
December 1 - Portals of Inheritance: Ancestral Teachings, Possible Futures
December 15 - Languages of Liberation, Disruption and Magic
Live on Elgin Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 8:00 pm. 220 Elgin, #2
Web: www.liveonelgin.com/calendar/event/?ID=KHE6Y2L
Get there early, say hi your host, grab a drink and sign up to do some music, comedy, poetry, or whatever else! Sign up closes at 7:45pm
  November 2026 Events
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CKCU FM Fund Raising Drive
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Chroma Queer Presents QueerPhoric Storytelling with Jeffrey Canton 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam Part 1 Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, Room B125
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Many Faces of Orlando: Ema Nikolovska & Sean Shibe 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Always a Part of the Land – Book Launch 7pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
A Noble Profession with Peter Mansbridge 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Singing Pebble Books Readings and Signings
Book Talk with author & artist Rob Mullen 6:30PM - 8:00 PM
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2026 pre fair reading 7:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book signing with Carolyn Y. Nakagawa and their debut book “Asahi: Japanese Canadian Baseball Heroes” | 1:00-3:00PM
the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2026 edition 12:00pm
City of Ottawa Book Awards 7:00pm
Joyce Carol Oates 8:00pm
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Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book signing with Rod Carley and their latest book “The Great Catsby” | Perfect Books, 1:00-3:00PM
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
An Afternoon of Poetry & Social Justice with Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas 2:00pm
Book Launch: Lisa Rochon, the Paris Thief 4:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Gary Barwin launches “The Comedian’s Book of the Dead” with Conyer Clayton 7:00-8:30PM
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
True Patriot Love with Carol Off 7:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Andrew Lafleche launches Polaroids of Tomorrow with Ron Corbett and an audience Q&A 7 to 8:30pm
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Knowledge Exchange Series—Arctic Narratives 1-5pm. in person and on Zoom. register at link.
Words and Culture 10:00am
Past and Present: Celebrating Archibald Lampman, an evening of poetry 6:30pm
Radical Wordcrafting: Exploring Poetry as Magical Practice | Co-facilitated by Gemini and Spark 7:00pm
Opening the circle
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Jinwoo Park and The Soju Korean Literature Club, featuring Dolki Min, Lee Young-Do, Cheon Seon-ran and Park Seolyeon | Perfect Books, 7:00PM-8:30PM
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Ghosts of Ortona – Book Launch 7pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 7 7:00pm
Ma Myriah Peace, Andrea Thompson, Xavior Kayvon Gough		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book talk with Jen Agg and their latest book “Table Boss” | 7:00-8:30PM
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Lost in a Strange World with Emmanuelle Erny 7:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Readings at Library and Archives Canada
STEP INTO STORIES An Inter-Generational Celebration of A Child’s Inalienable Right To Be Heard 12:30pm. free. reserve tickets writersfestival.org/event/step-into-stories
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm
Urban Legends Poetry Slam		 Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books
Debbie Mason Book Signing 1–3 PM
Unbound: Indie Lit Market 11:00am
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 N.G. Avant: Indie Author Group 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Octopus Books Readings and Signings
Book Launch | Marie-Claire McKelvey presents The Year my Head Exploded 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Apt. 9 Press Chap Book Launch with Monty Reid, Phil Hall, Sandra Ridley | 7:00-8:30PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Robin Blackburn McBride and Frances Boyle 7 to 8:30pm
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
The Making of a Champion with Brad Gushue 7pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
In Conversation with Derek McCormack and Micah Lexier: Art, Text, and Collaboration 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Lancement: réédition des œuvres de Pierre Raphaël Pelletier 5:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Mystery Author Book Fair 4:00pm		  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Tales of the Forest Faeries with Farrah, Kyla, and Nadiah 6:00pm
Art-N-Tell 7:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm