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December 27, 2025
Silent Book Club Stittsville
Time and Place: 12:00 pm. Kung Fu Bistro, 1110 Carp Rd. Unit 150,
every second and fourth Saturday. 1-3pm
the peter f yacht club : regatta/reading/christmas party 2025
Time and Place: December 27 at 7:00 pm. Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way
with readings from yacht club regulars and irregulars alike, including: Jennifer Baker, Frances Boyle, Conyer Clayton, David Currie, Michelle Desbarats, AJ Dolman, Amanda Earl, Claire Farley, Cara Goodwin, Chris Johnson, Margo LaPierre, rob mclennan, Christine McNair, James Moran, Lee Parpart, Colin Quin, Mahaila Smith, Grant Wilkins and Chuqiao Yang (and possibly others,
December 2025 Events
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  SOIRÉE POÉSIE AU PUB À LA DÉRIVE: UNE PINTE OU UN VERS ? 6:00pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
The Me in the Mirror: Multi-media event commemorating the 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence 6:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: A conversation with Alex Himelfarb 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 CBC All in A Day Book Club Sale for Make the Season Kind 3:00pm
Nesting”: A Community Poetry Reading on Home 7:00pm
The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa 7:00pm
General Meeting - Annual Holiday Card Swap, City View United Church, 6 Epworth		 Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Library Lecture Series: The "Secret" Writings of Henry VIII and Katherine Parr (His Sixth Wife!)​ ​ 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
Slavery and Capitalism Book Launch | Slavery and Capitalism by David McNally 7:00pm
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Commonhouse Magazine: Issue 6 Release Party 7:00pm		 Madelaine Drohan: How Benjamin Franklin Set the Stage for Donald Trump 12:00pm
Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
Elmvale Writers Group 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
battleaxe press Winter Launch 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
Guernica In-Person Ottawa Launch 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Alex Neve: Renewing human rights in a fractured world 4:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		   Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
Albert Dumont: The Sound My Heart Makes 2:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm		 Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Cities and the Constitution: Giving Local Governments in Canada the Power They Need by Alexandra Flynn and others
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Salon of the Refused Ottawa, 2025 7:00pm		 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
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 6 7:30pm
Mars Aspen Jason Christie, Cara Goodwin		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
The Carleton University Poetics Society Poetry Anthology: Cake Edition 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		 Ottawa Trans Library: Shared Stories Witness Circle 5:00pm
free with registration www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/shared-stories-witness-circle		  
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm
Global Cypher Day for Climate Justice 2025 7:00pm		 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
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm   Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
the peter f yacht club : regatta/reading/christmas party 2025 7:00pm
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
Anina's Book Swap 3:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Namaashoum 7:00pm The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
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