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July 14, 2025

Collage Club
Time and Place: 6:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe, Room B125
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program?text=collage
free, drop-in program

Art House Cafe Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. 555 Somerset W
musicians, vocalists, poets, and comedians. sign up in advance on site. stairs leading up to cafe and down to open mic area. sign up opens at 6:30pm

Namaashoum
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/53/info.html
Promoting the Persian culture, especially its music and literature. Hosted by: Mehdi Fallahi

Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. The Hollander, 65 Holland
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/story-cafe
Pay-What-You-Can event, and donations are accepted in person, via canadahelps.org, or by sending an e-transfer to ostbusiness@ottawastorytellers.ca. Suggested donation: $5.

Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre, Bay 106
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-city-centre-meetup#
a quiet place to read and meet other book lovers. Sign up on site.

  July 2025 Events
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Perfect Books
Book Signing with Veena Gohkale 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Gil Waugh
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Collage Club 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
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CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm
For an in-person ticket, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-andre-alexis-tickets-1458638138939?aff=oddtdtcreator For a virtual ticket, click here; www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-andre-alexis-tickets-1458743975499?aff=oddtdtcreatorOTHER WORLDS" with André Alexis. Nostalgica Pub, 601 Cumberland
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Barrhaven signings
Erin Forget, 1-4pm
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Natalia Pierce
West Side Pride 11:00am
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
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The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change
Phase 2: Share and Support. Celebrate and Build Community: Zine Market
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Emily Murray
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Orleans Book Signings and Readings
Erin Forget, 12-3pm
Perfect Books
Book Signing with Sarah Selecky 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
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Perfect Books
Book Signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Charles Davies
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Collage Club 6:00pm
Happiness Book Walk Club: Happiness Habits 613 x Ottawa Public Library 6:30pm
THE BLUE ZONES: Secrets for Living Longer by Dan Buettner. tinyurl.com/happinessjuly28
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club
Messy Cities Why We Can't Plan Everything Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo. Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank. 6:15pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm