Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

Nostalgica Pub Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
Web: shorturl.at/8wYzo
every week on Thursdays for music, poetry etc. sign up at 8pm

  February 2026 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
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Black History Month
Stories from the Black Diaspora Ottawa Public Library Nepean Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Dr. Children's Programming Room 2:00pm. Children’s Stories in the Diaspora at Ottawa Public Library (Ben Franklin Place)
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Shealyn Visser 1-3pm
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Scott Godwin 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Stages and Pages 12:30pm
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord Music as Medicine by Daniel J Levitin presented by Kellylee Evans
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm
Black History Month
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Featuring Jacqui du Toi
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
Black History Month
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Launch: Hide and Sikh with Sunny Dhillon 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Black History Month
Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Black History Month
Lancements chez Bouquinart Librairie & Galerie d'art
«Là où la poussière se dépose & Les amours extraordinaires», de Karina Pawlikowski et Julien Morissette Entrée libre • Animation : Maude Fiset • Vin d’honneur offert • Livre en vente (25,95$) 19h
Book Launch: Democracy's Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public 6:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
The Inaugural Father Jim Bleackley OMI Lecture on Indigenous Justice with Guest Speaker Niigaan Sinclair 7:00pm
Book Launch: Shelley Lavigne - Enamoured: A Triptych 8:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Black History Month
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Love as resistance: Political discussion and letter writing 6:00pm
Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm
Poetry Slam Ft Lindsay Mayhew FACE MASKS REQUIRED Doors 7:00 | Show 7:30 Tickets at the door, PWYD (suggested donation: $10) Sign up for the slam or open mic at the door. Poets who sign up to perform are not required to buy a ticket. Accessibility: Step-free access. Accessible and inclusive washrooms. Alcohol-free space. Face masks required and available as needed. Pay-What-You-Decide tickets.
Black History Month
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Lauren Flynn 11am to 3pm
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
A Night of Ink and Embers: Valentine's Day edition! 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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Black History Month
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Selina Liang 11am to 1pm
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Julian McKenzie 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm
Black History Month
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Black History Month
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Launch for Lives Altered by War by Nataliia Stepaniuk, PhD 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Black History Month
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Ottawology Book Launch with Tonya K. Davidson 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 6 7:30pm
Riverbed x flo. literary magazine with musical performances by Domina Eliahou and seven readers from flo.’s seven issue run: Jillian Clasky, Lana Crossman, Susanne Fletcher, Vera Hadzic, Kees Kapteyn, Amber Rawson and Mekyle Ali Qadir www.riverbedreads.ca/s6.html
Black History Month
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Black History Month
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Black History Month
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Oliver Dyment 1 to 3pm
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Theresa Redmond
SIP & READ (+Book Swap) - Ottawa/Gatineau 2:00pm
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Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Bywords.ca Poetry Open Mic 2:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Recovering Romantic Artist: Briane Nasimok
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Book launch - Eleanor and the South Beach Murders, by Ellen Yardley 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Randy Boyagoda Thinking Out Loud Together: Why Civil Discourse Matters More Than Ever 7pm
Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
LeAnne O'Brien 1 to 3pm
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm