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March 21, 2026
THE HOUSE ON 9TH LINE | An Evening with Aaron Bangay
Time and Place: March 21 at 4:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank
Web: tinyurl.com/BangayMarch21
free. reserve a spot
March 2026 Events
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Crowd Pleaser with Yotam Ottolenghi 2:00pm		 Rough Draft Paper Company Annotated Book Swap 6:00pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
The Distance of a Shout with Michael Ondaatje 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions―and How the World Lost Its Mind
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Collaborative Zine Making Workshop 2:00pm
Music and Poetry by Women Performance Marathon 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm		 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		 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 8 mois pour écrire ton premier livre 6:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 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		 Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am THE HOUSE ON 9TH LINE | An Evening with Aaron Bangay 4:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Bywords.ca Poetry Open Mic 2:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Grimm | Dark Paths and Wild Wonder OST Annual Long Show
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 VERSeFest 2026
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		 VERSeFest 2026
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		 VERSeFest 2026
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 VERSeFest 2026
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 VERSeFest 2026
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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VERSeFest 2026
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Unbound Indie Lit Market 11:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile by Sarah Good
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm