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March 29, 2026
VERSeFest 2026
Web: https://www.verseottawa.ca/
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An Indian Morning
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 10:00 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/30/info.html
An Indian Morning celebrates not only the music of India but equally its various arts and artisans, poets and potters, kings and patriots.
Unbound Indie Lit Market
Time and Place: March 29 at 11:00 am. Next Door Market & Event Space 955A Gladstone Ave
Web: nextdoorottawa.ca/events-list/unbound-indie-lit-market
Meet Ottawa’s indie authors, explore new reads, and connect with a community that loves books as much as you do. 11am to 5pm
Culture géniale
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 1:00 pm. unique 94.5 fm
Web: uniquefm.ca/emission-culture-geniale
La culture est la possibilité même de créer, de renouveler et de partager des valeurs. Culture géniale est une émission hebdomadaire animée par Jean-Paul Moreau qui explore le monde du cinéma, de la littérature, des arts vivants, et bien plus encore.
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