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April 3, 2026

Friday Special Blend
Time and Place: Every Friday at 7:00 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/158/info.html
Susan is passionate about the transformative power of stories, and how they help us better understand one other and our community. Hosted by: Susan Johnston, Micah Petti and Gianluca Petti Airs: Every Friday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

April 2026 Events
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      The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
UESA Creative Writing Capstone Reading 7:00pm
Authors Meet Readers 5:30pm
The Nightcrawlers by Joshua Steckley
The Voices of Ottawa Variety Show 6:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
DYKE SMUT 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am Ottawa Comic Arts Festival 10:00am
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Amanda Earl Celebrates the End of Winter 2:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Susan J Atkinson, Marie-Andree Auclair, Dawn Steiner, Adrienne Stevenson 7 to 8pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Commonhouse Issue 7 Launch Party 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
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
Book Launch | Little Bee by Danny Neville 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm
Carol A. Stephen Celebration of Life 2:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
Words and Culture 10:00am
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 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
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Reading and Writing Splendid Sentences with Melanie White-Heron 7 to 8:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
ALSO's 4th Annual Banned Book Night 6:00pm
The Dusty Owl Reading Series Open Mic Night and Book Launch 7:00pm
 
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
A Queer Community Telethon for the Ottawa Trans Library (OTL). 11:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm
Book Launch | The Long Sixties with Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
An Evening with Amal El-Mohtar: Seasons of Glass and Iron 7:30pm
Words and Culture 10:00am
Mary Lee Bragg. Ronnie R. Brown, Blaine Marchand, Susan McMaster, and Colin Morton 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall with Whit Fraser. 7pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch | Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us 6:30pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Book Launch | Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer presents wîhtamawik / Tell Them 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
When the Forest Breathes with Suzanne Simard 7:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Amanda Earl celebrates the end of winter 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy by Carter Lavin.
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Zoe Dickinson, Frances Boyle, and Margo LaPierre 7 to 8:30pm
Words and Culture 10:00am
CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm
Zeina Sleiman, Where The Jasmine Blooms. IN-PERSON: www.eventbrite.ca/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-in-person-zeina-sleiman-tickets-1985979182195?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true ONLINE: www.eventbrite.ca/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-virtual-zeina-sleimans-where-the-jasmine-blooms-tickets-1985980005658?aff=oddtdtcreator
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring 2026 Edition
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm