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DYKE SMUT
Time and Place: April 2 at 7:00 pm. Art House Cafe, 555 Somerset W.
Web: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/dyke-smut
DYKE SMUT 1/2 CREATIVE WRITING. 1/2 SMUT READING. For not-cis-man queers. FIRST HALF: Get a drink and settle into a guided meditation and creative writing session designed to get your creative and erotic energy flowing. SECOND HALF: Enjoy the hot, wet, juicy, fruits of our labour with some live smut reading. Bring your own journals, pens, etc. I will have some supplies too if you'd like. Want to read smut you've written outside of the event? No problem. Bring it with you. You will NOT be put on the spot. Choosing to read is entirely optional. Signing up to read will be first come first serve in person at the event. Relaxed. Erotic. Creative. APRIL 2. ART HOUSE. OTTAWA. MASKED EVENT. SLIDING SCALE STARTING AT $20. CODE TRANS OR BIPOC FOR $15 TIX. WRITING AT 7PM. READING AT 8PM. ACCESS INFO: Art House has limited seating! Please email Maggie (maggiemharder@icloud.com) or DM (@maggiemayharder) if you need a guaranteed seat.

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