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Pen and Paper Writer's Group
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 5:55 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Rideau Branch, 377 Rideau
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/pen-and-paper-writers-group-1

Pen and Paper Writer's Group
Time and Place: 6:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Rideau Branch, 377 Rideau
Get feedback on your writing (any genre) and ideas from the group. Hear the work of other writers and offer your feedback. Discuss issues about writing and publishing. Share your triumphs, trials and tribulations with a supportive, informal group.

April 2025 Events
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    CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm
Sucker Punch with Scaachi Koul 7:00pm
Capstone Reading 7:30pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Ottawa Trans Library Readings
Poetry Night: bring your own and others' poems. 5:30 to 7:30pm
Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Perfect Books Presents: Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre with Mark Bourrie 7:00pm
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Indigo South Keys Signings and Readings
Marko Arizanovic, Julie E. Czerneda, Kate Heartfield, Kevin Hearne, and James W. Lackie. Meet and Greet: 12-3pm
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Common House Issue 5 Launch Party 7:00pm
Sunnyside Writers' Group with Michael F. Stewart 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
MASC Young Authors & Illustrators Festival
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
MASC Young Authors & Illustrators Festival
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Sumac Literary Magazine – Issue 3 Launch Party 6:30pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Mutchmor Book Sale
Book launch: The Poilievre Project A radical blueprint for corporate rule by Martin Lukacs 5:30pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Silent Book Club - Vanier 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
Mutchmor Book Sale
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Off the Pages: A Celebration of Banned Books 6:30pm
Can Con 2025
Mutchmor Book Sale
Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
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Mutchmor Book Sale
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Collage Club 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
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CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
RPL Acoustic Music Jam 6:00pm
Carleton University Presents: A Half-Built Garden with Ruthanna Emrys 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
House of Anansi Poetry Bash with AF Moritz, Clémence Dumas-Côté, Farah Ghafoor and Karen Solie. 7:00pm
Passed the Threshold, and Back 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Book signing - Crash landing - Li Charmaine Anne
#WriteOttawa 10:00am
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
Great Big Beautiful Life - Launch day party, Emily Henry 630 to 8pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Ben Ladouceur: Book Launch, I Remember Lights 7:30pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Our Power Our Planet: Working Together for the Next Generations 12:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Media Club of Ottawa Meetings 6:00pm
Kita Szpak, BAICO Publishing
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 7:00pm
Deborah-Anne Tunney, Poetry Workshop: Crafting Poems for Publication
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Authors Meet Readers 5:30pm
Criminalized Lives: HIV and Legal Violence
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
the Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl 2025
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Canadian Independent Bookstore Day
Ottawa Afrocentric Book Club
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson, Room 213 3-5pm.
the Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl 2025
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
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the Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl 2025
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Earth Day Festival 10:15am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Amanda Earl, Margo La Pierre, Lisa Richter and Chuqiao Lang 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Collage Club 6:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
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Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm