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Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings| May 2026 Events | |
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| Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings Glenn McInnes 11am to 2pm Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring 2026 Edition 1pm Brian Goldman. 2:30pm Wayne Johnston. 4pm Gillian Deacon and Mark Medley. 6pm Claire Cameron. 8pm Emily Austin, Y.M. Abdel-Magied and Sharon Bala. Slam Outaouais 6e slam de poésie de la 18e saison. Espace DEP Sylvestre. 230 Rue Montcalm, Gatineau, QC. 18h30 www.facebook.com/events/2154297145425547 An Indian Morning 10:00am Stages and Pages 12:30pm Dandelion with Jamie Liew Culture géniale 1:00pm Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Launch for Misha Solomon's My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition Red Dress Day Gathering 10:00am Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Launch party for Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune. Tickets: $44.99 including book. Registration: carleyfortune.thespanielstale.ca/ Words and Culture 10:00am Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Mike Martin Double Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Love is a Practice - Opening Night Object//Project Art Book Fair Friday Special Blend 7:00am Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm Dahlia Lesh! Tickets at the door, PWYD (suggested donation: $10) |
Indigo Carlingwood Signings Alexandra Sempie 1-3pm Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings Troy Thompson 11am to 2pm Object//Project Art Book Fair Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with Sonia Saikaley 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM An Evening with Fran Lebowitz 8:00pm |
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| Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings Cassy Vincent 11am to 2pm An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Susannah M. Smith launches the Alchemy of Paradise with Cameron Anstee and Jen Falkner 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm |
Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings Shannon Chakraborty, Book Launch: The Tapestry of Fate 6:30pm $12.19 Words and Culture 10:00am Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa International Writers Festival Book Club Featuring Literary Agent Carly Watters, and authors Mai Nguyen and Kerry Clare. 6:30pm Parlour • 1319 Wellington Street West The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Riverbed Reading Series S7 7:30pm futurisms ft. Qattuu, Shō Yamagushiku and Whitney French |
Octopus Books Readings and Signings Joint Book Launch | Jon Claytor and Ian Roy 6:30pm Readings at Library and Archives Canada Book Club at LAC: Asian Heritage Month: French Book Club: Thursday, May 14, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. (ET); English Book Club: Friday, May 15, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. (ET) Free admission, registration is suggested Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am | Indigo Carlingwood Signings Cheryl Bauman 1-3pm Indigo Kanata Signings and Readings Morgana Follmann 11am to 3pm All things Bookish Market - Hosted by PreLoved Pages 10:00am |
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| Perfect Books Readings and Signings The Chip Stand Book Signing 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Book Launch | Temporary Palaces by Jeff Miller 7:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Media Club of Ottawa Meetings 5:00pm The magic lantern show by “Professor” Lindsay Lambert will combine his skill as a performer and his love of history and expertise in vintage light and photography. The comment of one of his friends sums it up best: “You take things that are old and dead and make them live again in new and interesting ways.” The room at the back of Perkins restaurant, 1130 St. Laurent Blvd., adjacent to St. Laurent shopping centre TIME: the room has been reserved for us from 4:30p.m.-8p.m. So there will be time to eat and network until our speaker begins to talk at 7p.m. Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am House of Anansi Poetry Bash with Brandi Bird, A.F. Moritz and Graeme Bezanson 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Murray Mollard Book Signing 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
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| Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with Peggy Kleinplatz 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm (un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm |
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm Human Transit (Revised Edition): How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am | |
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| Octopus Books Readings and Signings Signing | Jagjeet Sharma presents Silent Ripples 1-3pm The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Unrivaled Midnight Release Party 9:30 PM - 12:00 AM An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm An Evening with Eckhart Tolle 7:00pm |