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| Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025 6:30 PM Theory of Water with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 8:00 PM Crime and Punishment with Liann Zhang, Katie Tallo and Eliza Reid Third World Players 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025 6:30 PM Past as Present with Gwen Tuinman, Jack Wang and Linda McQuag 8:00 PM The Social Safety Net with Nora Loreto CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Jane's Walk, the literary walks Plotlines & Pathways: Central Ottawa in Contemporary Fiction by Susan Johnston 11 am. Moulin de Provence, Byward Market. Sign up to attend: www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/janes-walk-ottawa-gatineau-2025/22005 Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025 11:30 AM The Certainty Illusion with Timothy Caulfield 1:00 PM Ends of the Earth with Neil Shubin 2:30 PM A Billion Butterflies with Dr. Jagadish Shukla 4:00 PM: On Oil with Don Gillmor 5:30 PM: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All with Sandy Hudson 7:00 PM: Inheritance with Otoniya J. Okot Bitek and Iryn Tushabe 8:30 PM: The River Has Roots with Amal El-Mohtar Sip & Read Jenni tea. 98 Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville Gatineau, QC. Inscription: www.eventbrite.ca/e/sip-read-a-literary-experience-like-no-other-ottawagatineau-tickets-1318976035829 $30 |
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| Jane's Walk, the literary walks Ottawa in Verse by Susan Johnston 4pm Meeting at Maman at the National Gallery of Canada. www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/janes-walk-ottawa-gatineau-2025/22004 Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival May 1 - 4, 2025 1:00 PM Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope with Garry Gottfriedson and Victoria Handford 2:30 PM On Book Banning with Ira Wells 4:00 PM From Truth to Reconciliation with Bruce McIvor and Rose LeMay 5:30 PM Canada in the New World Order with Lloyd Axworthy 7:00 PM Long Story Short with Bill Gaston, Catherine Bush and Andre Alexis 8:30 PM: Everything Everywhere with Emily Austin, Matt Jones and Georgia Toews The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings Author storytime - Kenzie's Little Tree 10am CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm Poets’ Pathway: City Archives Plaque for William Pittman Lett 2:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition Red Dress Day 2025 10:00am Sunnyside Writers' Group with Michael F. Stewart 6:00pm CBC All in A Day Book Club 6:30pm Maiko Serizawa (IN PERSON EVENT), All Saints Anglican Church Westboro, 347 Richmond Road: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-maiko-serizawa-in-person-event-tickets-1343390068859?aff=oddtdtcreator , To get a ticket to attend ONLINE by Zoom, click here www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-day-book-club-maiko-serizawa-virtual-tickets-1343519546129?aff=oddtdtcreator You Talk. We Taco 6:30pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Octopus Books Glebe Reading club: 7-8:30pm Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Perfect Books Terese Mason Pierre’s Myth and Mahaila Smith’s Seed Beetle 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Words & Culture 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Riverbed Reading Series Season 6 s6: iteration one – horizon line. 7:30pm Janice Jo Lee, Shani Mootoo, Raphael Weinroth-Browne CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Third World Players 6:00pm Silent Book Club - Vanier 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Octopus Books Glebe Signing: Jolly Bimbachi presents I Wish I Could 11:00AM - 1:00PM, weather permitting Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Westboro Books Readings and Signings Tamara Levine, the Warmest Sweater in the World 3pm |
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| Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month 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 |
Octopus Books Glebe Book Launch: Red Flags by David Camfield 7:00PM - 8:00PM Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm Words & Culture 7:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival May 14 - 16, 2025 Southminister United Church, 15 Aylmer. 6:30 PM: Scene of the Crime with Uzma Jalaluddin and Nita Prose 8:00 PM Criminal Intent with Sue Hincenbergs, Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm |
Bywords.ca Submissions Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival May 14 - 16, 2025 Cafe Nostalgica, 601 Cumberland. 7:00 PM Happily Ever After with Emma Theriault, Uzma Jalaluddin and Jackie Lau Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm Writing Circle 3:00pm Third World Players 6:00pm Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Ottawa International Writers Festival May 14 - 16, 2025 Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington. 6:00 PM 52 Ways to Reconcile with David A. Robertson 8:00 PM Baldwin, Styron, and Me with Mélikah Abdelmoumen and Catherine Khordoc CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Octopus Books Glebe Signing: Dan Black presents Oceans of Fate 11:00AM - 1:00PM, weather permitting Ottawa Asian Heritage Month |
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| Octopus Books Glebe Signing: Sara Power presents Art of Camouflage 11:00AM - 1:00PM Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Perfect Books Jessica Bebenek, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Christine Wu. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm Words & Culture 7:00pm |
Indigo Books, Rideau Centre Readings and Signings Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer 7pm Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm |
Brenda Chapman Readings and Signings Who Lies in Wait, 4th in the Hunter and Tate Mysteries. 7-9pm; Ottawa Curling Club, 440 O'Connor Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Westboro Books Readings and Signings Thursday Murder Book Club: The Night Will Be Long 6-7pm. Registration required Third World Players 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month |
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| Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm (un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Collage Club 6:00pm Monday Director Spotlight - Lee Chang-dong - Poetry 6:00pm Zine Workshop 6:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm Words & Culture 7:00pm |
Octopus Books Glebe Book Launch | Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey 7:00PM - 8:00PM Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Every Person Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm |
Octopus Books Glebe Author Talk: Race, Class, and Urban Revitalization with Vanessa Rosa 7pm Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Third World Players 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Is a River Alive? with Robert Macfarlane 7:00pm |
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Westboro Books Readings and Signings Book signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1-3pm Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm |