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May 6, 2025
Octopus Books Glebe
Time and Place: 116 Third
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events
Email: events@octopusbooks.ca
register to confirm attendance. Masking is encouraged to help protect the health of immunocompromised people.
May 6 - Reading club: 7-8:30pm
May 10 - Signing: Jolly Bimbachi presents I Wish I Could 11:00AM - 1:00PM, weather permitting
May 13 - Book Launch: Red Flags by David Camfield 7:00PM - 8:00PM
May 17 - Signing: Dan Black presents Oceans of Fate 11:00AM - 1:00PM, weather permitting
May 18 - Signing: Sara Power presents Art of Camouflage 11:00AM - 1:00PM
May 28 - Book Launch | Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey 7:00PM - 8:00PM
May 29 - Author Talk: Race, Class, and Urban Revitalization with Vanessa Rosa 7pm
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Web: www.asianheritagemonth.net/
Perfect Books
Time and Place: 258A Elgin
Web: perfectbooks.ca/
readings, signings; accessibility note: 1 stair up to store; Additional accessibility via walkway from Somerset Street
May 6 - Terese Mason Pierre’s Myth and Mahaila Smith’s Seed Beetle 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
May 7 - Jeff McIntyre, Salmon Run Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
May 14 - Mike Martin Double Book Launch. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM -Friends are Forever, the new Sgt. Wildflower Mystery and -Hope, Love, and Other Dreams, a collection of poetry He'll be joined by special musicial guest Victoria Vlad
May 20 - Jessica Bebenek, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Christine Wu. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
June 4 - Eric Andrew-Gee, The Mind Mappers Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
June 11 - Nicholas Chesterley, Future-Generation Government 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CKCU FM Words and Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 9:30 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/640/info.html
Words and Culture weaves conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. Airs: Every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Words & Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 7:00 pm. CHUO 89.1 FM
Web: Chuo.fm/show/words-and-culture-indigenous/
Conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists.
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap
Time and Place: 7:30 pm.
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/story-swap
Attendees are invited to listen or to tell a story 5-10 minutes in length. via Zoom
  May 2025 Events
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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
Perfect Books
Jeff McIntyre, Salmon Run Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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
Perfect Books
Mike Martin Double Book Launch. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM -Friends are Forever, the new Sgt. Wildflower Mystery and -Hope, Love, and Other Dreams, a collection of poetry He'll be joined by special musicial guest Victoria Vlad
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
Urban Legends Poetry Collective 7:00pm
ULPC Broken Mic #4 ft rudiejay 7pm bit.ly/ULPCBrokenMic5rudiejay		 Octopus Books Glebe
Signing: Dan Black presents Oceans of Fate 11:00AM - 1:00PM, weather permitting
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Romance Author Panel with Kate Cole, Alyssa Delle Palme, Erin Lisbeth, Laiza Millan, Renée Gendron. 10am
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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		 Jane's Walk, the literary walks
Martine Batanian 17h
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