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Capital Crime Writers
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. via Zoom
Web: capitalcrimewriters.com/
Email: treasurer@capitalcrimewriters.com
Ottawa mystery writers group meets on 2nd Wednesday of the month except July/August. Guests wishing to attend should send an e-mail.

  August 2025 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Nadee Fernando
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Perfect Books
Erin Brubacher and Jacob Wren Double Feature 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Indigo South Keys Signings and Readings
Lis Angus, Brenda Chapman, John Delacourt, Randall Denley, Katie Tallo. 6 - 8pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Open Mic 6:30pm
Silent Book Club - Vanier 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
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CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Capital Pride 2025
Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
312 Laurier E. 1-3:30pm
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Neil Cochrane
Big Gay Book Swap 12:00pm
The Poets' Picnic 2:00pm
Pride Night Market 5:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
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Capital Pride 2025
Westboro Books Readings and Signings
Young Adult Climate Fiction Panel and Readings. 1-3pm with Lea Beddia, Mary Jennifer Payne, Allister Thompson
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Chris Mustakas
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Capital Pride 2025
Perfect Books
D.M. Bradford presents Ring of Dust 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Capital Pride 2025
Westboro Books Readings and Signings
The Book Club: A Novel Bookstore" by Laurence Cossé. 6-7pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Pride Poetry Reading with Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, Sanita Fejzic, and Kevin Shaw 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Capital Pride 2025
Riverbed Reading Series Season 6
s6: iteration 2 7:30pm Eva Crocker, MLA Chernoff and Dr. Androbox
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Capital Pride 2025
Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
Queer Writers' Circle, 6-8:30pm 400 Sparks. Come through the side door by the parkinglot.
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
AJ Dolman, natalie hanna, Chris Johnson, Stevie Mikayne, James Moran, 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Robin Blackburn McBride, Nancy Huggett, Laurie Koensgen 7:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
The Factory Reading Series Presents Jen Currin, Jamaal Amir Akbari/JAAWORD, Shery Alexander Heinis, Pearl Pirie 7:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
Capital Pride 2025
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Capital Pride 2025
Streetmarket featuring local bookstores and authors from noon to 4pm in Ottawa's Village capitalpride.ca/2025-street-festival/
Open Pages Book Club Ottawa
312 Laurier E. 1-3:30pm
Perfect Books
Sarah Zahab Book Signing for Walk Your Way Fit: Your Guide to Better Health, Wellness, and Vitality 1 to 3pm
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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Capital Pride 2025
Streetmarket featuring local bookstores and authors from noon to 4pm in Ottawa's Village capitalpride.ca/2025-street-festival/
Perfect Books
Jolly Bimbachi and Jay Bertrand Book Signing for I Wish I Could (children’s book) 1 - 3pm
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars: Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber and Elon Musk by James Wilt. Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank.6pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Indigo Kanata Book Signings 11:00am
Marina Gabriela
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm