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October 30, 2019
CANADIAN CULTURE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD BY GARRY NEIL
Time and Place: October 30 at 7:00 pm. The Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St at Main St,
Web: octopusbooks.ca/event/book-launch-canadian-culture-in-a-globalized-world-by-garry-neil
Ottawa Scrabble Club
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
Web: www.ottawascrabbleclub.com/
check site for updated info on venue
Celtic Folk Night
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Oh So Good, 25 York
includes poetry and storytelling of a Celtic nature
October 2019 Events
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      Annahid Dashtgard 7:00pm
Margaret Atwood 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Literary Landscape 6:30pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2019 Lampman Award Shortlist Reading 7:00pm
Be Part of the Story: A Fundraising Event with Ottawa StoryTellers 7:30pm
Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm		 Alex Trebek Lecture Series: Best-selling author Chris Kutarna 7:30pm Autumn Teachings with Albert Dumont 9:00am
Shadowfest 2019 Afternoon 1:00pm
To Speak for the Trees with Diana Beresford-Kroeger 2:00pm
Renaissance Press Multi-Author Book Launch 4:00pm
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Canzine 2019
Guernica's Fall 2019 Ottawa Launch 2:00pm
Happy Goat Open Mic 2:00pm
Carina Press in Ottawa: Candid Cold Reads and Q&A with Angela James 2:30pm
Slam Outaouais 5:00pm		 Gary Geddes 5:30pm
Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm		 In Conversation with Veronica Roth and Courtney Summers 7:00pm
Neo-Griot Spoken Word Poetry 7:00pm
Canadian Authors' Association National Capital Region MONTHLY MEETINGS 2018/2019 7:15pm
Writing Workshop, and the CAA-NCR Annual General Meeting		 Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm		 Mobilizing Global Networks Ottawa Book Launch 12:30pm
A Look Into: Ottawa Creatives - Badgyal Wave Panel 5:30pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Literary Landscape 6:30pm
Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm		 Friday Vibe Open Mic Nights 8:00pm Cap City Cyphers Session 14 - 1 Yr Anniversary Cypher & Open Mic 6:13pm
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Happy Goat Open Mic 2:00pm Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm Bywords.ca
Submissions
Ottawa Independent Writers Meetings 6:30pm
Fleshing Out Life Stories with Richard Taylor www.facebook.com/events/475404959974771/
Read for the Cure 2019 6:30pm		 Between the Pages An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists 6:00pm
City of Ottawa 2019 Book Awards/Arc Poetry Archibald Lampman Award 6:30pm
Speakers' Night - Editors Association of Canada - Ottawa-Gatineau Branch 6:30pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
West End Story Swap 7:00pm
Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Literary Landscape 6:30pm
Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm		 Can*Con 2019
Every Land Every Day 6:45pm		 Can*Con 2019
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao - Book launch party 11:00am
Latin American Heritage Book Fair 11:00am
Nothing Without Us 3:00pm
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Can*Con 2019
Ottawa Book Expo
39th Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair 10:30am
Happy Goat Open Mic 2:00pm
Du slam au menu 5:00pm		 Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm   Daniel Beamish 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm		 2019 Fall Ottawa International Writers Festival
6:00 PM Had it Coming with Robyn Doolittle 7:30 PM In My Own Moccasins with Helen Knott 9:00 PM Poetry Cabaret with Katherena Vermette and Billy-Ray Belcourt
Lancements au Coin du Livre
Jean Boisjoli et Gabriel Osson. Activité gratuite 16 h www.facebook.com/events/2172888726338286/
Librairie du Soleil - Lancements
Lancements | imaginaires de l'Afrique avant et après l'Apartheid 17 h www.facebook.com/events/396733077672665/
Third World Players 6:00pm
Literary Landscape 6:30pm
RE WE DONE FIGHTING? BUILDING UNDERSTANDING IN A WORLD OF HATE AND DIVISION 6:30pm
Caroline Pignat 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Signatures Series 2019/2020 7:30pm
One Metis Man's Life Growing Up in Saskatchewan - Bruce Sinclair
Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm		 2019 Fall Ottawa International Writers Festival
NOON Graphic History with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Katherena Vermette 6:00 PM Where the Heart Is with Anar Ali and Rebecca Fisseha 7:30 PM Fame with Amy Jones and Terry Fallis 9:00 PM 2019 Bywords John Newlove Poetry Awards
Salon du livre afro-canadien
10 h
Lisa Frühbeis 5:00pm
Bywords 2019 John Newlove Poetry Award 9:00pm		 2019 Fall Ottawa International Writers Festival
1:30 PM Power Shift with Sally Armstrong 3:00 PM The Vagina Bible with Dr. Jen Gunter 4:30 PM We Have Always Been Here with Samra Habib 5:00 PM Plan 99 Poetry (Manx Pub, 370 Elgin) with Jacqueline Turner, K.B. Thors and Nikki Reimer 6:00 PM Art and Craft with Steven Price and Jennifer Robson 7:30 PM Make Tomorrow with Michael Christie and Johanna Skibsrud 9:00 PM The Day After Tomorrow with Derek Kunsken and Tade Thompson
Regroupement des éditeurs franco-canadiens
Démystifions le processus d’édition 13h 5$ www.facebook.com/events/2261799787279568/
Salon du livre afro-canadien
19 h
Free Bookbinding Day 9:00am
Felice Picano and Trebor Healy 1:30pm
Little Witch Press 10th Anniversary 2:00pm
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2019 Fall Ottawa International Writers Festival
1:30 PM Laughing Matters with Laurie Gelman and Dave Hill 3:00 PM Modern Family with Rick Prashaw and Amanda Jette Knox 4:30 PM Daughter of Family G with Ami McKay 5:00 PM Plan 99 (Manx Pub, 370 Elgin) ARC Poetry Fall Launch 6:30 PM Family Ties with Zalika Reid-Benta, Carol Rose GoldenEagle and Michael Crummey 8:30 PM Friends Like These with Sara Peters, Megan Gail Coles and Anakana Schofield
Orleans Comic Book & Novelty Show 11:00am
Happy Goat Open Mic 2:00pm		 2019 Fall Ottawa International Writers Festival
NOON All of Me with Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Ripley 5:30 PM A Thousand Small Sanities with Adam Gopnik 7:00 PM An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space with Bob McDonald 8:30 PM Fear Itself with Jessica Westhead, Nathan Ripley and Lynn Coady
Monday Night Scribes 10:00pm		 2019 Fall Ottawa International Writers Festival
NOON Adaptation: From Page to Netflix with Cherie Dimaline 5:30 PM The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls w/ Mona Eltahawy 7:00 PM Where The Wild Things Are with Karen McBride and Cherie Dimaline 8:30 PM Rebent Sinner with Ivan Coyote		 CANADIAN CULTURE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD BY GARRY NEIL 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Celtic Folk Night 7:30pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Literary Landscape 6:30pm
Ashes to Rubies 7:00pm
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Grimoire Launch Party 7:00pm
Open Mic at Cafe Nostalgica 8:30pm