Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

December 16, 2025
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
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 10:00 am. 1705 Orléans Blvd
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/orl%C3%A9ans-writing-group-2
Adult. drop in program. 180 minutes
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 12:30 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/666/info.html
where books meet conversation, a half-hour show
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Dunton Tower 1811, the Gordon Wood Lounge
Email: poeticssociety@gmail.com
bring writing to share
The Greenhouse
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 6:30 pm. dm on Instagram for address
Web: www.instagram.com/p/DOKZbxMjRe6/
a brave space for artists to commune, co-create and dream weekly
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. 3 Brasseurs, 565 Kanata Ave
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-kanata
an opportunity to meet fellow book lovers and read quietly together. Sign up on site.
Live on Elgin Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 8:00 pm. 220 Elgin, #2
Web: www.liveonelgin.com/calendar/event/?ID=KHE6Y2L
Get there early, say hi your host, grab a drink and sign up to do some music, comedy, poetry, or whatever else! Sign up closes at 7:45pm
  December 2025 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Albert Dumont: The Sound My Heart Makes 2:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm		 Bywords.ca
Submissions
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Cities and the Constitution: Giving Local Governments in Canada the Power They Need by Alexandra Flynn and others
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Salon of the Refused Ottawa, 2025 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 6 7:30pm
Mars Aspen Jason Christie, Cara Goodwin		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Writing Circle 3:00pm
The Carleton University Poetics Society Poetry Anthology: Cake Edition 6:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Ottawa Trans Library: Shared Stories Witness Circle 5:00pm
free with registration www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/shared-stories-witness-circle		 Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm		 In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
the peter f yacht club : regatta/reading/christmas party 2025 7:00pm
28 29 30 31      
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
The Greenhouse 6:30pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm