Art House Cafe Open Mic Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. Art House Cafe, 555 Somerset W. poetry, music, & more. sign up in person at 6:30pm. Book Launch: We Inherit the Fire Kagiso Lesego Molope Time and Place: January 12 at 7:00 pm. Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Web:writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/book-launch-we-inherit-the-fire free. Registration on site Namaashoum Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1 Web:cod.ckcufm.com/programs/53/info.html Promoting the Persian culture, especially its music and literature. Hosted by: Mehdi Fallahi Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe Time and Place: 7:00 pm. The Barley Mow, 399 Richmond Web:www.ottawastorytellers.ca/story-cafe Pay-What-You-Can event, and donations are accepted in person, via canadahelps.org, or by sending an e-transfer to ostbusiness@ottawastorytellers.ca. Suggested donation: $10. Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre, Bay 106 Web:www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-city-centre-meetup# a quiet place to read and meet other book lovers. Sign up on site.
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30amMedia Club of Ottawa Meetings 5:00pm SPEAKER: David Currie, Director of Communications for the Ottawa International Writers Festival TOPIC: What his job entails WHERE: In a private room at Perkins restaurant. ADDRESS: 1130 St. Laurent Blvd, adjacent to St. Laurent shopping centre. There is parking at the restaurant as well as the shopping centre where there is also bus service, plus easy access to highway 417. TIME: The room is booked from 4:30p.m.-8p.m. so there will be plenty of time to network and eat before the speaker begins to talk around 6:45-7p.m.Asian Sounds 6:00pmOttawa Scrabble Club 7:00pmOttawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pmThandizo Joy: A Little Death 7:30pm