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October 2021 Events
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          CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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Slam Outaouais 2025
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
RICHARD POWERS IN CONVERSATION WITH ALYSSA YORK 7:00pm
Out of the Sun: On Art, Race, and the Future with Esi Edugyan 7:30pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
BOOK LAUNCH: Off the Record with Peter Mansbridge 7:30pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2021 Lampman Award Shortlist Reading 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
An Embarrassment of Critch’s with Mark Critch 7:30pm
KATHERENA VERMETTE IN CONVERSATION WITH CANDY PALMATER 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm		 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
Not a Happy Family with Shari Lapena 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Em with Kim Thuy 7:30pm
JESSE WENTE IN CONVERSATION WITH MATT GALLOWAY 8:00pm		 Bywords.ca
Submissions
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Launch of Buried Secrets by Mike Martin 3:00pm		  
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Books and Biryani: A Muslim History of North America with Omar Mouallem 7:00pm
The Class with Chris Hedges 7:30pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
The Class with Chris Hedges 7:30pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
BOOK LAUNCH: Hunting by Stars with Cherie Dimaline 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
a Zoom Tribute Event for Mick Burrs, aka Steven Michael Berzensky (1940-2021) 8:30pm		 CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Conyer Clayton at Booknanza 6:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Irving Layton: The Jewish Poems 2:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Bywords 2021 John Newlove Poetry Award 7:30pm		 CKCU FM Words and Culture 9:30am
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Words & Culture 7:00pm
Book Launch: My Stories, My Times, Volume 2 with The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm
My Best Mistake with Terry O’Reilly 7:30pm		 Wakefield Writers Festival 2021 Writers Fête
Home is a Beautiful Word 7pm Joel Bernbaum, Katie Burkholder Harris Leah Cogan, host A co-production with Theatre Wakefield La Fab sur Mill 8 Mill Rd., Chelsea, Québec
Third World Players 6:00pm		 Wakefield Writers Festival 2021 Writers Fête
Des mots à l'apéro 19h Michel Jean, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Mishka Lavigne, Animé par Julie Huard Centre Wakefield La Pêche ​38 Valley Drive, Wakefield, Québec
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Wakefield Writers Festival 2021 Writers Fête
Tête-à-Tête 7pm Diana Beresford-Kroeger Seth Klein (live from Vancouver) Adrian Harewood, host Centre Wakefield La Pêche ​38 Valley Drive, Wakefield, Québec
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Wakefield Writers Festival 2021 Writers Fête
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm