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November 20, 2025
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Absinthe Cafe 1208 Wellington St. W.
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-hintonburg-meetup
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Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:30 pm. Ottawa Public Library, 2500 Campeau Dr, Meeting Room A
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/beaverbrook-writing-group-0
drop in. adult. 120 minutes
Sad Girl Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Ave
Web: www.gigspaceottawa.com
music, poetry spoken word open mic for women of all ages on the 3rd Thursday of each. Capacity: 35
Book Launch | Complex Kids, Simple Solutions
Time and Place: November 20 at 8:00 pm. Red Bird Live, 1165 Bank Street
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events/3854320251120
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
all genres welcome. sign ups: 8pm
November 2025 Events
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            Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm		 Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Book Launch - Christopher McPherson Screaming Obscenities at the Sky 5:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa 7:00pm
A Simple Pencil - Amazing Letters with Rick Draffin, City View United Church, 6 Epworth		 Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Zine Workshop 6:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm		 Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Poetry Cabaret with Billy Ray Belcourt, Canisia Lubrin and katherena vermette 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm		 Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch | Ottawology by Tonya Davidson 6:30pm
Amanda Earl, Beast Body Epic 7:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan with Lyse Doucet 7:00pm		 Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		   2025 Ottawa Book Awards 7:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Shameless Artist: Tom Lips
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm		 Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Book Launch | Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education 7:00pm
Jennifer Baker, Stephen Brockwell and Vera Hadzic 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
David A. Robertson: What if everything will be okay? 4:00pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
We Breed Lions with Rick Westhead 7:00pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Book Launch | Complex Kids, Simple Solutions 8:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		   Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Book Fair: Crime for Christmas 1:00pm
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm
Queer SWANA Stories 6:30pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm
Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		   The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm
Against the Grain with Terry O'Reilly 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		    
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Capital Comic Book Convention 11 Edition
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm