Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events

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The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa
Time and Place: 7:00 pm.
Web: ottawacalligraphy.ca/
The Society meets on the first or second Friday of each month from September through December, and from February through June, at 7:00 PM at the location indicated in the corresponding event page, with the exception of the February and March meetings held on the first Saturday afternoon of the month. Everyone is welcome; your first meeting is free.
December 5 - General Meeting - Annual Holiday Card Swap, City View United Church, 6 Epworth

	December 2025 Events Return to today
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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	Perfect Books Raymond Biesinger Book Launch: 9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off SOIRÉE POÉSIE AU PUB À LA DÉRIVE: UNE PINTE OU UN VERS ? 6:00pm Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 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 Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: A conversation with Alex Himelfarb 7:00pm Words & Culture 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm	CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm	Library and Archives Canada Events Book Launch : Howie Morenz: The Greatest Season in the Life of Hockey's First Legend, Donald Murray 7pm www.canada.ca/fr/bibliotheque-archives/services/public/evenements/evenements/2025/lancement-livre-howie-morenz.html Third World Players 6:00pm Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm	CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am Nesting”: A Community Poetry Reading on Home 7:00pm The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa 7:00pm General Meeting - Annual Holiday Card Swap, City View United Church, 6 Epworth	Collaborative Zine Making 2:00pm Library Lecture Series: The "Secret" Writings of Henry VIII and Katherine Parr (His Sixth Wife!) 2:00pm Poetry Night 5:30pm Zine Workshop 6:00pm Slavery and Capitalism Book Launch \| Slavery and Capitalism by David McNally 7:00pm
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Slam Outaouais 2025 CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us 2:30pm	Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant 1:00pm In the Company of Writers 2:00pm Elmvale Writers Group 6:30pm Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program 6:30pm 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 Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group 10:00am The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 12:30pm The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm The Greenhouse 6:30pm Guernica In-Person Ottawa Launch 7:00pm Words & Culture 7:00pm 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 Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group 6:30pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm	CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am	Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am 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	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 Words & Culture 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 Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm	Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm Writing Circle 3:00pm 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	Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale 10:00am
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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 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm 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 Words & Culture 7:00pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm	CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm	The Carleton Poetic Sociey Monthly Poetry Workshop 6:00pm Third World Players 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm	CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am	Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
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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 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm 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 Words & Culture 7:00pm 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