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Salon of the Refused Ottawa, 2025
Time and Place: December 15 at 7:00 pm. Bytown Museum, 1 Canal Lane
Web: salonoftherefused.ca/
Email: wajohnst@uoguelph.ca
It is a celebration of writing that was initially rejected. It is also a celebration of marginalized communities who often feel rejected by mainstream society. The authors will present works of poetry or prose that went unrecognized when first submitted to either a literary journal or competition but whose power and beauty will be evident to those in attendance. See site for list of readers.
December 2025 Events
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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