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Tea for Tara
Episode 1 featuring facilitator Blue Petties in conversation with Ottawa Trans Library Founder, Tara Sypniewski and Gender Mosaic Member, Zelda Marshall. 1 to 2pm nd includes an audience Q&A followed by a 45 minute tea party with our live audience. You must register to attend the live recording, space is limited. Fully masked event. Must sign 'Release of Image and Participation Agreement' if taking part in live audience. Register to be part of the live audience here: tinyurl.com/teafortara1
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
VERSeFest Volunteer Appreciation and Recruitment Night 3:00pm
Ottawa Poetry Salon 7:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
The Blurred Divide: Can We Draw a Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction? 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm |
Black History Month
André Alexis in conversation with Jamaal Amir Akbari. Bayview Yards. 7pm Free. Reserve a spot: tinyurl.com/bhmalexis
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Black History Month
Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Black History Month
The Ottawa Black Creatives Hub Showcase Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Road. 7pm. $35 shenkmanarts.ca/en/ottawa-black-creatives. Shaun Boothe: The Unauthorized Biography Series at Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Lee Lye Studio Theatre. Tickets $20-$29 meridiancentrepointe.com/en/shaun-boothe-unauthorized-biography
Collaborative Zine Making Workshop 2:00pm
Poetry Night 5:30pm |
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Black History Month
Stories from the Black Diaspora Ottawa Public Library Nepean Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Dr. Children's Programming Room 2:00pm. Children’s Stories in the Diaspora at Ottawa Public Library (Ben Franklin Place)
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais 2:00pm |
Black History Month
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Featuring Jacqui du Toi
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm |
Black History Month
Words and Culture 10:00am
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Black History Month
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Black History Month
Book Launch: Democracy's Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public 6:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
The Inaugural Father Jim Bleackley OMI Lecture on Indigenous Justice with Guest Speaker Niigaan Sinclair 7:00pm
Book Launch: Shelley Lavigne - Enamoured: A Triptych 8:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Black History Month
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Love as resistance: Political discussion and letter writing 6:00pm |
Black History Month
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm |
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Black History Month
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa Silent Book Club, Downtown 1:30pm |
Black History Month
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Black History Month
Words and Culture 10:00am
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Black History Month
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 6 7:30pm
Riverbed x flo. literary magazine with musical performances by Domina Eliahou and seven readers from flo.’s seven issue run: Jillian Clasky, Lana Crossman, Susanne Fletcher, Vera Hadzic, Kees Kapteyn, Amber Rawson and Mekyle Ali Qadir www.riverbedreads.ca/s6.html |
Black History Month
Salon du livre de l’Outaouais 2026
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Black History Month
Salon du livre de l’Outaouais 2026
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Living Words of the Fallen 1:00pm |
Black History Month
Indigo South Keys Readings and Signings
Julie E. Czerneda and Christy Climenhage in conversation 12pm
James Joyce Association of Ottawa
Live reading of "A Mother" plus music 2-4pm
Salon du livre de l’Outaouais 2026
Possible Worlds Zine Launch and Artists' Talks with Macy Siu + Aysha White 2:00pm
SIP & READ (+Book Swap) - Ottawa/Gatineau 2:00pm |
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Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Salon du livre de l’Outaouais 2026
Robert Plante Greenhouses, 2nd Annual Book Fair 9:00am
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers Signature Series 2025/26 2:00pm
Recovering Romantic Artist: Briane Nasimok
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm |
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Black History Month
Club de lecture francophone de BD
Mois de l’histoire des Noirs (séance en présentiel) 15h à 16h30 www.uottawa.ca/bibliotheque/tous-evenements/club-lecture-francophone-bande-dessinee-mois-lhistoire-noirs-seance-presentiel
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Sébastien Pierroz, Analyser ensemble : l’importance du dialogue civil à l’ère des fractures la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa- Cumberland, 1599, Tenth Line , 19h https://tinyurl.com/SebastienPierroz
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Randy Boyagoda Thinking Out Loud Together: Why Civil Discourse Matters More Than Ever 7pm
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 |
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Black History Month
Freedom to Read Week 2026
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
LeAnne O'Brien 1 to 3pm
Silent Book Club Stittsville 12:00pm
Book Launch: Fancy Gap by Zak Jones 6:00pm |
