Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

Book Launch: Fancy Gap by Zak Jones
Time and Place: February 28 at 6:00 pm. Dominion City Brew Co, 5510 Canotek Rd Unit 15
Web: www.instagram.com/p/DU3ptkyEcSh/

  February 2026 Events
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Black History Month
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Selina Liang 11am to 1pm
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Julian McKenzie 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Launch for Lives Altered by War by Nataliia Stepaniuk, PhD 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm
Black History Month
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Ottawology Book Launch with Tonya K. Davidson 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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
The Dusty Owl Reading Series Book Launch + Open Mic 7:00pm
Black History Month
Indigo Pinecrest Readings and Signings
Oliver Dyment 1 to 3pm
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
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Theresa Redmond 1-3pm
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
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Book launch - Eleanor and the South Beach Murders, by Ellen Yardley 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
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