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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
In conversation with Jocelyne Bourgon, A Public Servant’s Voice: Through the Words of the First Woman Clerk of the Privy Council for Canada. 7 - 9 pm. in person and online
Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings
Book Speed Dating, 6pm $15
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Ottawa ComicCon 2026
Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Kate Heartfield: Mercutio
Indigo Innes, 2025 Mer - Bleue Road 12-3 pm.
Ottawa ComicCon 2026
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Julie M. Green 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Ottawa, the Real Surreal Poetry Crawl 1:30pm
Book Launch and Workshop with Sarah Lamble, Unsafe The Carceral Roots of the Anti-Trans Backlash 3:00pm
Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a 7 Week Reading Group 3:00pm |
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Ottawa ComicCon 2026
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Wayne Grady Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Book Launch - Open Governments, Secret Canada 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Book launch | Renshi by Roseann O'Reilly Runte, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Jamaal Amir Akbari events
8:30 p.m. Ottawa Hip Hop Jam Red Bird Live, Ottawa Join JustJamaal ThePoet as the featured artist performing with the Capital Syndicate Session Band. ADULT EVENT. More information: redbirdlive.ca
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Housing Inc. with Leilani Farha 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm |
Octopus Books Readings and Signings
Book Launch | Philippe Mineau presents The Guilt Trippers 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Arc Poetry Magazine presents the Archibald Lampman Finalists 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
A Capital Mystery Volume 2 Book Launch 6:30pm
Arc Poetry Magazine 2026 Archibald Lampman Award Finalists Reading 7:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Poetry Readings by Gwen Aube, Rebecca Lawrence Lynch, and Mona Gendron 5:30pm |
Love Lyla Books Readings and Signings
The Mini Arabic Book Fair Join us for a day celebrating Arabic books, stories, and community. Browse a beautiful selection of Arabic books for kids and adults from featured vendors, and bring the little ones for Arabic Storytime at 12 PM & 2 PM. 11 AM to 7 PM
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent van Staalduinen 7:30 - 9:30pm |
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Books on Tap 1:00pm
Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Sonal Champsee and Elyssa Marcoux-Bissoondath Book Launch 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Words and Culture 10:00am
For the Long Haul – A book launch with Chris Dixon 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
An Evening of Queer Literature with Plenitude Magazine: Manahil Bandukwala, Adam Meisner, Pamela Mosher, and Kevin Shaw, with Plenitude’s managing editor, Patrick Grace. Hosted by Ben Ladouceur. 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Mekyle Ali Qadir and Fareh Malik: joint poetry reading 6:00pm
Getting Away with Murder with Shari Lapena 6:30pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Playing the Changes with Colin James 8:00pm |
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Mes beaux Rimbaud de Michèle Vinet 19h
Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books
Evermore after dark: 7 to 8:30pm
The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings
Book Launch - Fret by Nadia Bozak 7:30 - 9:30pm
Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Book launch: Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin: Strategies for Collective Survival 6:00pm |
In Conversation with Jay Odjick
Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books
Rochelle Wolf Book Signing with Special Guest Ruby Barrett 6pm
Agrippa with Robert Harris 7:00pm |
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Octopus Books Readings and Signings
Whale Fall Signing | Elysia Rourke presents Whale Fall 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
Book Signing with Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Art-N-Tell 7:00pm
An Evening with David Sedaris 8:00pm |
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm
Walkable City by Jeff Speck
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Taipei Story with R.F. Kuang 7:00pm
Taipei Story with R.F. Kuang 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings
LiterAsian 2026 Ottawa, Re-Generation: Carrying Memory, Crafting Story: LESLIE SHIMOTAKAHARA, CHUQIAO YANG, WILEY WEI-CHIUN HO, JAMIE CHAI YUN LIEW 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Registration for this event is required. Link is on the Perfect Books site.
Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Book launch—Au nord de nulle part : Le chant d’une commissaire à la vérité et à la réconciliation by Marie Wilson 18h - 20h
Words and Culture 10:00am
Ruby Tuesday Chapbook Launch 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
National Day for Truth and Reconcilliation and Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Women, Truth, and Reconciliation with Tanya Talaga and Rose LeMay 5:30pm
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
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