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Agrippa with Robert Harris
Time and Place: September 26 at 7:00 pm. Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar
Web: writersfestival.org/event/agrippa-with-robert-harris
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September 2026 Events
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    Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Events by the Ottawa Poets Laureates
6-8 pm. Where: Ottawa Riverkeeper Boathouse (501 Promenade Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier, Ottawa, ON) Tickets: $20 All proceeds to the Ottawa Riverkeeper (link will be provided soon)
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a 7 Week Reading Group 3:00pm
Poetry Night at the Ottawa Trans Library 5:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 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		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Ottawa ComicCon 2026
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Ottawa ComicCon 2026
Ottawa, the Real Surreal Poetry Crawl 1:30pm
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		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Readings at Library and Archives Canada
Book launch | Renshi by Roseann O'Reilly Runte Time: 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		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
For the Long Haul – A book launch with Chris Dixon 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 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		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Agrippa with Robert Harris 7:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Art-N-Tell 7:00pm		 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		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Celebration of twenty years of The Ruby Tuesdays: 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm