Calendar compliments of www.bywords.ca.

May 3, 2024

Asian Heritage Month
Web: www.asianheritagemonth.net/
a celebration of Canadians of Asian heritage

Ottawa International Writers Festival - Spring 2024
Time and Place: Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington
Web: writersfestival.org/
see site for program and pricing info
May 3 - 6:30 PM: A Life in Pictures with Christina Wong, Daniel Innes (virtual) and Tessa Hulls 8:00 PM: Lovers in a Dangerous Time with Emily Austin, Loghan Paylor and Christina Cooke
May 4 - Noon: Intervention Earth with Gwynne Dyer 1:30 PM: Beneath the Surface of Things with Wade Davis 3:00 PM: We Loved It All: A Memory of Life with Lydia Millet 4:30 PM: Our Fragile Moment with Michael E. Mann 6:30 PM: Health Care, Advocacy and the Toll of Covid-19 with Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth 8:00 PM: Criminal Intent with Peggy Blair, Kate Hilton, Elizabeth Renzetti and Nita Prose
May 5 - 1:30 PM: Outspoken with Sally Armstrong 3:00 PM: Past Imperfect with with Anne Fleming, Helen Humphreys and Anne Michaels 5:00 PM: Present Tense with Dimitri Nasrallah, Blaise Ndala and Mahir Guven 7:30 PM: Closer Together with Sophie Trudeau

Possible Worlds: Artifacts
Time and Place: Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue
Web: possibleworldsshop.com/
DIY Art Projects x Music Night
May 3 - Zine making. PWYC - suggested price: $15. Buy tickets: https://t.ly/FDT2S. Masks recommended.

CKCU FM Friday Special Blend
Time and Place: Every Friday at 7:00 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/158/info.html
Hosted by: Susan Johnston. Airs: Every Friday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Rosemount Writing Collective
Time and Place: Every Friday at 2:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Rosemount Branch, 18 Rosemount Ave
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/rosemount-writing-collective
Come engage in creative writing or academic writing! Registration required

  May 2024 Events
Submit upcoming events to events@bywords.ca
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      Asian Heritage Month
Ellen Chang-Richardson, CCLA Rideau & Nepean Boardrooms 161 Elgin Street, 2nd Floor; 5:30pm Registration required: www.ccla-abcc.ca/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1847833&group=
Ottawa Trans Library
Zine Night 6-9pm www.instagram.com/p/C6O6QyPrsjP/
Perfect Books
Brenda Chapman, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Carleton University Poetic Society Open Mic 6:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Authors Unbound
Katie Tallo and Amy Tector, 7pm Octopus Books
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Spring 2024
6:30 PM: Medicine Wheel for the Planet with Dr. Jennifer Grenz 8:00 PM: A History of Violence with Sara Power, Conor Kerr and Sheila James
Third World Players 6:00pm
Good Prospects Brewing Company Open Mic 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Spring 2024
6:30 PM: A Life in Pictures with Christina Wong, Daniel Innes (virtual) and Tessa Hulls 8:00 PM: Lovers in a Dangerous Time with Emily Austin, Loghan Paylor and Christina Cooke
Possible Worlds: Artifacts
Zine making. PWYC - suggested price: $15. Buy tickets: https://t.ly/FDT2S. Masks recommended.
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Spring 2024
Noon: Intervention Earth with Gwynne Dyer 1:30 PM: Beneath the Surface of Things with Wade Davis 3:00 PM: We Loved It All: A Memory of Life with Lydia Millet 4:30 PM: Our Fragile Moment with Michael E. Mann 6:30 PM: Health Care, Advocacy and the Toll of Covid-19 with Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth 8:00 PM: Criminal Intent with Peggy Blair, Kate Hilton, Elizabeth Renzetti and Nita Prose
Perfect Books
Beautiful Outlaw Press - Mark Goldstein, Phil Hall, Jaclyn Piudik, Chris Turnbull; 7pm
How to Abolish Prisons – Book launch with Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché 11:00am
Elaine Marilyse, The All-New Filaments Chapbook Launch 7:30pm
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Asian Heritage Month
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Spring 2024
1:30 PM: Outspoken with Sally Armstrong 3:00 PM: Past Imperfect with with Anne Fleming, Helen Humphreys and Anne Michaels 5:00 PM: Present Tense with Dimitri Nasrallah, Blaise Ndala and Mahir Guven 7:30 PM: Closer Together with Sophie Trudeau
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo Monthly Write-In 1:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Pauls Wells, 7pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Little Italy
North Gloucester Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Sunnyside Writers Group 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Kayla Czaga, Cassidy McFadzean, Bardia Sinaee 7pm
Ottawa Storytellers Online Story Swap 7:30pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Misty Pratt, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Authors Unbound
Brenda Chapman and John Delacourt, 7pm Octopus Books
Octopus Books Glebe
Authors in Conversation: Brenda Chapman and John Delacourt 7pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Book Launch: Canadians Who Innovate with Roseann O’Reilly Runte 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Book signings: Max Folsom, Norm Boucher, Randolf Harrold, and Mary Jane Maffini, 1pm
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Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo Monthly Write-In 1:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Mary-Helene Pelletier, 7pm
North Gloucester Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Sunnyside Writers Group 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Susan Doherty, 7pm
Asian Heritage Month
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Perfect Books
Mike Martin, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Carleton University Poetic Society Open Mic 6:00pm
Storytelling Open Mic 7:15pm
Riverbed Reading Series Season 5 7:30pm
Familial Roots: Wayne Ng, ViNa, Jean Van Loon and a screening of MITATA | GRANDFATHER BY DESMOND SIMON www.riverbedreads.ca/s5.html
Asian Heritage Month
Authors Unbound
Cameron Anstee and Jay Ritchie, 6:30pm The Spaniel's Tale. RSVP: thespanielstale.ca/events/33729
Third World Players 6:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Book Launch: Ainalem Tebeje presents The Unknown Mother 2:00pm
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Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Patrick Grace, Ben Ladouceur, Ellen Chang-Richardson, 6pm
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo Monthly Write-In 1:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
North Gloucester Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Sunnyside Writers Group 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Jesse Keith Butler and Daniel Bezalel Richardson, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore Readings and Signings
A.J. Dolman and James Moran, 7pm thespanielstale.ca/events/37476
Third World Players 6:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Bourgeons éclatés, mini festival en arts littéraires jeunesse de Gatineau
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Bourgeons éclatés, mini festival en arts littéraires jeunesse de Gatineau
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists' Guild Ottawa Book Arts Show and Sale 9:00am
Plan 99 Reading Series 5:00pm
Susan Atkinson, Matthew Tierney & Spencer Gordon
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Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM: An Indian Morning 10:00am
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo Monthly Write-In 1:00pm
(un)told 2024 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
In the Company of Writers 2:00pm
North Gloucester Writing Workshop 6:00pm
Sunnyside Writers Group 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Mike Stewart, 7pm
Pizza and Poetry Open Mic 6:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Perfect Books
Mark Bourrie, 7pm
CKCU FM Literary News 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
Third World Players 6:00pm
Asian Heritage Month
CKCU FM Friday Special Blend 7:00am
Rosemount Writing Collective 2:00pm