Amanda Earl

chapbook cover for After All This Hurt by Mahaila Smith. Cover art: Postmen of the Wilderness by Arthur Heming, first published in his Drama of the Forests (1921).

Now available from the Bywords.ca store: After All This Hurt by Mahaila Smith. Print and pdf. Visit Bywords.ca and click on Store. While you're there, pick up a few more chapbooks from the John Newlove Poetry Award Chapbook Series! bywords.ca

Plan 99 Reading Series
Time and Place: 5:00 pm. The Manx Pub, 370 Elgin Street
stairs down to venue.
October 18 - Zane Koss and rob mclennan

QOTW 2025-10-12 – 25-10-18 Image description: a stoneware bowl, matte black on the outside, and dark red on the inside.

This week's quotes feature a letter to Charlie Parker, a poem about rejection, the self-centricity of gratitude poems, recipes as alchemy & more! may you find inspiration, comfort, joy & solidarity herein. amandaearl.substack.com/p/qotw-2025-...

Catherine Allard, Christine Kifoil, Nshannacappo
Time and Place: October 18 at 7:00 pm. Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way
naviagate the world of independent publishing with 3 local writers

Hashem Abdi, When The Last Tree Falls
Time and Place: October 18 at 4:00 pm. The Hub Market Cafe, 9 Byward Market Square
Web: www.tickettailor.com/events/hashemabdi/1892958
North American Book Tour - Ottawa - Author Q&A and Book Signing

Jagjeet Sharma - Author Signings and readings
Time and Place: 12:00 pm. 12:00 pm. 12:00 pm. 12:00 pm.
October 18 - Indigo Gloucester, 2401 City Park Drive. Silent Ripples signing noon to 3pm

Festival du livre des indépendant.e.s
Time and Place: October 18 at 10:00 am. Centre communautaire de Buckingham, 18e rue Joseph, Gatineau, GC
Web: www.facebook.com/events/4187372488253338

Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Time and Place: Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Dr
Web: www.can-con.org/
tickets and program on site

The 62 Show: Episode 1 documenting love, life and friendship in my 62nd year

i've decided to document love, life and friendship in my 62nd year as if it's a tv show - ish. here's the first episode of the new season, and I am grateful to have been renewed for the 62nd season! amandaearl.substack.com/p/the-62-sho...

Common House Magazine Issue 6 Call for Submissions: Deadline - November 25, 2025 linktr.ee/commonhousemag

Can*Con, Ottawa's Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Convention, Fall 2025
Time and Place: Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Dr
Web: www.can-con.org/
tickets and program on site

COVER OF BEAST BODY EPIC. PHOTO OF AMANDA EARL on a bridge overlooking the Ottawa River, blue sky, clouds, trees and a white building in the background. TEXT: 25.11.12: AMANDA EARL. A READING FROM BEAST BODY EPIC ON ZOOM. 1900 LINK: amanda@angelhousepress.com LOGO: Amanda Earl (whimsy, exploration, connection in pink, green and blue)

On November 12, 2025, to mark the 15th anniversary of my survival from my near-death health crisis, I will do a full book-length reading of Beast Body Epic on Zoom at 7pm. If you would like to attend, please e-mail me for the link to Zoom: amanda@angelhousepress.com.

Soundtrack: The Playlist | Book*hug Press Soundtrack: The Playlist is here!  Michael V. Smith has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of his brand new lyric memoir Soundtrack. We hope you enjoy! Find the full Spotify playl...

Soundtrack: The Playlist is here!

Michael V. Smith has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of his lyric memoir Soundtrack. 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

Find the full Spotify playlist on the Book*hug blog! 🎉

bookhugpress.ca/soundtrack-t...

the book of sentences , notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,

hey! im launching my new poetry book, the book of sentences, this saturday 5pm at plan 99/the manx pub w zane koss! you should come! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...

thanks. i always have a lot of support and help!

Improvised Introductions Jaap Blonk (voice) and Jesse Stewart (percussion)
Time and Place: October 16 at 8:30 pm. Arts Court (Concourse Level), 2 Daly Avenue
Presented by Artengine and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. Admission by donation

Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
all genres welcome. sign ups: 8pm

GIGSPACE Ottawa's premier concert venue

Sad Girl Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Ave
Web: www.gigspaceottawa.com
music, poetry spoken word open mic for women of all ages on the 3rd Thursday of each. Capacity: 35

Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:30 pm. John G. Mlacak Community Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr,
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/beaverbrook-writing-group-0
drop in. adult. 120 minutes

Third World Players
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: www.ckcufm.com/
readings from Third World literature

Pivotal Moments - Special Zine Edition Launch Event The Ottawa Design Club aims to create a strong community of creatives and highlight the amazing work in our city and beyond.

Ottawa Design Club: Pivotal Moments - Special Zine Edition Launch Event
Time and Place: October 16 at 6:00 pm. Wallack Galleries 305 Bank Street
Web: www.eventbrite.ca/e/pivotal-moments-special-zine-edition-launch-event-tickets-1727383744279
0 - $80.

Book Launch of A Capital Mystery, featuring 21 stories set in Ottawa by 21 local authors.
Time and Place: October 16 at 6:00 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas
an evening of author panels, readings and book signings. Program will run from about 6-8 with a reception and food afterwards

Writing Circle
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 3:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Ruth E. Dickinson Branch, 100 Malvern
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/writing-circle
90 minutes. Adult and Adult 50+ drop in program

[Silent Book Club ~ Ottawa Chapter] Hintonburg Meetup No assigned reading. Silent Book Club®, a global community of readers and introverts, has grown to more than 500 chapters around the world, since 2012. "Wouldn't it be great to have a book club where ...

Silent Book Club - Hintonburg
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Absinthe Cafe 1208 Wellington St. W.
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-hintonburg-meetup
Sign up to attend

The October issue of Bywords.ca is now live with poems by Cate Coyles , MayaSpoken, Melissa Nicholls &
Theia Taylor. Thanks to the poets & all who submitted poems for the October issue! bywords.ca

t was a grand night! For more information about the award, go to bywords.ca and click on Newlove. Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/live/rxY0g2R...

Thank you to the Ottawa International Writers Festival, Club Saw, the City of Ottawa, the Bywords.ca selection committee, chapbook editors, all the performers and readers at the October 14, 2025 event and the audience. I

ALT TEXT: TEXT: BYWORDS.CA 2025 JOHN NEWLOVE POETRY AWARD PHOTO OF SUSANNE FLETCHER IN FRONT OF A BRICK WALL A TREE AND A PORCH. TEXT: WINNER: SUSANNE FLETCHER. HONOURABLE MENTIONS: IAN LI & LAURA HEBERT. JUDGE: CONCETTA PRINCIPE. MORE INFORMATION: BYWORDS.CA, CLICK ON NEWLOVE. LOGOS: BYWORDS. CITY OF OTTAWA.

Congratulations to Susanne Fletcher, the winner of the Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award and to honourable mentions Ian Li and Laura Hebert.

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TRUTH TO POWER: A Spoken Word Workshop-Maya Spoken: Wellness Begins with We! A Poetry & Performance Workshop on Collective Wellness Through the Lens of Social Justice. Octr 24, 25 7-9 pm Tickets at the door. The Origin Arts & Community Centre
57 Lyndale
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