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she/her: sharing Ottawa -area sugar crone (tinyurl.com/ottawamandy) literary, spoken word, storytelling & nonfiction events daily ish. Out now!: Beast Body Epic, Autumn 2023. https://linktr.ee/amandaearl.

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LIVE ON ELGIN

Live on Elgin Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 8:00 pm. 220 Elgin, #2
Web: www.liveonelgin.com/calendar/event/?ID=KHE6Y2L
Get there early, say hi your host, grab a drink and sign up to do some music, comedy, poetry, or whatever else! Sign up closes at 7:45pm

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WORDS AND CULTURE | CHUO 89.1 FM

Words & Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 7:00 pm. CHUO 89.1 FM
Web: chuo.fm/words-and-culture/

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Guernica In-Person Ottawa Launch
Time and Place: December 9 at 7:00 pm. Avant-Garde Bar, 135 1/3 Besserer

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The Greenhouse
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 6:30 pm. dm on Instagram for address
Web: www.instagram.com/p/DOKZbxMjRe6/
a brave space for artists to commune, co-create and dream wee

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[Silent Book Club ~ Ottawa Chapter] Bells Corners Meetup No assigned reading. Silent Book Clubยฎ, 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 - Bells Corners
Time and Place: 6:30 pm. Kichesippi Beer Co, 2265 Robertson Rd
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-bells-corners-meetup
Sign up to attend

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The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Dunton Tower 1811, the Gordon Wood Lounge
Email: poeticssociety@gmail.com
bring writing to share

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CKCU: The Lit Room

The Lit Room with Susan Johnston
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 12:30 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/666/info.html
where books meet conversation, a half-hour show

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Orlรฉans Writing Group | Ottawa Public Library

Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 10:00 am. 1705 Orlรฉans Blvd
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/orl%C3%A9ans-writing-group-2
Adult. drop in program. 180 minutes

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CKCU: Words And Culture

CKCU FM Words and Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 9:30 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/640/info.html

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Demand Warming Centres! - Punch Up Collective Warming centres are an absolute need. If the city wonโ€™t act, we will. Join us at Minto Park (Elgin St./Lewis St.) on Sunday, December 14th at 5 pm to make [โ€ฆ]

in this bitter cold, it's inhumane to not provide warming centres. an unhoused person was sleeping in between the doors of our building last night. increasingly seeing desperate attempts to find shelter by unhoused downtown folk.
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

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battleaxe press Winter Launch
Time and Place: December 8 at 7:00 pm. SPAO Photographic Arts Centre, 77 Pamilla Street
Diane Perazzo: โ€œSuddenly, Time was Like the Flowers,โ€ and Sue Bracken: "27." doors: 6:30pm. SPAO is wheelchair accessible, and has an accessible washroom.

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[Silent Book Club ~ Ottawa Chapter] City Centre Meetup No assigned reading. Silent Book Clubยฎ, 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 Ottawa - Ottawa Centre
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre, Bay 106
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-city-centre-meetup#
a quiet place to read and meet other book lovers. Sign up on site.

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STORY CAFE โ€” Ottawa StoryTellers 2025

Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. The Hollander, 65 Holland
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/story-cafe
Pay-What-You-Can event, and donations are accepted in person, via canadahelps.org, or by sending an e-transfer to ostbusiness@ottawastorytellers.ca. Suggested donation: $5.

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CKCU: Namaashoum

Namaashoum
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/53/info.html
Promoting the Persian culture, especially its music and literature. Hosted by: Mehdi Fallahi

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Art House Cafe Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. 555 Somerset W
musicians, vocalists, poets, and comedians. sign up in advance on site. stairs leading up to cafe and down to open mic area. sign up opens at 6:30pm

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Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program | Ottawa Public Library

Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program
Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:30 pm. 1637 Stittsville Main St
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/stittsville-creative-writing-group-youth-program-6
registration required. teen. 90 minutes

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Elmvale Writers Group | Ottawa Public Library

Elmvale Writers Group
Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:30 pm. Ottawa Public Library Elmvale Branch, 1910 St. Laurent Blvd
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/elmvale-writers-group
registration required. adult / teen. 90 minutes

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In the Company of Writers | Ottawa Public Library

In the Company of Writers
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe, Room B125
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/company-writers

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Indie Author Group | Ottawa Public Library

Indie Author Group with N.G. Avant
Time and Place: 1:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Nepean Centrepointe Branch, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Room 1B
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/indie-author-group
discussion on the indie publishing process. drop in program. 150 minutes
December 8 -

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Madelaine Drohan: How Benjamin Franklin Set the Stage for Donald Trump | Octopus Books Ottawa's progressive independent bookstore since 1969

Madelaine Drohan: How Benjamin Franklin Set the Stage for Donald Trump
Time and Place: December 8 at 12:00 pm. FSS 4006, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events/4159120251208

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Issue 6 | Common House Magazine Read and discover Issue 6 of Common House Magazine, uOttawa's undergraduate literary magazine.

Common House Magazine Issue 6 is now online. www.commonhousemag.com/read/issue-6...

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Commonhouse Magazine: Issue 6 Release Party
Time and Place: December 7 at 7:00 pm. Avant-Garde Bar, 135 1/3 Besserer
Web: www.instagram.com/p/DRCqGCxkeum/
7-9pm. reading from the team and open mic

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Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us | Ottawa Public Library

Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 2:30 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Hazeldean Branch, 50 Castlefrank Rd,
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/exploratory-writing-workshops-write-us
drop in. 90 minutes. adult

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Culture gรฉniale <p>La culture est la possibilitรฉ mรชme de crรฉer, de renouveler et de partager des valeurs.ย Culture gรฉniale est uneย รฉmission hebdomadaire animรฉe par Jean-Paul Moreauย qui explore le monde du cinรฉma, de l...

Culture gรฉniale
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 1:00 pm. unique 94.5 fm
Web: uniquefm.ca/emission-culture-geniale

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CKCU: An Indian Morning

CKCU FM: An Indian Morning
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 10:00 am.
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/30/info.html
celebrating and seeking the spirit of India thru sounds, stories, music & songs.

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date inscribed
Presented by the executors of the artist's estate 1980

date inscribed Presented by the executors of the artist's estate 1980

Dame Barbara Hepworth, Two Figures (Heroes), 1954
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1125469

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Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part two, : Jean-Sรฉbastien Grenier, Colin Quin + Cora Sirรฉ, [ Manahil Bandukwala , sitting the Brick Books table]ย  Further to what I picked up at the most recent edition of the ottawa small press boo...

Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part two, : Jean-Sรฉbastien Grenier, Colin Quin + Cora Sirรฉ,
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/ongo...

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CREATIVELY YOURS: LAST CALL offerings expiring this month!

4 of the offerings from Creatively Yours expire this month. Please see the info, watch the videos and check out Creatively Yours! amandaearl.substack.com/p/creatively...

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QOTW: 2025-11-30 โ€“ 25-12-06 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: black background.

This week's quotes feature Olga Ravn on Frankenstein via David Naimon's Between the Covers podcast; T. Thorn Coyle, a fav of QOTW; Lorca & Duende; embodied writing & more! amandaearl.substack.com/p/qotw-2025-...

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Book Launch | Slavery and Capitalism by David McNally | Octopus Books Ottawa's progressive independent bookstore since 1969

Slavery and Capitalism Book Launch | Slavery and Capitalism by David McNally
Time and Place: December 6 at 7:00 pm. Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St.
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events/3862520251206
RSVP on site

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