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Tue Dec 14 • 1:00pm

Seen and Heard: Children’s Art and Activism with Marah Gubar

In Conversation with Neil Wilson

" It isn’t enough to contest the authoritarian idea that children should be seen and not heard... children themselves have already challenged the status quo and changed the world as we know it."

— Seen and Heard: Remembering Children’s Art and Activism

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Live Online Event

Tue Dec 14 • 1:00pm

Seen and Heard: Children’s Art and Activism with Marah Gubar

In Conversation with Neil Wilson

Live Online Event

Tue Dec 14 • 12:30pm

The Healing Power of Stories: A Muslim View with Rukhsana Khan

In Conversation with Neil Wilson

Live Online Event

Tue Dec 14 • 12:00pm

Changing the World One Story at a Time with Natasha Deen

In Conversation with Neil Wilson

Sun Dec 5 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Talking to Canadians

with Rick Mercer

Video coming soon

Live Online Event

Tue Nov 30 • 7:00pm

Writing and Activism: Words in Action

with Monia Mazigh

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 29 • 7:30pm

What Strange Paradise

with Omar El Akkad

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 15 • 7:30pm

Exile: Celebrating 50 Years in Publishing

with Barry Callaghan, Michael Callaghan, Darlene Madott, Katie Zdybel and George Elliott Clarke

Live Online Event

Wed Nov 10 • 7:30pm

Launch of ARC 96

Featuring: Junie Désil, Simone Dalton and Shery Alexander Heinis

Live Online Event

Tue Nov 9 • 7:30pm

Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future

with Drew Hayden Taylor, Norma Dunning and Darrel J. McLeod

Live Online Event

Thu Nov 4 • 7:30pm

Book Launch: Best Canadian Poetry 2021

With Anita Lahey, Souvankham Thammavongsa and many more!

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 1 • 7:30pm

Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

With Alexander McClelland, Eddie Walker, Kate Doyle Griffiths and Ryan Conrad

Live Online Event

Wed Oct 27 • 7:30pm

My Best Mistake

with Terry O’Reilly

Live Online Event

Tue Oct 26 • 7:00pm

Book Launch: My Stories, My Times, Volume 2

with The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 25 • 7:30pm

BYWORDS JOHN NEWLOVE AWARDS

with Megan Misztal and John Ian

Live Online Event

Wed Oct 20 • 6:00pm

THE OTTAWA BOOK AWARDS & PRIX DU LIVRE D’OTTAWA

Live Online Event

Tue Oct 19 • 7:30pm

BOOK LAUNCH: Hunting by Stars

with Cherie Dimaline

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 18 • 7:30pm

with Chris Hedges

Live Online Event

Sun Oct 17 • 7:00pm

Books and Biryani: A Muslim History of the Americas

with Omar Mouallem

Live Online Event

Thu Oct 14 • 7:30pm

Live Online Event

Tue Oct 12 • 7:30pm

Not a Happy Family

with Shari Lapena

Live Online Event

Thu Oct 7 • 7:30pm

An Embarrassment of Critch’s

with Mark Critch

Live Online Event

Tue Oct 5 • 7:30pm

BOOK LAUNCH: Off the Record

with Peter Mansbridge

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 4 • 7:30pm

Out of the Sun: On Art, Race, and the Future

with Esi Edugyan

Live Online Event

Wed Sep 29 • 7:30pm

with Kamal Al-Solaylee

Live Online Event

Tue Sep 28 • 7:30pm

with Katherena Vermette

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 27 • 7:30pm

Live Online Event

Sun Sep 26 • 5:30pm

Book Launch: Masses on Radar

by David O’Meara

Live Online Event

Thu Sep 23 • 7:30pm

"Indian" in the Cabinet

with Jody Wilson Raybould

Live Online Event

Wed Sep 22 • 7:30pm

The Mystery of Right and Wrong

with Wayne Johnston

Live Online Event

Tue Sep 21 • 7:30pm

with Jesse Wente

Live Online Event

Tue Sep 14 • 7:30pm

August into Winter

with Guy Vanderhaeghe

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 13 • 7:30pm

with Ashley Bristowe

Live Online Event

Tue Aug 31 • 7:30pm

Operation Angus

with Terry Fallis

Live Online Event

Sun Jun 20 • 7:30pm

with Richard Van Camp

Live Online Event

Fri Jun 18 • 7:30pm

The Menopause Manifesto

With Dr. Jen Gunter

Live Online Event

Thu Jun 17 • 5:30pm

The Life and Times of Robbie Burns

with John Ivison and Pauline Mackay

Live Online Event

Mon May 31 • 7:00pm

with Andrew O’Hagan

Live Online Event

Thu May 27 • 7:00pm

One Page: The Window Seat

with Aminatta Forna

Live Online Event

Wed May 26 • 7:35pm

with Thomas King

Live Online Event

Tue May 25 • 7:30pm

with Brad Fraser

Live Online Event

Thu May 20 • 7:00pm

One Page: Monkey Boy

with Francisco Goldman

Live Online Event

Mon May 17 • 8:00pm

The Shadow List

with Jen Sookfong Lee

Live Online Event

Thu May 13 • 7:00pm

One Page: Goodbye, Again

Live Online Event

Mon May 10 • 7:30pm

with Linwood Barclay

Live Online Event

Mon Apr 26 • 7:30pm

Take Back the Fight

with Nora Loreto

Live Online Event

Thu Apr 22 • 9:00pm

One Page: Under the Wave at Waimea

with Paul Theroux

Live Online Event

Mon Apr 19 • 7:30pm

A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency

with Seth Klein

Live Online Event

Thu Apr 15 • 12:00pm

One Page: The Soul of a Woman

with Isabel Allende

Live Online Event

Mon Apr 12 • 7:30pm

The New Climate War

with Michael E. Mann

Live Online Event

Thu Apr 8 • 7:00pm

One Page: Klara and the Sun

with Kazuo Ishiguro

Live Online Event

Mon Mar 29 • 7:30pm

Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity

With Darrel J. McLeod

Live Online Event

Thu Mar 25 • 7:00pm

One Page: Foregone

with Russell Banks

Live Online Event

Mon Mar 22 • 7:30pm

Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders

with André Picard

Live Online Event

Tue Mar 16 • 7:00pm

If I Tell You The Truth

with Jasmin Kaur

Live Online Event

Mon Mar 15 • 7:30pm

Return of the Trickster

with Eden Robinson

Live Online Event

Mon Mar 8 • 7:30pm

Live Online Event

Thu Mar 4 • 12:00pm

One Page: This Strange and Violent World

with Elif Shafak

Live Online Event

Tue Mar 2 • 7:30pm

The New Age of Empire

with Kehinde Andrews

Live Online Event

Thu Feb 25 • 7:30pm

Can You Hear Me Now?

with Celina Caesar-Chavannes

Live Online Event

Mon Feb 22 • 7:30pm

with Rinaldo Walcott

Live Online Event

Thu Dec 10 • 7:00pm

One Page: Wow No Thank You

Live Online Event

Thu Dec 3 • 7:00pm

One Page: Close to the Bone

with Lisa Ray and Deepa Mehta

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 30 • 7:30pm

Creative Writing For Teens: Using Texts and Social Media for Inspiration

with Lindsay Wong

Live Online Event

Thu Nov 26 • 9:00pm

One Page: There There

With Tommy Orange and Waubgeshig Rice

Live Online Event

Thu Nov 26 • 12:00pm

One Page: The Kingdom

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 23 • 7:30pm

with Christina Hammonds Reed

Pre-Recorded Event

Republic of Childhood: The Casket of Time

With Andri Snaer Magnason

Live Online Event

Thu Nov 19 • 7:00pm

One Page: Deacon King Kong

with James McBride and Omar El Akkad

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 16 • 7:30pm

Masterclass: Connecting Plot and Character

with Kenneth Oppel

Pre-Recorded Event

She Come By It Natural

with Sarah Smarsh

Live Online Event

Tue Nov 10 • 7:30pm

VerseFest Presents:

with Angye Gaona, Irfan Ali and stephanie roberts

Pre-Recorded Event

As Far As You Know

with A.F. Moritz

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 2 • 7:30pm

Masterclass: Discovering your Voice

with Kagiso Lesego Molope

Pre-Recorded Event

with Merlin Sheldrake

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 26 • 7:30pm

Bywords 2020 John Newlove Poetry Award

with David Groulx

Pre-Recorded Event

The Education of an Idealist

with Samantha Power

Pre-Recorded Event

The Lost Spells

with Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris

Live Online Event

Thu Oct 22 • 7:30pm

National Book Launch: Love After the End

With Joshua Whitehead, jaye simpson, Nazbah Tom and Adam Garnet Jones

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 19 • 7:30pm

with Jesse Thistle and David A. Robertson

Live Online Event

Sun Oct 18 • 8:00pm

Musical Language

with Martha Baillie, Stuart Ross, and Maria Reva

Pre-Recorded Event

War: How Conflict Shaped Us

with Margaret MacMillan

Live Online Event

Thu Oct 15 • 12:00pm

One Page: Actress

With Anne Enright

Live Online Event

Tue Oct 13 • 7:30pm

Ending Inequality

with Thomas Philippon

Pre-Recorded Event

Pre-Recorded Event

with Marilynne Robinson

Live Online Event

Sat Oct 10 • 12:00pm

One Good Reason to Celebrate Mental Health Day

With Séan McCann and Andrea Aragon

Live Online Event

Thu Oct 8 • 12:00pm

One Page: How to Fly

with Barbara Kingsolver

Pre-Recorded Event

with Tegan and Sara

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 5 • 7:30pm

Missing from the Village

with Justin Ling

Pre-Recorded Event

A Song for the Dark Times

with Ian Rankin

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 28 • 7:30pm

Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos

with Steven Heighton

Pre-Recorded Event

Commanding Hope

with Thomas Homer-Dixon

Live Online Event

Tue Sep 22 • 7:30pm

National Launch for Burning Sugar

with Cicely Belle Blain

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 21 • 7:30pm

with Kaie Kellough and Ian Williams

Pre-Recorded Event

Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 14 • 7:30pm

The World as We Know It

with Catherine Hernandez and Saleema Nawaz

Pre-Recorded Event

Magdalena: River of Dreams

with Wade Davis

Live Online Event

Tue Sep 8 • 7:30pm

with Eva Holland

Pre-Recorded Event

Twilight of Democracy

with Anne Applebaum

Pre-Recorded Event

The Glass Hotel

with Emily St. John Mandel

Live Online Event

Mon Aug 31 • 7:30pm

The Silver Arrow

with Lev Grossman

Pre-Recorded Event

Indians on Vacation

with Thomas King

Live Online Event

Mon Aug 24 • 7:30pm

The Pull of the Stars

With Emma Donoghue

Pre-Recorded Event

Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

with Gaia Vince

Pre-Recorded Event

A History of My Brief Body

with Billy-Ray Belcourt

Live Online Event

Tue Aug 18 • 7:30pm

Virtual Book Launch: The Company We Keep

with Frances Itani

Pre-Recorded Event

Virtual Book Launch: On Pandemics

With Dr. David Waltner-Toews

Live Online Event

Tue May 26 • 1:00pm

With Hugh Segal

Tue May 5 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Wish you were here.

Mon May 4 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Wish you were here.

Sun May 3 • 10:00am • Christ Church Cathedral

Wish you were here.

Sat May 2 • 10:00am • Christ Church Cathedral

Wish you were here.

Fri May 1 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Wish you were here

Thu Apr 30 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Wish you were here

Thu Apr 30 • 8:00am • Christ Church Cathedral

2020 SPRING EDITION CANCELLED

Sat Apr 18 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Postponed: House of Anansi Poetry Bash

with Matthew Henderson, John Elizabeth Stintzi and AF Moritz

Thu Apr 16 • 7:00pm • Knox Church

POSTPONED: Magdalena: River of Dreams

with Wade Davis

Sat Mar 21 • 7:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

POSTPONED: 2020 Munro Beattie lecture

Wed Mar 11 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada

Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde

with Julie S. Lalonde

Wed Feb 26 • 7:00pm • Fourth Stage, NAC

From the Ashes: In Conversation

with Jesse Thistle

Tue Feb 11 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

with Desmond Cole

Thu Jan 30 • 7:00pm • Knox Church

Successful Aging

with Daniel Levitin

Wed Jan 29 • 6:00pm • Jackson Cafe at the Ottawa Art Gallery

Beyond Survival Reading Group Margaret Laurence, The Diviners (1974)

Wed Dec 11 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada? - Alfred Pellan Room

A Matter of Facts

With Laura A. Millar

Tue Dec 3 • 6:30pm • Jackson Cafe at the Ottawa Art Gallery

O Canada Reading Group

Fri Nov 22 • 7:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Making the Margins Visible and Accessible

Panel discussion with Dr. Maya Shetreat, Fikile Nxumalo and Claudia Mitchell

Fri Nov 22 • 1:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Write On! Chapbook Showcase and Breakout Sessions

Featuring work of Woodroffe HS students and youth with lived experience of homelessness

Fri Nov 22 • 12:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Friday Lunchtime Talk

with Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm

Fri Nov 22 • 9:30am • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Write On! Chapbook Showcase and Breakout Sessions

Featuring the work of students from Hillcrest High School

Thu Nov 21 • 7:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Creativity and Decolonization: Whose stories are we telling?

Panel discussion with Wendy Luttrell, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, and Jacqueline Kennelly

Thu Nov 21 • 12:45pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Write On! Chapbook Showcase

Featuring the work of grade 8 Kitigan Zibi Kikinamadinan grade 8 and grade 7/8 Fisher Park Summit Alternative School

Thu Nov 21 • 12:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Thursday Lunchtime Talk

With Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen

Thu Nov 21 • 9:30am • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Write On! Chapbook Showcase and Breakout Sessions

Featuring the work of grade 7 students from Fisher Park PS/Summit Alternative

Wed Nov 20 • 7:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

New Ways of Teaching and Learning

With Cindy Blackstock, Kathleen Gallagher and Cornelia Remi

Wed Nov 20 • 1:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Write On! Chapbook Showcase

Featuring the work of students from Connaught Public School

Wed Nov 20 • 9:00am • Fisher Park PS/Summit Alternative

Opening of the Republic of Childhood Youth Forum

Sun Nov 17 • 10:00am • ALLSAINTS

VerseFest Presents: Laureate City 2: Brunch with a Bunch of Poets

with Afua Cooper, Jason Heroux, Julie Pellissier and Margaret Michele Cook

Sat Nov 16 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

VerseFest Presents: Laureate City 2: Readings and Music

with Call Me Katie, Jean-Philippe Raiche, Marty Gervais, Paul Costa, Victoria Butler

Sat Nov 16 • 3:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

VerseFest Presents: Laureate City 2: What is a Poet Laureate? (French)

with Jean-Philippe Raiche, Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier, Pierrette Requier and Rachel McCrum

Sat Nov 16 • 1:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

VerseFest Presents: Laureate City 2: What is a Poet Laureate? (English)

with Afua Cooper, Deanna Young, Jason Heroux, John Barton and Marty Gervais

Fri Nov 15 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

VerseFest Presents: Laureate City 2 Opening Reading

with Deanna Young, John Barton, Noemie Pomerleau-Cloutier, Pierrette Requier and Rachel Mccrum

Thu Nov 14 • 7:30pm • Knox Church

Books and Biryani

with Uzma Jalaluddin

Tue Nov 12 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada

Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other

with Ken Dryden

Thu Nov 7 • 7:00pm • Wabano Centre

Tawaw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine

With Chef Shane Chartrand and Jennifer Cockrall-King

Tue Oct 29 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Ivan Coyote

Tue Oct 29 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Where the Wild Things Are

with Karen McBride and Cherie Dimaline

Tue Oct 29 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

With Mona Eltahawy

Tue Oct 29 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Tue Oct 29 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Adaptation: From Page to Screen

with Cherie Dimaline

Mon Oct 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Jessica Westhead, Nathan Ripley and Lynn Coady

Mon Oct 28 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space

with Bob McDonald

Mon Oct 28 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Thousand Small Sanities

with Adam Gopnik

Mon Oct 28 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mon Oct 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Ripley

Sun Oct 27 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Friends Like These

Sara Peters, Megan Gail Coles and Anakana Schofield

Sun Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Zalika Reid-Benta, Carol Rose GoldenEagle and Michael Crummey

Sun Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99: ARC Poetry Fall Launch

Sun Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Oct 27 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Daughter of Family G

Sun Oct 27 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Rick Prashaw and Amanda Jette Knox

Sun Oct 27 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Laughing Matters

with Laurie Gelman and Dave Hill

Sat Oct 26 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Day After Tomorrow

with Derek Kunsken and Annalee Newitz

Sat Oct 26 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Michael Christie and Johanna Skibsrud

Sat Oct 26 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Steven Price and Jennifer Robson

Sat Oct 26 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Jacqueline Turner, K.B. Thors and Nikki Reimer

Sat Oct 26 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Saturday's Menu

Sat Oct 26 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

We Have Always Been Here

with Samra Habib

Sat Oct 26 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Vagina Bible

with Dr. Jen Gunter

Sat Oct 26 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Sally Armstrong

Fri Oct 25 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

2019 Bywords John Newlove Poetry Award

with Tomasz W. Wiszniewski and Jack Pine

Fri Oct 25 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Amy Jones and Terry Fallis

Fri Oct 25 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Where the Heart Is

with Anar Ali and Rebecca Fisseha

Fri Oct 25 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Fri Oct 25 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Graphic History

with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Katherena Vermette

Thu Oct 24 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Katherena Vermette and Billy-Ray Belcourt

Thu Oct 24 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

In My Own Moccasins

with Helen Knott

Thu Oct 24 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Robyn Doolittle

Thu Oct 24 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thursday's Menu

Wed Oct 16 • 6:30pm • Ottawa City Hall

City of Ottawa Book Awards / Prix du Livre D’Ottawa

Wed Oct 16 • 6:00pm • National Gallery of Canada

Between the Pages

An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists

Sat Oct 5 • 2:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

To Speak for the Trees

with Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Wed Oct 2 • 7:00pm • Dominion Chalmers

NEW DATE: The Testaments

One on One with Margaret Atwood

Tue Oct 1 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

CANCELLED: A Beginner's Guide to Japan

One on One with Pico Iyer

Thu Sep 26 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

One on One with Emma Donoghue

Wed Sep 25 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch: Truth Be Told

with Beverley McLachlin

Tue Sep 24 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch: Murdered Midas

With Charlotte Gray

Fri Sep 20 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

From Where I Stand

with Jody Wilson-Raybould

Mon Sep 9 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

On Justin Trudeau

with Aaron Wherry and John Ivison

Mon Aug 19 • 10:00am • Ottawa Public Library - Vanier Branch

Republic of Childhood Pathfinder Writing Camp - SOLD OUT

With Aidan and Neil Wilson

Thu Jul 18 • 7:00pm • NAC Alan and Roula Rossy Pavilion

Book Launch: This Is How You Lose the Time War

with Amal El-Mohtar

Wed Jun 12 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada, Alfred Pellan Room (2nd floor)

Indigenous Writers’ Gathering

with Colleen Cardinal, Suzanne Methot and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

Thu Jun 6 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Random Play with CBC's Alan Neal

with Lydia Ainsworth, Basia Bulat, Kathleen Edwards, Kobo Town and Tom Wilson

Wed May 29 • 7:00pm • Dominion Chalmers

Mon May 27 • 7:00pm • allsaints event space

Book Launch: TEARDOWN: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up

Tue May 7 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

On Short Stories, Comics and Mentorship

with Téa Mutonji and Vivek Shraya

Tue May 7 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

No Place Like Home

with Nilofar Shidmehr, Pierre Jarawan and David Bezmozgis

Tue May 7 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mon May 6 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Alicia Elliott and Terese Marie Mailhot

Mon May 6 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Truth in Fiction

with Karen Lee White and Richard Van Camp

Mon May 6 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture

with Bruce Pascoe

Mon May 6 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mon May 6 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

On Creativity: One on One

with Cornelia Funke

Sun May 5 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Beyond Binaries

with Lorimer Shenher, Kristen Worley and Joshua M Ferguson

Sun May 5 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The River of Life

with Yasuko Thanh and Samra Zafar

Sun May 5 • 5:00pm • The Manx Pub

with Missy Marston

Sun May 5 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun May 5 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Brightness Long Ago

with Guy Gavriel Kay

Sun May 5 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Seeing the Stars: Hope, Redemption and Resiliency

featuring Alan Cumyn, Tim Wynne-Jones and Jennifer Cayley

Sun May 5 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

True North Rising

with Whit Fraser

Sat May 4 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Douglas Rushkoff

Sat May 4 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Cory Doctorow

Sat May 4 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Imagined Worlds

with Kate Heartfield and S. A. Chakraborty

Sat May 4 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Saturday's Menu

Sat May 4 • 5:00pm • The Manx Pub

with Arielle Twist, Matthew Walsh and Cassidy McFadzean

Sat May 4 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Reality Bubble

Sat May 4 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

with Lee Smolin

Sat May 4 • 1:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Art of Diplomacy

with Bruce and Vicki Heyman

Fri May 3 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Crime and Punishment

with S.J. Maher and Ausma Zehanat Khan

Fri May 3 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen

Fri May 3 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Words of My Father

with Yousef Bashir

Fri May 3 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thu May 2 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Defending Democracy

with Michael Adams and David Moscrop

Thu May 2 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society

with Nicholas A. Christakis

Thu May 2 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thursday's Menu

Thu Apr 18 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Unilateral Acts: A History of Legal Doctrine – Author Meets Readers

With Betina Appel Kuzmarov

Sun Apr 14 • 5:00pm • The Manx Pub

House of Anansi Poetry Bash

With Karen Solie, Kayla Czaga and Michael Redhill

Wed Mar 27 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Son of A Critch

With Mark Critch

Thu Mar 21 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality: Evidence from a Brazilian Metropolis – Author Meets Readers

With Jean Daudelin

Mon Mar 18 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Misfit: autistic. gay. immigrant. Changemaker.

With Andreas Souvaliotis

Sat Mar 16 • 2:00pm • Southminster United Church

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

with Peter Wohlleben

Thu Mar 7 • 7:30pm • Southminster United Church

Making the Most of our Longer Lives

with Carl Honore

Thu Feb 28 • 7:30pm • Southminster United Church

Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss and Reclaiming Joy

with Erin Davis

Thu Feb 21 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Ladies, Upstairs!: My Life in Politics and After

With Monique Bégin

Thu Feb 21 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Opening the Government of Canada – Author Meets Readers

With Amanda Clarke

Tue Feb 19 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada

The Untold Story of Black Train Porters

With Cecil Foster

Fri Feb 15 • 6:30pm • Southminster United Church

One on One with Tanya Tagaq

Sat Feb 9 • 7:30pm • NAC

Sensing Transgender: Lana and Lilly Wachowski

With Cáel M. Keegan

Thu Jan 31 • 7:00pm • Dominion Chalmers United Church

2018-2019 Munro Beattie Lecture

With David Chariandy

Thu Jan 24 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture – Author Meets Readers

With Benjamin Woo

Tue Jan 22 • 7:30pm • NAC, Alan and Roula Rossy Pavilion

Towards a New World: Poetry and Change 50 Years after the Congress of Black Writers

with David Austin

Tue Nov 20 • 12:00pm • National Arts Centre, Peter A. Herrndorf Place

Republic of Childhood Chapbook Launch

Mon Nov 19 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe

With Dr. Dave Williams

Thu Nov 15 • 7:00pm • 25OneCommunity

Books and Biryani: Dislocation: Finding Ourselves Again

with Djamila Ibrahim

Tue Nov 13 • 7:30pm • NAC, Alan and Roula Rossy Pavilion

Book Launch: Such a Lonely, Lovely Road

Kagiso Lesego Molope

Fri Nov 9 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

with Charles Frazier

Thu Nov 8 • 7:00pm • Centrepointe Theatre

Rick Mercer’s Final Report

Thu Nov 1 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

My Stories, My Times

with Jean Chretien

Tue Oct 30 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

ARC Magazine 40th Anniversary Launch

Tue Oct 30 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

25th Anniversary of above/ground press

with Sandra Ridley, Gil McElroy and Sarah Mangold

Tue Oct 30 • 6:00pm • National Gallery of Canada

Between the Pages

An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists

Tue Oct 30 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mon Oct 29 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Subjective Truths

with Iain Reid and Craig Davidson

Mon Oct 29 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

With Gillian Wigmore and Helen Humphreys

Mon Oct 29 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Amy Stuart, Ron Corbett and Barbara Fradkin

Mon Oct 29 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Oct 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Wayne Grady, Natalie Morrill and Alix Hawley

Sun Oct 28 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Waubgeshig Rice and Eden Robinson

Sun Oct 28 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

with Deanna Young, Julie Bruck, Paul Vermeersch and Hana Shafi

Sun Oct 28 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Oct 28 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Extreme Centre

Sun Oct 28 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Secret History of Soldiers

Sat Oct 27 • 9:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

I’m Afraid of Men

with Vivek Shraya

Sat Oct 27 • 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Cancelled: I Am a Body of Land

with Shannon Webb-Campbell and Lee Maracle

Sat Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

One on One with Dionne Brand

Sat Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Saturday's Menu

Sat Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99 Fiction

with Martha Bátiz, D. Nandi Odhiambo and Tamara Faith Berger

Sat Oct 27 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Darrel J. McLeod and Tom Wilson

Sat Oct 27 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

How Schools Can Prepare Our Children

for the Challenges of Tomorrow with Kelly Gallagher-Mackay and Nancy Steinhauer

Sat Oct 27 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie

On Starlight: Literary Brunch

with CBC’s Shelagh Rogers

Fri Oct 26 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

With Jordan Tannahill and Dionne Brand

Fri Oct 26 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Past Is Present

with Ondjaki and Esi Edugyan

Fri Oct 26 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Lisa Moore and Patrick DeWitt

Fri Oct 26 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thu Oct 25 • 8:35pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Bywords 2018 John Newlove Poetry Award Reading and Ceremony

Thu Oct 25 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

In a House of Lies

One on One with Ian Rankin

Thu Oct 25 • 6:35pm • Christ Church Cathedral

In/Words Presents Dis(s)ent

With Sanita Fejzić

Thu Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country

with David Johnston

Thu Oct 25 • 5:00pm • 414 Sparks St.

Thursday's Menu

Thu Oct 25 • 12:00pm • e18hteen

Literary Luncheon

with Ian Rankin

Sat Oct 20 • 4:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch: Atelier

with Chef Marc Lepine

Thu Oct 18 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Diaspora and Media in Europe

Wed Oct 17 • 7:00pm • Ottawa City Hall

City of Ottawa Book Awards / Prix du Livre D'Ottawa

Sat Oct 6 • 2:00pm • Ottawa Public Library Sunnyside Branch

Youth Writer’s Workshop

with Kagiso Lesogo Molope

Mon Oct 1 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch: All Things Consoled with Elizabeth Hay

Hosted by Charlotte Gray

Thu Sep 27 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

General Idea: Life & Work

Sarah E.K. Smith

Mon Sep 10 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

with Miriam Toews

Thu Aug 30 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

America, The Farewell Tour

with Chris Hedges

Tue May 1 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Invaluable Lessons from My Father

with Heather O’Neill

Tue May 1 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Full Disclosure

with Beverley McLachlin

Tue May 1 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Tue May 1 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie

Literary Luncheon

with Beverley McLachlin

Mon Apr 30 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Race, Repression and Resilience

with Robyn Maynard and Chelene Knight

Mon Apr 30 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Europa: Spotlight on European Fiction

with Janis Jonevs, Viveca Sten and Dirk Kurbjuweit

Mon Apr 30 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Apr 29 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

MESSAGIO GALORE take XVc :

a view of the 4-H Club from the banks of the Pottowatomi

Sun Apr 29 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Casey Plett, Amber Dawn and Joshua Whitehead

Sun Apr 29 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Apr 29 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

with Stevie Howell, Canisia Lubrin and Gillian Sze

Sun Apr 29 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Lives of Women and Girls

with Elizabeth Renzetti

Sun Apr 29 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Man Up: Understanding Masculinity

with Rachel Giese and Daemon Fairless

Sat Apr 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Borders and Belonging

with Djamila Ibrahim, Arif Anwar and Sharon Bala

Sat Apr 28 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Wonder Years

with Carrianne Leung, Robert Everett-Green and Kerri Sakamoto

Sat Apr 28 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99: Spotlight on Biblioasis

with Amanda Jernigan, Rachel Lebowitz, Richard Sanger and Paige Cooper

Sat Apr 28 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Saturday's Menu

Sat Apr 28 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Spinning Magnet

with Alanna Mitchell

Sat Apr 28 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Limits of Human Performance

with Alex Hutchinson

Sat Apr 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

with Ruth Marshall and Kate Harris

Fri Apr 27 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Imagining Truths

with Omar El Akkad, Cherie Dimaline and Timothy Taylor

Fri Apr 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Power of Kindness

with Dr. Brian Goldman

Fri Apr 27 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thu Apr 26 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Decolonizing the Dialogue

with Lee Maracle

Thu Apr 26 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

12 Ways to Honesty in Canada

with John Ralston Saul

Thu Apr 26 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thursday's Menu

Thu Apr 19 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

The Boy on the Beach

with Tima Kurdi

Sat Apr 14 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

House of Anansi Poetry Bash

with Mikko Harvey, Emma Healey and AF Moritz

Thu Apr 5 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch: Mary Cyr

by David Adams Richards

Thu Mar 29 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Jan Wong and Jackie Kai Ellis in conversation with Hattie Klotz

Wed Mar 28 • 7:30pm • Arts Court Theatre

An Evening with Gcina Mhlophe

Mon Mar 26 • 7:15pm • Southminster United Church

Enlightenment Now

with Steven Pinker

Mon Mar 19 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada, Pellan Room (2nd Floor)

Canada Reads 2018:

Forgiveness with Mark Sakamoto

Thu Feb 15 • 7:00pm • IA&A at Hillyer

An Evening with Canisia Lubrin, S.K. Ali, Cherie Dimaline, Amal El-Mohtar, and Aviaq Johnston

Thu Jan 25 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

with David Frum

Tue Nov 28 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch: Game Change with Ken Dryden

Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood

Wed Nov 22 • 7:30pm • Ottawa Public Library Auditorium

Learning from the Future with Alan Cumyn, Mary Branley and JonArno Lawson

A Republic of Childhood Event

Wed Nov 22 • 6:00pm • Ottawa Public Library Auditorium

Connaught Public School Showcase with Alan Cumyn, Mary Branley and Deborah Kigjugalik Webster

A Republic of Childhood Event

Tue Nov 21 • 7:30pm • Ottawa Public Library Auditorium

Education For All: Inclusion and Diversity with Jael Richardson, Cherie Dimaline, Amal El-Mohtar and S.K. Ali

A Republic of Childhood Event

Tue Nov 21 • 6:00pm • Ottawa Public Library Auditorium

Fisher/Summit School Showcase with Jamaal Jackson Rogers, S.K. Ali and Kevin Sands

A Republic of Childhood Event

Mon Nov 20 • 7:30pm • Ottawa Public Library Auditorium

Putting Children First: Childhood Under Siege With Joel Bakan, Jo Becker and Mary Branley

A Republic of Childhood Event

Mon Nov 20 • 6:00pm • Ottawa Public Library Auditorium

OPL and Glashan Showcase with Charles de Lint and Amal El-Mohtar

A Republic of Childhood Event

Thu Nov 16 • 7:30pm • Centretown United Church

Song and Story: An evening with Tomson Highway

Presented in partnership with the Canadian Council of Muslim Women - Ottawa chapter Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood

Fri Nov 10 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Event PostponedDeer Life with Ron Sexsmith

Hosted by Maclean's Magazine's John Geddes

Wed Nov 8 • 7:30pm • Centretown United Church

One Day Closer with Lorinda Stewart and Amanda Lindhout

Hosted by CBC’s Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

Fri Nov 3 • 10:00am • NRC Auditorium Building M-50

NRC Presents: The Ethics of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Human-centric Science

Presented by: National Research Council of Canada

Fri Oct 27 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

Jody Mitic Event Cancelled

Tue Oct 24 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Event postponed:Reimagining Canada with John Ralston Saul

Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood

Tue Oct 24 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Stolen Lives with Lorri Neilsen Glenn and Tanya Talaga

Hosted by: Deborah Kigjugalik Webster

Tue Oct 24 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mon Oct 23 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Just Between Us with Terry Fallis, Eliza Robertson and Michael Redhill

Hosted by Carleton University’s Susan Birkwood

Mon Oct 23 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Past and Present with David Chariandy, Alison Pick and Linden MacIntyre

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Mon Oct 23 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Oct 22 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

ARC Poetry Event with Joshua Whitehead, David Groulx, Armand Garnet Ruffo and Shannon Webb-Campbell

Sun Oct 22 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Present Tense with Angie Abdou, Carleigh Baker and Eden Robinson

Hosted by JF Martel

Sun Oct 22 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Oct 22 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99 Poetry with Jeramy Dodds,Suzannah Showler and Sina Queyras

Sun Oct 22 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others with Carol Off

Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood

Sun Oct 22 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Why 35 Million Canadians Are Not Enough with Doug Saunders

Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood

Sun Oct 22 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

On Sickness, Health and What it Means to be Alive with James Maskalyk

Hosted by CBC's Laurence Wall

Sat Oct 21 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

In This Together with Martha Baillie, Ahmad Danny Ramadan and Catherine Hernandez

Hosted by Rhonda Douglas

Sat Oct 21 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Past Imperfect with Frances Itani, Ed O'Loughlin and Linda Spalding

Hosted by artsfile.ca’s Peter Robb

Sat Oct 21 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99: Poetry and Prose with Barbara Sibbald, Christine McNair and Michael Blouin

Sat Oct 21 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Saturday's Menu

Sat Oct 21 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Living in a Mindful Universewith Karen Newell and Eben Alexander MD

Hosted by Tony Lofaro

Sat Oct 21 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

One on One with Vikas Swarup

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Sat Oct 21 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Risks and Rewards of Self-Publishing with Mark Curfoot-Mollington and Patricia Filteau

Fri Oct 20 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Bywords 2017 John Newlove Poetry Award Reading and Ceremony

Hosted by Charles Earl

Fri Oct 20 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

In Search of a Better World with Payam Akhavan

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Fri Oct 20 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thu Oct 19 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Newfoundlander in Canada with Alan Doyle

Hosted by CBC’s Alan NealSponsored by Thom Fountain of the RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Group

Thu Oct 19 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Truth and History with Chelsea Vowel, Lee Maracle and Bev Sellars

Hosted by Louise Profeit-LeBlanc

Thu Oct 19 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thursday's Menu

Wed Oct 18 • 7:00pm • Ottawa City Hall, Jean-Pigott Place

City of Ottawa Book Awards

Sun Oct 15 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

At the Strangers' Gate: Arrivals in New York with Adam Gopnik

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Fri Oct 13 • 7:00pm • Wabano Centre

a la carte: Indigenous Fusion with Chef David Wolfman

à la carte: Free food literacy events presented in partnership with the Ottawa Public Library with support from the government of Ontario.

Thu Oct 12 • 5:00pm • Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery

From Trudeau to Trudeau with AISLIN (Terry Mosher)

Tue Oct 10 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

Scene of the Crime with Barbara Fradkin and Ann Cleeves

hosted by Brenda Chapman

Fri Oct 6 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

Something Is Always On Fire with Measha Brueggergosman

Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal

Thu Sep 28 • 8:30pm • Dominion Chalmers Church

à la carte: You Are What You Eat with Brent Preston and Nick Saul

à la carte: Free food literacy events presented in partnership with the Ottawa Public Library with support from the government of Ontario.

Thu Sep 28 • 6:30pm • Dominion Chalmers Church

à la carte: Healthy Eating for the Whole Family with Laura Keogh

à la carte: Free food literacy events presented in partnership with the Ottawa Public Library with support from the government of Ontario.

Mon Sep 25 • 7:00pm • Wabano Centre

Inuit, Injusticeand the Canadian Arcticwith Kenn Harper

Hosted by Elizabeth Hay

Tue Sep 19 • 7:00pm • The Savoy Brasserie

Book Launch: The Wind in His Heart with Charles de Lint

Thu Sep 14 • 7:00pm • Pellan Room, 2nd Floor Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch:That's My Baby by Frances Itani

Tue Sep 12 • 8:00pm • NAC City Room

Book Launch: First Snow, Last Light with Wayne Johnston

Thu Jul 13 • 9:30pm • NAC BACK STAGE

Ivan Coyote Tomboy Survival Guide

Presented by the NAC's Canada Scene

Wed Jul 5 • 7:00pm • Fraser Café’s Table 40

Newfoundland Literary Dinner Eva Crocker, Ed Riche and Lisa Moore

Presented in partnership with Canada Scene

Wed Jul 5 • 6:30pm • The Lieutenant's Pump

Newfoundland Literary Pub Crawl with Bridget Canning, Robert Chafe and Kathleen Winter

Presented in partnership with Canada Scene

Tue Jul 4 • 7:00pm • Fraser Café’s Table 40

NewfoundlandLiterary Dinner with Bridget Canning, Robert Chafe and Kathleen Winter

Presented in partnership with Canada Scene

Tue Jul 4 • 6:30pm • Lieutenant’s Pump

Newfoundland Literary Pub Crawl with Eva Crocker, Ed Riche and Lisa Moore

Presented in partnership with Canada Scene

Wed Jun 28 • 7:30pm • NAC THEATRE

26 lettres: An ABC of words that are losing their meaning

Presented by the NAC's Canada Scene

Fri Jun 16 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

A Great Reckoning with Louise Penny

Presented with the NAC's Canada Scene. Hosted by Patricia Filteau

Tue May 30 • 7:00pm • The Avant-Garde Bar

MICHAEL DENNIS & FRIENDS: LAUNCH OF BAD ENGINE

Thu May 25 • 7:00pm • Meadowview Barn: Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

à la carte: The Food on Your Plate with Sarah Elton and David Waltner-Toews

à la carte: Free food literacy events presented in partnership with the Ottawa Public Library with support from the government of Ontario.

Thu May 18 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

Marketing Lessons fromUnder the Influencewith Terry O’Reilly

Hosted by CBC's Laurence Wall

Wed May 17 • 6:30pm • Library and Archives Canada

Book Launch: Running on Empty

Presented in partnership with Library and Archives Canada and the Asian Heritage Month Society

Tue May 2 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Only Journey with Andrew Westoll, Susan Perly and Steven Heighton

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Tue May 2 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Rise of the Radical Right with Tom McMillan

Hosted by Maclean’s Magazine’s John Geddes

Tue May 2 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mon May 1 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

What You Want with Elise Levine, Lori McNulty and Karen Connelly

Hosted by Rhonda Douglas

Mon May 1 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

One on One with Anita Desai

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Mon May 1 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Apr 30 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Illegalwith Lawrence Hill

Hosted by CBC’s Joanne Chianello

Sun Apr 30 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Vimy: The Battle and the Legend with Tim Cook

Hosted by Charlotte Gray

Sun Apr 30 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sun Apr 30 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99 Prose with Ray Robertson, Jesse Ruddock and Carys Davies

Hosted by David O'Meara

Sun Apr 30 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Book Launch:The Muslimah who Fell to Earth

Hosted by Shahla Khan Salter

Sun Apr 30 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Bridging the Diaspora Divide with Stephen Orlov and Samah Sabawi

Hosted by Arthur Milner

Sun Apr 30 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Science of Why with Jay Ingram

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Sat Apr 29 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Event Cancelled: This Is an Uprisingwith Mark Engler

Hosted by J.F. Martel

Sat Apr 29 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself with Sean Carroll

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Sat Apr 29 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Saturday's Menu

Sat Apr 29 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99 Poetry with Kevin Connolly, Aisha Sasha John and Cassidy McFadzean

Hosted by David O'Meara

Sat Apr 29 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

150 YEARS OF GREAT CANADIAN STORYTELLERS A new stage performance by Douglas Gibson

Sat Apr 29 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Written in the Body: A performance by Jan Andrews

Fri Apr 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

At Home In the World with Mary Walsh and Heather O’Neill

Hosted by Carleton University’s Susan Birkwood

Fri Apr 28 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Bond Between Us with Claire Cameron and Barbara Gowdy

Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal

Fri Apr 28 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Fri Apr 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Children’s Literature from Ireland with Deirdre Sullivan, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick and Oisin McGann

Thu Apr 27 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

One Day This Will Matter with Scaachi Koul

Hosted by CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

Thu Apr 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Woman’s Work:Advocate. Soldier. Revolutionary.with Raiyah Patel, Sandra Perron and Monia Mazigh

Hosted by Rachel Vincent from the Nobel Women’s Initiative

Thu Apr 27 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Thursday's Menu

Sat Apr 22 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Earth Day 2017 with David Suzuki, Ian Haningtonand Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Wed Apr 5 • 7:00pm • MacOdrum Library

The Harper Factor, Panel Discussion and Book Signing

Presented by Carleton University

Tue Mar 28 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Ingenious with David Johnstonand Tom Jenkins

Hosted by Catherine Clark

Tue Mar 14 • 7:00pm • Pressed Café

Spring Extravaganza of Literary and Dramatic Arts

Thu Jan 26 • 7:00pm • Azrieli Theatre, Carleton University

Munro Beattie Lecturewith André Alexis

Presented by Carleton University

Sat Dec 10 • 3:00pm • Southminster United Church

Garnet Rogers and Lynne HansonConcert

Presented by folkzone as part of Ochsfest2

Sat Dec 10 • 1:00pm • Southminster United Church

Garnet Rogers and Lynne HansonBook Launch

Presented by folkzone as part of Ochsfest2

Wed Nov 30 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD with Roméo Dallaire

Thu Nov 17 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

The Witches of New York with Ami McKay

Thu Nov 3 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Wade Davis: Photographs

Presented with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Sun Oct 30 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Do Not Say We Have Nothing with Madeleine Thien

Hosted by the CBC’s Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

Wed Oct 26 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Poetry Cabaret with Stephen Brockwell, Gregory Scofield, Sandra Ridley and Stuart Ross

Wed Oct 26 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Ever Present Past Stephen Henighan, Ann Y. K. Choi, and Anosh Irani

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Wed Oct 26 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Wednesday's Menuat the Festival Cafe

Tue Oct 25 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Cause and Effect with Jared Young, Nathan Whitlock and Iain Reid

Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal

Tue Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Tempest / Hag-Seed with Margaret Atwood

Tue Oct 25 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Tuesday's Menuat the Festival Cafe

Mon Oct 24 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Past Imperfect with Deborah Campbell, Alexandra Shimo and Joy Kogawa

Hosted by CBC's Adrian Harewood

Mon Oct 24 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Family Matters with Zoe Whittall, Katherena Vermette and David Bergen

Hosted by Carleton University’s Susan Birkwood

Mon Oct 24 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Monday's Menuat the Festival Cafe

Mon Oct 24 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Respect with Vivek Shraya, Zoe Whitall and Ivan Coyote

Sun Oct 23 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Own Self Be True with Gwen Benaway, Vivek Shraya and Ivan Coyote

Hosted by Jeremy Dias

Sun Oct 23 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Trigger Warning with Deni Bechard, Peter Behrens and Kevin Patterson

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Sun Oct 23 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Spotlight on Biblioasis with Kathy Page and Leon Rooke

Sun Oct 23 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Sunday's Menuat the Festival Cafe

Sun Oct 23 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Running for Office with John Laschinger and Noah Richler

Hosted by Maclean¹s Magazine’s John Geddes

Sun Oct 23 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Canadian Soldier's Fight Against the Islamic State with Dillon Hillier

Hosted by Jody Mitic

Sat Oct 22 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

What Tomorrow Brings with Michael Helm and M.G. Vassanji

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Sat Oct 22 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Character Studies with Jowita Bydlowska, Mary Morrissy and David Szalay

Hosted by Rhonda Douglas

Sat Oct 22 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99 Poetry Cabaret

Hosted by David O'Meara

Sat Oct 22 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Saturday's Menuat the Festival Cafe

Sat Oct 22 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Easter Uprising of 1916 with Dermot Keogh

Hosted by Neil Wilson

Sat Oct 22 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Truth to Power: Inside Canada’s Parliamentary Press Gallery with Manon Cornellier, Helene Buzzetti and Josh Wingrove

Sat Oct 22 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Jane Jacobs and the Livable City with Nathan Storring and Robert Kanigel

Hosted by CBC's Joanne Chianello

Fri Oct 21 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Bywords 2016 John Newlove Poetry Award Ceremony and Reading

Fri Oct 21 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Paranormal Prose with Kristi Charish, Nathan Adler and Kelley Armstrong

Hosted by Marie Bilodeau

Fri Oct 21 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

In/Words Presents Refuge(e)

Fri Oct 21 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Children of Earth and Sky with Guy Gavriel Kay

Hosted by Kate Heartfield

Fri Oct 21 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Friday's Menuat the Festival Cafe

Fri Oct 21 • 8:30am • Azrieli School of Architecture + Urbanism

POP / CAN / CRIT:Current Conditions in Popular Canadian Architecture Criticism

Presented by Spacing Magazine / Azrieli School of Architecture + Urbanism

Thu Oct 20 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Time After Time with Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Terry Jordan and Jen Sookfong Lee

Hosted by J.F. Martel

Thu Oct 20 • 6:30pm • Library and Archives Canada

Stories about Canada with Jane Urquhart

Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma

Thu Oct 20 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Author Meets ReadersHubris: The Challenge of Climate Change

Presented by Carleton University

Thu Oct 20 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Thursday's Menuat the Festival Cafe

Wed Oct 19 • 7:00pm • Ottawa City Hall, Jean Pigott Place

CITY OF OTTAWA BOOK AWARDS / PRIX DU LIVRE D”OTTAWA

Mon Oct 17 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

The Promise of Canada with Charlotte Gray

Sat Oct 15 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

à la carte: Farm to Table

Sat Oct 15 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

à la carte: The Ethics of Eating with Sonia Faruqi

Sat Oct 15 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Saturday, October 15 menuat the Festival Cafe

Fri Oct 14 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

à la carte: Science, History and Health at the Table with Stephen Le and Maya Shetreat

Fri Oct 14 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Festival Cafe

Friday, October 14 menuat the Festival Café

Thu Oct 13 • 7:00pm • Ottawa Little Theatre

Random PlayHosted by All In A Day'sAlan Neal

Sponsored by RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Group

Mon Oct 3 • 8:00pm • Southminster United Church

Slade House: One on One with David Mitchell

Presented in partnership with Kingston WritersFest

Mon Oct 3 • 6:00pm • Southminster United Church

Every Hidden Thing with Kenneth Oppel

Fri Sep 30 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church

Barkskins: One on One with Annie Proulx

Presented with Kingston WritersFest and the Embassy of the United States

Fri Sep 30 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie

Literary Luncheon with Emma Donoghue

Thu Sep 29 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Armchair Quarterbacks: Canadians and Sports

Author Meets Readers Presented by Carleton University

Tue Sep 27 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right

Presented by The Nobel Women's Initiative with support from with Equal Voice

Sat Sep 24 • 2:00pm • The barn at Fieldwork

Storywork: Telling Tales Rooted in the Land

Wed Sep 21 • 7:30pm • Ottawa City Hall, Councillor Lounge

Marion Dewar: A Life of Action with Deborah Gorham

Tue Sep 13 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada

Travels in the New China with Alexandre Trudeau

Tue Sep 13 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie

Literary Luncheon with Alexandre Trudeau

Sun Aug 21 • 3:00pm • The barn at Fieldwork

Framework: Words on the Land - 2016

Tue Jun 21 • 8:30pm • NCC's Urbanism Lab

An Evening with Indigenous Authors: A National Aboriginal Day Celebration

Wed May 25 • 5:30pm • Library and Archives Canada

RECLAIMING THE COMMONS

Presented by the Canada Council for the Arts

Sat May 14 • 2:00pm • Glebe Community Centre

WriteOn! Youth Writing Workshop with David A. Poulsen

Sat Apr 23 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Mountain City Girls: An Evening of Storytelling and Song with Anna and Jane McGarrigle

Hosted by Lynn Miles

Tue Apr 19 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Best of Writers & Company with Eleanor Wachtel

Hosted by Charlotte Gray

Tue Apr 19 • 7:00pm • NAC Panorama Room

The Idea of Canada: Letters to a Nation with Governor General David Johnston

Hosted by Mark Sutcliffe

Tue Apr 19 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE with Teva Harrison and Bif Naked

Hosted by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

Tue Apr 19 • 5:00pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Tuesday’s Menuat the Festival Café

Mon Apr 18 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

HOUSE OF ANANSI POETRY BASH with Michael Crummey, Baziju, Suzanne Buffam and Steven Heighton

Hosted by David O’Meara

Mon Apr 18 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Room C

BOOK LAUNCH: Monstrous Little Voices with Kate Heartfield

Mon Apr 18 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Room C

BOOK LAUNCH: The Light That Remains with Lyse Champagne

Mon Apr 18 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

FUTURE IMPERFECT with Sylvain Neuvel and Robert J Sawyer

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Mon Apr 18 • 5:00pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Monday’s Menuat the Festival Café

Mon Apr 18 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

WriteOn! Resilience and Triumph: Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories with Monia Mazigh andDr. Vanaja Dhruvarajan

Hosted by Neil Wilson

Sun Apr 17 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

SCENE OF THE CRIME with John Lawton, Brenda Chapman, Joy Fielding and Linwood Barclay

Hosted by Barbara Fradkin

Sun Apr 17 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

WHERE WE BELONG with Pamela Mordecai, Lynne Kutsukake and George Elliott Clarke

Hosted by Adrian Harewood

Sun Apr 17 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Plan 99 Poetry Cabaret with Alexandra Oliver and Nick Thran

Hosted by David O’Meara

Sun Apr 17 • 5:00pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Sunday’s Menuat the Festival Café

Sun Apr 17 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Martyrdom, Murder and the Lure of ISIS with Mark Bourrie

Hosted by Laurence Wall

Sun Apr 17 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Blog Out Loud: Listen. Look. Laugh. LOUD.

Sat Apr 16 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

CONTAINED IN TIME PAST with Alissa York, Daniel Poliquin and Katherine Govier

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Sat Apr 16 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

THE WISEST COURSE with Craig Davidson, James Bartleman and Carmen Aguirre

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Sat Apr 16 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

BookThug Spring Launch with Jacob Wren and Phil Hall

Presented with Plan 99

Sat Apr 16 • 5:00pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Saturday’s Menuat the Festival Café

Sat Apr 16 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Switched On with John Elder Robison

Hosted by Joanne Laucius

Sat Apr 16 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Concussion and the New Science of Brain Plasticity with Clark Elliott

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Sat Apr 16 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral - Room C

Writing Workshop with Nadia Bozak

Sat Apr 16 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart with James R. Doty M.D.

Fri Apr 15 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Kris Bertin and Danielle McLaughlin

Hosted by Susan Birkwood

Fri Apr 15 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

ALL IN THIS TOGETHERwith Farzana Doctor,Nadia Bozak andChristine Dwyer Hickey

Fri Apr 15 • 5:00pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Friday’s Menuat the Festival Café

Thu Apr 14 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

RADICAL EMPATHY with Sara Baume, Sunil Yapa and Joan Crate

Hosted by Sean Wilson

Thu Apr 14 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

SAFE AND SOUND with Paul Lynch, Abdourahman A. Waberi and Carol Daniels

Thu Apr 14 • 5:30pm • Social

Book Launch: Two Freedoms: Canada's Global Future with Hugh Segal

Hosted by Jennifer Ditchburn

Thu Apr 14 • 5:00pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Thursday’s Menuat the Festival Café

Thu Mar 31 • 5:00pm • Pressed

Author Meets Readers: Federal Decisions with Local Implications

Presented by Carleton University

Mon Mar 21 • 7:00pm • Southminster Church

The End of Protest with Micah White

Hosted by CBC's Adrian Harewood

Tue Mar 8 • 7:30pm • Main Floor Reading Room MacOdrum Library

McLuhan and Frye: A Reading by B.W. Powe

Thu Feb 25 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Adapting in the Dust: Lessons Learned from Canada's War in Afghanistan

Carleton Presents: Lessons Learned from Canada's War in Afghanistan

Fri Feb 5 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The High Mountains of Portugal One on One with Yann Martel

Hosted by CBC’s Alan Neal

Tue Feb 2 • 4:00pm • St. Alban's Church

Megaphono Festival Official Launch: Keynote Address by Jessica Hopper

Fri Jan 1 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Mon Nov 30 • 7:00pm • Southminster Church

Avenue of Mysteries with John Irving

Sat Nov 28 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub

Chaudiere Books Fall Launch with Andy Weaver, Chris Turnbull, Jennifer Londry and William Hawkins

Sat Nov 21 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Event PostponedMaking a Difference with Dalton McGuinty

Thu Nov 19 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Even Dogs in the Wild with Ian Rankin

Hosted by Peggy Blair

Thu Nov 19 • 12:00pm • Empire Bar + Restaurant

Literary Luncheon with Ian Rankin

Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal

Tue Nov 17 • 12:00pm • Empire Bar + Restaurant

Literary Luncheon with Margaret Atwood

Hosted by Charlotte Gray

Mon Nov 16 • 7:00pm • Southminster Church

The Heart Goes Last with Margaret Atwood

Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal

Wed Oct 28 • 8:30pm • Centretown United Church

Don’t Panic: ISIS, Terror and Today’s Middle East with Gwynne Dyer

Hosted by CBC's Adrian Harewood

Wed Oct 28 • 6:30pm • Centretown United Church

In Flanders Fields with Tim Cook, Mary Janigan and Roméo Dallaire

Hosted by Charlotte Gray

Tue Oct 27 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sweet Emotion with Nino Ricci, David Constantine and Terry Fallis

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Tue Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Reason You Walk with Wab Kinew

Hosted by CBC’s Waubgeshig Rice

Tue Oct 27 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Tuesday Food Service in the Festival Café

Tue Oct 27 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Child Soldier with Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine

Hosted by Sean Wilson

Mon Oct 26 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Only Interpretations with AJ Somerset and Camilla Gibb

Mon Oct 26 • 8:30pm • Maxwell’s

ARC Poetry Spoken Word Celebration with Tanya Evanson, Cat Kidd, Ian Keteku and Kevin Matthews

Mon Oct 26 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Dorito Effect with Mark Schatzker

Hosted by Sean Wilson

Mon Oct 26 • 6:30pm • Maxwell’s

Bywords 2015 John Newlove Poetry Award Ceremony and Reading

Mon Oct 26 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Monday Food Service in the Festival Café

Mon Oct 26 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Writing Life: One on One with George Bowering

Sun Oct 25 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Scene of the Crime with Steve Burrows, Sara Blaedel and Giles Blunt

Hosted by CBC’s Sandra Abma

Sun Oct 25 • 8:30pm • Maxwell’s

The Al Purdy A-Frame Celebration

Sun Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Maxwell’s

Poetry Cabaret with Nick Papaxanthos, Tara Azzopardi and Stuart Ross

Sun Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Written by Time with Don Gillmor, Tracey Lindberg and Ronald Wright

Hosted by the Ottawa Citizen’s Kate Heartfield

Sun Oct 25 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Sunday Food Service in the Festival Café

Sun Oct 25 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Living History with Sharon Butala, Paul Yee and Sharon Johnston

Hosted by Carleton University’s Susan Birkwood

Sun Oct 25 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Inuit-Qallunaat Visual Encounters with Carol Payne

Presented in partnership with Ottawa Art Gallery Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Peter Simpson

Sat Oct 24 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Condemned to Be Free with James Grainger, Karim Alrawi, Owen Sheers and Anakana Schofield

Hosted by David O’Meara

Sat Oct 24 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Oil, Gas and Water with Marq de Villiers, Louis Helbig and Andrew Nikiforuk

Hosted by Neil Wilson

Sat Oct 24 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Saturday Food Service in the Festival Café

Sat Oct 24 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

World War Two: Canadian Stories with Mark Zuehlke and Tim Cook

Hosted by CBC’s Laurence Wall

Sat Oct 24 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

All Out with Kevin and Alex Newman

The Ottawa Citizens Matthew Pearson

Sat Oct 24 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Meaning Schmeaning: A Poetry Workshop

Sat Oct 24 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

And Home Was Kariakoo: One on One with M.G. Vassanji

Hosted by Peter Schneider

Sat Oct 24 • 10:00am • Ottawa Art Gallery

MAKING THINGS MATTER: CONSIDERING CITATION AS A FORM OF COMMUNITY Facilitated by cheyanne turions

Fri Oct 23 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Niall Ferguson on Henry Kissinger

Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood

Fri Oct 23 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Lost (and Found) In Translation with Samuel Archibald, Larry Tremblay and Kim Thuy

Hosted by Blue Metropolis’ Gregory McCormick

Fri Oct 23 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Friday Food Service in the Festival Café

Thu Oct 22 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Spotlight on Irish Fiction withGavin Corbett, Claire Louise Bennett and Colin Barrett

Hosted by CBC’s Sandra Abma

Thu Oct 22 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

la poésie acadienneavec Jonathan Roy et Herménégilde Chiasson

Thu Oct 22 • 6:30pm • Centretown United Church

First Peoples, First Stories with Lee Maracle, Bev Sellars and Joseph Boyden

Hosted by CBC’s Waubgeshig Rice

Thu Oct 22 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Thursday Food Service in the Festival Café

Thu Oct 22 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub

Entrepreneurial Cuba: The Changing Policy Environment

Wed Oct 21 • 7:00pm • Carleton University

The Munro Beattie Lecture with Joseph Boyden

Wed Oct 21 • 5:00pm • Ottawa City Hall, Jean-Pigott Hall

The 30th Annual Ottawa Book Awards / Le Prix du livre d’Ottawa and The Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry

Hosted by Sabine Daniel and Hugues Beaudoin-Dumouchel

Wed Oct 7 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Road Trip Rwanda with Will Ferguson

Sat Oct 3 • 1:00pm • Perth & District Union Public Library

Perth:One Book One Community: Janet Hepburn

Hosted by Chief Librarian Perth & District Union Public Library, Erica Heesen

Sat Oct 3 • 9:00am • Crystal Palace

Perth Book Fair

Hosted by the Perth Farmers Market

Wed Sep 30 • 7:30pm • Morisset Hall room 250

Celtic Chair Lecture Series: Paula Meehan

The University of Ottawa, The Embassy of Ireland and in association with the School of Canadian Irish Studies, Concordia University

Wed Sep 30 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Unaccountable with Kevin Page

Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal

Thu Sep 24 • 5:30pm • Metropolitain

Book Launch: You Will Wear a White Shirt with Senator Nick Sibbeston

Sat Sep 19 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

Power in the Blood: A Conversation with Buffy Sainte-Marie

Hosted by CBC’s Alan Neal

Thu Sep 10 • 7:00pm • Canadian War Museum

Book Launch: Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper with Jody Mitic

Presented with the Canadian War Museum • Hosted by Kevin Newman

Thu Sep 10 • 5:00pm • All five bookstores

2ND ANNUAL PERTH WRITING COMPETITION DEADLINE

IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PERTH WRITERS GUILD

Tue Sep 8 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

John Ibbitson on Stephen Harper

Hosted by Andrew Cohen

Sun Aug 23 • 3:00pm • The loft at FIELDWORK

Framework: Words on the Land

Wed Aug 19 • 8:00pm • St. Alban's Church

Arboretum Festival: Queer Songbook Orchestra with Melody McKiver

Presented with Asinabka Festival and the Ottawa International Writers Festival

Sun Aug 9 • 3:00pm • Horticulture Building

Book Launch: His Whole Lifewith Elizabeth Hay

Sun Jun 7 • 12:00pm • Musée des beaux-arts du Canada

Musée des beaux-arts du Canada présente Ateliers d’écriture créative avec Loïse Lavallée

Thu Jun 4 • 7:00pm • Shaw Centre, Ottawa

Canadian Library Association Awards

Thu Jun 4 • 7:00pm • Maxwells Bistro

The Montreal Story Tellers

Tue Jun 2 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church

The Republic of Imagination with Azar Nafisi

Sun May 24 • 12:00pm • National Gallery of Canada

National Gallery of Canada Creative Writing Workshop with Frances Itani

Tue May 19 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Solitude Creek with Jeffrey Deaver

Thu May 14 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

David Dollin: A Celebration of Life

Sun May 3 • 12:00pm • National Gallery of Canada

National Gallery of Canada Creative Writing Workshop with Alan Cumyn

Tue Apr 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Crime and Punishment with Michael Christie, Chigozie Obioma and Linden MacIntyre

Hosted by Neil Wilson

Tue Apr 28 • 6:45pm • Christ Church (Festival Café)

Blog Out Loud: Listen. Look. Laugh. LOUD.

Tue Apr 28 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Ontario Scene Presents Close to Home with Rhonda Douglas, Helen Humphreys and James Bartleman

Hosted by Carleton University’s Susan Birkwood

Tue Apr 28 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Tue Apr 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Brain Gain with John G. Jung

Hosted by Carleton University’s Anil Somayaji

Mon Apr 27 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Poetry Cabaret with Marie Annharte Baker, Marilyn Dumont and Don McKay

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell

Mon Apr 27 • 6:45pm • Christ Church (Festival Café)

Book Launch: Town & Train with James K. Moran

Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Kate Heartfield

Mon Apr 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Close Encounters with the Natural World with Jennifer Kingsley and Deni Bechard

Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Matthew Pearson

Mon Apr 27 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Mon Apr 27 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Poetry as a Practice: Don McKay in Conversation with David O’Meara

Hosted by David O'Meara

Sun Apr 26 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Sense and Sensibility with Obi Simic, Nina Berkhout and Beth Powning

Hosted by Adrian Harewood

Sun Apr 26 • 6:45pm • Christ Church (Festival Café)

BookThug Launch: Carellin Brooks, Mike Steeves, Pearl Pirie, Jake Kennedy and kevin mcpherson eckhoff

Hosted by: Sandra Ridley

Sun Apr 26 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

A Natural History of Alzheimer’s and Aging with Jay Ingram

Hosted by CBC’s Laurence Wall

Sun Apr 26 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Sun Apr 26 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Parenting Exceptional Children with Ann Douglas and Kristine Barnett

Hosted by Jonathan Bennett

Sun Apr 26 • 2:00pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Essentials of the Short Story with Guy Vanderhaeghe

Hosted by Neil Wilson

Sun Apr 26 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Teenage Brain with Frances E. Jensen

Sat Apr 25 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Nurturing Creativity with David Usher

Hosted by CBC’s Sandra Abma

Sat Apr 25 • 6:45pm • Christ Church (Festival Café)

Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal with Olive Senior

Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood

Sat Apr 25 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Time to Make It Shorter with Mark Anthony Jarman, Steven Hayward, Heather O'Neill and Guy Vanderhaeghe

Hosted by CBC’s Sandra Abma

Sat Apr 25 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church

Saturday's Menu

Sat Apr 25 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Redeeming Things with Kara Stanley and Peter Kavanagh

Sat Apr 25 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Headscarves and Hymens with Mona Eltahawy

Hosted by CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

Sat Apr 25 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Brave New World with Mark Bourrie, Brooke Jeffrey and Brent Rathgeber

Hosted by Don Newman

Fri Apr 24 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

Pride and Prejudice with Michael V. Smith and Raziel Reid with special musical guest Glenn Nuotio

The Ottawa Citizen’s Matthew Person

Fri Apr 24 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral

The Sound and the Fury with Russell Smith, Neil Smith and Sean Michaels, featuring new music by Mike Dubue

Hosted by Michael Blouin

Fri Apr 24 • 5:30pm • Festival Café in Christ Church