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Spring 2020: Apr 30 to May 5

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Fiction
Mon Aug 19 • 10:00am • Ottawa Public Library - Vanier Branch
Republic of Childhood Pathfinder Writing Camp - SOLD OUT
With Aidan and Neil Wilson
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Politics
Non-Fiction
Mon Sep 9 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
On Justin Trudeau
with Aaron Wherry and John Ivison
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Fiction
Tue Sep 17 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
The Testaments
One on One with Margaret Atwood
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Non-Fiction
History
Tue Sep 24 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Murdered Midas
With Charlotte Gray
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Fiction
Thu Sep 26 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Akin
One on One with Emma Donoghue
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