Ottawa's Festival of Ideas Since 1997
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Tuesday
Sep
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History
Tue Sep 24 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Murdered Midas
With Charlotte Gray
25
Wednesday
Sep
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History
Wed Sep 25 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Truth Be Told
with Beverley McLachlin
26
Thursday
Sep
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Fiction
Thu Sep 26 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Akin
One on One with Emma Donoghue
1
Tuesday
Oct
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History
Tue Oct 1 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
One on One with Pico Iyer
2
Wednesday
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Wed Oct 2 • 7:00pm • Dominion Chalmers
NEW DATE: The Testaments
One on One with Margaret Atwood
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Saturday
Oct
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Sat Oct 5 • 2:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
To Speak for the Trees
with Diana Beresford-Kroeger
16
Wednesday
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Fiction
Wed Oct 16 • 6:00pm • National Gallery of Canada
Between the Pages
An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists
24
Thursday
Oct
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Thu Oct 24 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Had it Coming
with Robyn Doolittle
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Politics
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History
Thu Oct 24 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
In My Own Moccasins
with Helen Knott
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Poetry
Thu Oct 24 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Poetry Cabaret
with Katherena Vermette and Billy-Ray Belcourt
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Friday
Oct
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History
Fri Oct 25 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Graphic History
with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Katherena Vermette
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Fiction
Fri Oct 25 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Where the Heart Is
with Anar Ali and Rebecca Fisseha
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Fiction
Fri Oct 25 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Fame
with Amy Jones and Terry Fallis
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Poetry
Fri Oct 25 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
2019 Bywords John Newlove Poetry Award
with Tomasz W. Wiszniewski and Jack Pine
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Saturday
Oct
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Sat Oct 26 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Power Shift
with Sally Armstrong
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Sat Oct 26 • 3:00pm • Christ Chirch Cathedral
The Vagina Bible
with Dr. Jen Gunter
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Sat Oct 26 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
We Have Always Been Here
with Samra Habib
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Poetry
Sat Oct 26 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99 Poetry
Jacqueline Turner, K.B. Thors and Nikki Reimer
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Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Art and Craft
with Steven Price and Jennifer Robson
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Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Make Tomorrow
with Michael Christie and Johanna Skibsrud
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Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Day After Tomorrow
with Derek Kunsken and Tade Thompson
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Sunday
Oct
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Sun Oct 27 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Laughing Matters
with Laurie Gelman and Dave Hill
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Sun Oct 27 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Modern Family
with Rick Prashaw and Amanda Jette Knox
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Science
Sun Oct 27 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Daughter of Family G
with Ami McKay
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Poetry
Sun Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99: ARC Poetry Fall Launch
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Fiction
Sun Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Family Ties
with Zalika Reid-Benta, Carol Rose GoldenEagle and Michael Crummey
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Sun Oct 27 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Friends Like These
Sara Peters, Megan Gail Coles and Anakana Schofield
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Monday
Oct
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Mon Oct 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
All of Me
with Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Ripley
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Politics
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Mon Oct 28 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
A Thousand Small Sanities
with Adam Gopnik
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Science
Mon Oct 28 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space
with Bob McDonald
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Fiction
Mon Oct 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Fear Itself
with Jessica Westhead, Nathan Ripley and Lynn Coady
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Tuesday
Oct
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Tue Oct 29 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Adaptation: From Page to Screen
with Cherie Dimaline
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Tue Oct 29 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
With Mona Eltahawy
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Fiction
Tue Oct 29 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Where the Wild Things Are
with Karen McBride and Cherie Dimaline
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Politics
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Tue Oct 29 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Rebent Sinner
with Ivan Coyote