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Sun Jun 26 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Run Towards the Danger
with Sarah Polley
Politics
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Tue May 10 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Still Hopeful
with Maude Barlow
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Science
Mon May 4 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Day Five
Wish you were here.
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Sun May 3 • 10:00am • Christ Church Cathedral
Day Four
Wish you were here.
Fiction
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Music
Poetry
Sat May 2 • 10:00am • Christ Church Cathedral
Day Three
Wish you were here.
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Fri May 1 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Day Two
Wish you were here
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Thu Apr 30 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Day One
Wish you were here
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Apr 16 • 7:00pm • Knox Church
POSTPONED: Magdalena: River of Dreams
with Wade Davis
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Sat Mar 21 • 7:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
POSTPONED: 2020 Munro Beattie lecture
With Seth
Politics
Non-Fiction
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
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Wed Feb 26 • 7:00pm • Fourth Stage, NAC
From the Ashes: In Conversation
with Jesse Thistle
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Feb 11 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
with Desmond Cole
Non-Fiction
Science
Thu Jan 30 • 7:00pm • Knox Church
Successful Aging
with Daniel Levitin
Non-Fiction
Wed Dec 11 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada? - Alfred Pellan Room
A Matter of Facts
With Laura A. Millar
Non-Fiction
Tue Dec 3 • 6:30pm • Jackson Cafe at the Ottawa Art Gallery
O Canada Reading Group
Non-Fiction
Tue Nov 12 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada
Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other
with Ken Dryden
Non-Fiction
Thu Nov 7 • 7:00pm • Wabano Centre
Tawaw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine
With Chef Shane Chartrand and Jennifer Cockrall-King
Non-Fiction
Tue Oct 29 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Rebent Sinner
with Ivan Coyote
Politics
Non-Fiction
Tue Oct 29 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
With Mona Eltahawy
Non-Fiction
Science
Mon Oct 28 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space
with Bob McDonald
Politics
Non-Fiction
Mon Oct 28 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
A Thousand Small Sanities
with Adam Gopnik
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Mon Oct 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
All of Me
with Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Ripley
Non-Fiction
Science
Sun Oct 27 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Daughter of Family G
with Ami McKay
Non-Fiction
Sun Oct 27 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Modern Family
with Rick Prashaw and Amanda Jette Knox
Non-Fiction
Sun Oct 27 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Laughing Matters
with Laurie Gelman and Dave Hill
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
We Have Always Been Here
with Samra Habib
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Vagina Bible
with Dr. Jen Gunter
Politics
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Power Shift
with Sally Armstrong
Fiction
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Fri Oct 25 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Graphic History
with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Katherena Vermette
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Oct 24 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
In My Own Moccasins
with Helen Knott
Politics
Non-Fiction
Thu Oct 24 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Had it Coming
with Robyn Doolittle
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 5 • 2:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
To Speak for the Trees
with Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Oct 1 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
CANCELLED: A Beginner's Guide to Japan
One on One with Pico Iyer
Non-Fiction
History
Wed Sep 25 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Truth Be Told
with Beverley McLachlin
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Sep 24 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Murdered Midas
With Charlotte Gray
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Fri Sep 20 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
From Where I Stand
with Jody Wilson-Raybould
Politics
Non-Fiction
Mon Sep 9 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
On Justin Trudeau
with Aaron Wherry and John Ivison
Non-Fiction
History
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
Non-Fiction
History
Music
Wed May 29 • 7:00pm • Dominion Chalmers
One on One
with Geddy Lee
Politics
Non-Fiction
Mon May 27 • 7:00pm • allsaints event space
Book Launch: TEARDOWN: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up
Dave Meslin
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Tue May 7 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
On Short Stories, Comics and Mentorship
with Téa Mutonji and Vivek Shraya
Non-Fiction
History
Mon May 6 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Living History
with Alicia Elliott and Terese Marie Mailhot
Non-Fiction
History
Mon May 6 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture
with Bruce Pascoe
Non-Fiction
Sun May 5 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Beyond Binaries
with Lorimer Shenher, Kristen Worley and Joshua M Ferguson
Non-Fiction
History
Sun May 5 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The River of Life
with Yasuko Thanh and Samra Zafar
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Sun May 5 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
True North Rising
with Whit Fraser
Non-Fiction
Sat May 4 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Team Human
with Douglas Rushkoff
Non-Fiction
Science
Sat May 4 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Reality Bubble
with Ziya Tong
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Sat May 4 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
with Lee Smolin
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Sat May 4 • 1:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Art of Diplomacy
with Bruce and Vicki Heyman
Non-Fiction
Fri May 3 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen
with Kim Thuy
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Fri May 3 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Words of My Father
with Yousef Bashir
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu May 2 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Defending Democracy
with Michael Adams and David Moscrop
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Thu May 2 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
with Nicholas A. Christakis
Non-Fiction
Thu Apr 18 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
Unilateral Acts: A History of Legal Doctrine – Author Meets Readers
With Betina Appel Kuzmarov
Non-Fiction
Wed Mar 27 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Son of A Critch
With Mark Critch
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Mar 21 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality: Evidence from a Brazilian Metropolis – Author Meets Readers
With Jean Daudelin
Non-Fiction
Mon Mar 18 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Misfit: autistic. gay. immigrant. Changemaker.
With Andreas Souvaliotis
Non-Fiction
Science
Sat Mar 16 • 2:00pm • Southminster United Church
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
with Peter Wohlleben
Non-Fiction
Thu Mar 7 • 7:30pm • Southminster United Church
Making the Most of our Longer Lives
with Carl Honore
Non-Fiction
Thu Feb 28 • 7:30pm • Southminster United Church
Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss and Reclaiming Joy
with Erin Davis
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Feb 21 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Ladies, Upstairs!: My Life in Politics and After
With Monique Bégin
Politics
Non-Fiction
Thu Feb 21 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
Opening the Government of Canada – Author Meets Readers
With Amanda Clarke
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Feb 19 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada
The Untold Story of Black Train Porters
With Cecil Foster
Non-Fiction
Sat Feb 9 • 7:30pm • NAC
Sensing Transgender: Lana and Lilly Wachowski
With Cáel M. Keegan
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Thu Jan 24 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture – Author Meets Readers
With Benjamin Woo
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Poetry
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
Non-Fiction
Mon Nov 19 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe
With Dr. Dave Williams
Non-Fiction
Thu Nov 8 • 7:00pm • Centrepointe Theatre
Rick Mercer’s Final Report
Non-Fiction
Thu Nov 1 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
My Stories, My Times
with Jean Chretien
Non-Fiction
Sun Oct 28 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Extreme Centre
with Tariq Ali
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Oct 28 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Secret History of Soldiers
with Tim Cook
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 27 • 9:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
I’m Afraid of Men
with Vivek Shraya
Non-Fiction
History
Sat Oct 27 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
First Person
with Darrel J. McLeod and Tom Wilson
Non-Fiction
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
Non-Fiction
Thu Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country
with David Johnston
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 20 • 4:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Atelier
with Chef Marc Lepine
Non-Fiction
Thu Oct 18 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
Diaspora and Media in Europe
Karim H. Karim
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Wed Oct 17 • 7:00pm • Ottawa City Hall
City of Ottawa Book Awards / Prix du Livre D'Ottawa
Non-Fiction
Mon Oct 1 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: All Things Consoled with Elizabeth Hay
Hosted by Charlotte Gray
Non-Fiction
Thu Sep 27 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
General Idea: Life & Work
Sarah E.K. Smith
Non-Fiction
Thu Aug 30 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
America, The Farewell Tour
with Chris Hedges
Non-Fiction
Tue May 1 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Invaluable Lessons from My Father
with Heather O’Neill
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Apr 30 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Race, Repression and Resilience
with Robyn Maynard and Chelene Knight
Non-Fiction
Sun Apr 29 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Lives of Women and Girls
with Elizabeth Renzetti
Non-Fiction
Sun Apr 29 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Man Up: Understanding Masculinity
with Rachel Giese and Daemon Fairless
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Sat Apr 28 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99: Spotlight on Biblioasis
with Amanda Jernigan, Rachel Lebowitz, Richard Sanger and Paige Cooper
Non-Fiction
Science
Sat Apr 28 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Spinning Magnet
with Alanna Mitchell
Non-Fiction
Science
Sat Apr 28 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Limits of Human Performance
with Alex Hutchinson
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Sat Apr 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Carpe Diem
with Ruth Marshall and Kate Harris
Non-Fiction
Science
Fri Apr 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Power of Kindness
with Dr. Brian Goldman
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Apr 26 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Decolonizing the Dialogue
with Lee Maracle
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Apr 26 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
12 Ways to Honesty in Canada
with John Ralston Saul
Non-Fiction
Thu Apr 19 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
The Boy on the Beach
with Tima Kurdi
Non-Fiction
Thu Mar 29 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
à la carte:
Jan Wong and Jackie Kai Ellis in conversation with Hattie Klotz
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Mon Mar 26 • 7:15pm • Southminster United Church
Enlightenment Now
with Steven Pinker
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Mar 19 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada, Pellan Room (2nd Floor)
Canada Reads 2018:
Forgiveness with Mark Sakamoto