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Fiction
Sat Mar 2 • 7:00pm • Bridgehead Roastery
Twisting Reality: Hiding in Plain Sight with Charles de Lint, Gary Blackwood and Cheryl Rainfield
Fiction
Sun Mar 3 • 2:00pm • Bridgehead Roastery
Workshop Twisting Reality:Hiding in Plain Sight
Fiction
Wed Apr 10 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
One on One with Alexander McCall Smith
Hosted by Inger Ash Wolfe
Fiction
Thu Apr 18 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
419: One on One with Will Ferguson
Hosted by Alan Neal
Fiction
Sat Apr 20 • 8:30pm • National Arts Centre Panorama Room
Suddenly, A Knock on the Door Etgar Keret in Conversation with Jonathan Goldstein
Presented in partnership with the Embassy of Israel
Fiction
Thu Apr 25 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Stories within Stories, Truth within Lies: Thomas Pletzinger, Ron Currie Jr. and Ruth Ozeki
Hosted by Michael Blouin
Music
Thu Apr 25 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
All In A Day Songwriter’s Circle: Random Play with Alan Neal
Hosted by the CBC's Alan Neal
Fiction
Fri Apr 26 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Essentials of the Short Story: A conversation on craft with Nancy Jo Cullen and Tamas Dobozy
Hosted by John Metcalf
History
Fri Apr 26 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Writing your Life with Amber Dawn, Iain Reid and Miriam Katin
Hosted by Mark Medley
Fiction
Fri Apr 26 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Every Happy Family with Cathy Marie Buchanan, Saleema Nawaz and Shyam Selvadurai
Hosted by Mark Medley
Science
Sat Apr 27 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
How It Began: A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe with Chris Impey
St. Laurent Academy's Michael Leveille
Sat Apr 27 • 2:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives with John Elder Robison
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Joanne Laucius
Sat Apr 27 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement with Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis
Hosted by the Ottawa Citizen's Joanne Chianello
Fiction
Sat Apr 27 • 5:00pm • The Manx Pub
Plan 99 Fiction Cabaret with Tamas Dobozy and Elisabeth de Mariaffi
Hosted by David O’Meara
Poetry
Sat Apr 27 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
House of Anansi Poetry Bash: Adam Dickinson, Sara Peters and Michael Crummey
Hosted by David O’Meara
Fiction
Music
Poetry
Sat Apr 27 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Northern Scene: Taqralik Partridge and Ivan E. Coyote
Hosted by the CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Sun Apr 28 • 11:00am • Table 40
Lunch with Sarah Elton at Table 40 by Fraser Cafe
Fiction
Sun Apr 28 • 2:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
One on One with Colm Toibin
Hosted by Elizabeth Hay
Fiction
History
Sun Apr 28 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Northern Scene: Northwords with Shelagh Rogers, Geoff Morrison, Rabindranath Maharaj and Noah Richler
Hosted by Shelagh Rogers
Fiction
Sun Apr 28 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Banned in Canada with Howard Chaykin
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Kate Heartfield
Poetry
Sun Apr 28 • 5:00pm • The Manx Pub
Plan 99 Poetry Cabaret with David Seymour, Stephanie Bolster and Rona Shaffran
Hosted by David O’Meara
Sun Apr 28 • 6:30pm • Southminster United Church
The Future of Food for a Crowded Planet: with Sarah Elton Lorraine Johnson and Barry Estabrook
Hosted by The CBC’s Bob Carty
Fiction
Sun Apr 28 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
River of Stars: One on One with Guy Gavriel Kay
Hosted by Neil Wilson
Fiction
Sun Apr 28 • 8:30pm • National Arts Centre Fourth Stage
Northern Scene: I Count Myself Among Themby Richard van Camp.
Hosted by Shelagh Rogers
Fiction
Sun Apr 28 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Criminally Great Writing with Peggy Blair, Inger Ash Wolfe and Gail Bowen
Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma
History
Mon Apr 29 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person with Rabbi Harold Kushner
Hosted by The CBC's Laurence Wall
Fiction
History
Mon Apr 29 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Suffer The Child with Emmanuel Dongala, Kenneth Bonert and Mia Couto
Hosted by Steven Hayward
Science
Tue Apr 30 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe with Lee Smolin
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Tue Apr 30 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now with Douglas Rushkoff
Hosted by Andrew Potter
Music
Tue Apr 30 • 9:05pm • Bytowne Cinema
The Adventures Of Prince Achmed Silent Film and Live Music
Fiction
Science
History
Sun May 5 • 11:00am • National Arts Centre Panorama Room
Books and Brunch with Sandra Martin, Dorothy Speak, Carolyn Abraham and Stephen Maher
Wed May 8 • 7:00pm • Jean Pigott Place, City Hall
Eat Street: Recipes from the Tastiest, Messiest, and Most Irresistible Food Trucks with James Cunningham
Hosted by CBC’s Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Mon May 13 • 7:00pm • Saint Paul University Amphitheatre
Paris with Edward Rutherfurd
Hosted by Charlotte Gray
Fiction
Sat Jun 15 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
The Silver Star:One on One with Jeannette Walls
Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma
Music
Wed Jul 17 • 9:00pm • Outside City Hall
Music & Film Under the Stars: Canadian Short Films with new scores by Mike Dubue
Fiction
Tue Sep 24 • 12:00pm • Restaurant E18hteen
Literary Luncheon with Margaret Atwood A fundraiser for Children’s Literacy
Fiction
Tue Sep 24 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
One on One with Margaret Atwood
Hosted by CBC’s Alan Neal
Fiction
Tue Sep 24 • 7:00pm • Sunnyside OPL
OPL Teen Author Festival: Elizabeth Wein
Fiction
Mon Sep 30 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
One on One with Wayne Johnston
Hosted by CBC's Adrian Harewood
Wed Oct 9 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Fire and Ashes: One on One with Michael Ignatieff
Hosted by Craig Oliver, Chief Political Correspondent, CTV News
Tue Oct 22 • 7:00pm • Empire Grill
Chef Lynn Crawford
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Laura Robin
Fiction
Poetry
Tue Oct 22 • 8:00pm • Shenkman Arts Centre, Richcraft Theatre
THE OTTAWA BOOK AWARDS / LE PRIX DU LIVRE D’OTTAWA & THE ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN AWARD FOR POETRY
Music
Thu Oct 24 • 7:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
BLUE RODEO: FIVE DAYS IN JULY 20 YEARS IN OCTOBER!
Hosted and curated by CBC's Alan Neal
Fiction
Fri Oct 25 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Postsecular Imagination with Manav Ratti
Hosted by Carleton University’s Richard Mann
Music
Poetry
Fri Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
A Pretty Sight with David O’Meara
Poetry
Fri Oct 25 • 8:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Complete Surprising Fragments of Improbable Books with Stephen Brockwell
Hosted by Michael Dennis
Music
Poetry
Fri Oct 25 • 9:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Bywords John Newlove Poetry Award
Hosted by Amanda Earl
Sat Oct 26 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice with Jo Becker
Hosted by The Hill Times’ Jim Creskey
Sat Oct 26 • 2:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Ontario Legal System in Crisis
Hosted by the Ottawa Citizen's Matthew Pearson
History
Sat Oct 26 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
One on One with Amanda Lindhout
Hosted by Louisa Taylor
Fiction
Poetry
Sat Oct 26 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99: BookThug Launch with Michael Blouin, Sandra Ridley and André Alexis
Hosted by David O’Meara
Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Long Story Short with Cynthia Flood, Kelli Deeth & Lynn Coady
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Kate Heartfiled
Fiction
Sat Oct 26 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
To Thine Own Self Be True: Michael Winter and Joseph Boyden
Hosted by the National Post’s Mark Medley
Fiction
Sun Oct 27 • 11:30am • Metropolitain Brasserie
Literary Luncheon with Joseph Boyden
Sun Oct 27 • 2:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
One on One with Jody Williams
Hosted by CBC’s Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
History
Sun Oct 27 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Ascent of Women with Sally Armstrong
Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma
Fiction
Sun Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99 Fiction Cabaret with Andrew Steinmetz and Jaspreet Singh
Hosted by David O’Meara
Fiction
Sun Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Love and Fear: Rupert Thomson, Wayne Grady & David Gilmour
Fiction
Sun Oct 27 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Crime and Punishment: D.W. Wilson, Catherine Bush & Lisa Moore
Hosted by Sandra Ridley
Fiction
Mon Oct 28 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Masterclass: Reading to Write A conversation with David Gilmour
Hosted by Sean Wilson
History
Mon Oct 28 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Paikin and the Premiers
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Joanne Chiannello
History
Mon Oct 28 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The War That Ended Peace with Margaret MacMillan
Hosted by CBC's Laurence Wall
History
Tue Oct 29 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Living History with Denise Chong and Charlotte Gray
Hosted by CBC’s Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
History
Tue Oct 29 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
State of the Nation: John Ibbitson, Susan Delacourt & Paul Wells
Hosted by CBC's National Reporter Rosemary Barton
Fiction
Wed Oct 30 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Things That Go Bump: Carsten Stroud, Corey Redekop & Andrew Pyper
Hosted by Steven Hayward
Fiction
Wed Oct 30 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Scene of the Crime: Marcia Clark, Thomas Enger, Jorn Lier Horst & Peter Robinson
Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma
Fiction
Fri Nov 1 • 7:00pm • Arnprior Public Library
Arnprior Expressions Criminal Minds with John Lawton and Peggy Blair
in conjunction with the Arnprior Public Library
History
Thu Nov 7 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Canada in a Century of Change: One on One with Joe Clark
Hosted by Author, Don Newman
Fiction
Mon Nov 11 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Not Quite the Classics: One on One with Colin Mochrie
Hosted by CBC’s Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Fiction
Tue Nov 12 • 6:30pm • Nepean Centrepointe OPL
OPL Teen Author Festival: Lemony Snicket
Fiction
Fri Nov 15 • 7:00pm • Bridgehead Roastery and Coffeehouse
Twisting Reality with Lesley Livingston and Eve Silver
Fiction
Sat Nov 16 • 2:00pm • Bridgehead Roastery and Coffeehouse
Tips and Tricks for Novel Writing a workshop with Lesley Livingston
Fiction
Sat Nov 16 • 7:00pm • Bridgehead Roastery and Coffeehouse
Hiding in Plain Sight with Emily Pohl-Weary and Erin Bow
Fiction
Sun Nov 17 • 2:00pm • Bridgehead Roastery and Coffeehouse
In the details: A workshop with Erin Bow
Fiction
Mon Nov 18 • 7:00pm • Nepean Centrepointe OPL
OPL Teen Author Festival: Lauren Oliver
Fiction
Poetry
Sat Nov 23 • 11:00am • Main Branch, Ottawa Public Library
Support Local: Book Sale and Signing
Presented by Apt613.ca
Science
Thu Nov 28 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Our Place in the Natural World with J.B. Mackinnon and Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Hosted by Neil Wilson
Fiction
Sat Nov 30 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie
Literary Luncheon with Ian Rankin
Fiction
Sat Nov 30 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
One on One with Ian Rankin
Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal
Poetry
Sat Dec 7 • 5:00pm • The Manx Pub
Ground rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press 2003-2013
Hosted by rob mclennan