Ottawa's Festival of Ideas Since 1997
Tue Jan 28 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
My Journey with Olivia Chow
Presented with Octopus Books and HarperCollins CanadaHosted by CBC's Alan Neal
Music
Poetry
Sat Mar 8 • 8:00pm • Black Sheep Inn
A Pretty Sight with David O'Meara, Mike Dubue and Adam Saikaley and George Crumb's Black Angels, performed by Music in the Barns
Fiction
Thu Mar 27 • 6:00pm • Nepean Centrepointe OPL
Darren Shan
Presented by The Ottawa Public Library
Poetry
Sun Mar 30 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
VerseFest 2014
Fiction
Tue Apr 15 • 7:30pm • Army Officers' Mess
A Fairy Tale with Jonas Bengtsson
Hosted by CBC's Laurence Wall
Science
Thu Apr 24 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives and Our Lives Change Our Genes with Sharon Moalem
Hosted by Sean Wilson
Poetry
Thu Apr 24 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
House of Anansi Poetry Bash with Garth Martens, Sarah Lang, Anne Marie Turza and Matthew Zapruder
Hosted by David O’Meara
Fiction
Fri Apr 25 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Worlds Within Words with Peter Norman, Alena Graedon and Ghalib Islam
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Fiction
Music
Poetry
Fri Apr 25 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Gender Failure with Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon
Sat Apr 26 • 10:00am • The Ottawa Art Gallery, Arts Court
Criticism and the Art of Slow Looking: Writing Workshop
Presented by the OAG
Science
Sat Apr 26 • 2:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
What Makes Olga Run? Living Longer, Happier Lives with Bruce Grierson
Hosted by the Ottawa Citizen's Mark Sutcliffe
Sat Apr 26 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Life, Death, and What Comes After with Patricia Pearson
Hosted by Neil Wilson
Fiction
Sat Apr 26 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Fiction Cabaret with Ray Robertson and Harry Karlinsky
Hosted by CBC's Laurence Wall
Fiction
Sat Apr 26 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Living History with Sean Michaels, Eva Stachniak and Steven Galloway
Hosted by the National Post's Mark Medley
Poetry
Sat Apr 26 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Poetry Cabaret with Rob Winger, Sina Queyras and Adam Sol
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Sun Apr 27 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Failing Democracy with Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen's Kate Heartfield
Poetry
Sun Apr 27 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Poetry Cabaret with Brecken Hancock and Aisha Sasha John
Hosted by David O’Meara
Sun Apr 27 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Fast Tracking Slow Politics with Joseph Heath
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen's Andrew Potter
Fiction
Sun Apr 27 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Scene of the Crime with Ian Hamilton, Vidar Sundstol and Brad Smith
Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma
Fiction
Mon Apr 28 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Frog Music: One on One with Emma Donoghue
Hosted by The National Post's Mark Medley
Fiction
Mon Apr 28 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Where You Stumble with Jonathan Bennett, Arjun Basu and Miriam Toews
Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma
Fiction
Tue Apr 29 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie
Literary Luncheon with Miriam Toews A fundraiser for Children’s Literacy
Hosted by Sean Wilson
Fiction
History
Music
Poetry
Tue Apr 29 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Blog Out Loud: Listen. Look. Laugh. LOUD.
Fiction
Tue Apr 29 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Another Word for Nothing Left with Padma Viswanathan, Ondjaki and Nadia Bozak
Hosted by CBC's Adrian Harewood
Fiction
History
Poetry
Fri May 9 • 6:30pm • Biblio Wakefield Library
WAKEFIELD WRITERS FESTIVAL
Fiction
Sat May 10 • 10:30am • Sunnyside OPL
Write on! Workshop with Meg Tilly
Fiction
Sat May 10 • 2:00pm • Sunnyside OPL
Write On! A Taste of Heavenwith Meg Tilly
Hosted by Meagan Black
Fiction
Poetry
Sun May 11 • 10:30am • Glebe Community Centre
Write On! Workshop with Janet Turpin Myers
Fiction
Sun May 11 • 2:00pm • Glebe Community Centre
Write On! With Caroline Pignat and Janet Turpin Myers
Hosted by Nina Jane Drystek
Wed May 14 • 7:30pm • Glebe-St. James Church
CLASSIC OTTAWA II A feast of local writers
Presented by THIRD WALL THEATRE & 100 WATT PRODUCTIONSHosted by The Ottawa Citizen’s Joanne Chianello
Sat Jun 21 • 2:00pm • Stewart Park
Writers Festival Tent at Perth’s World Record Kilt Run
Fiction
Poetry
Mon Jul 21 • 9:00am • Carleton University’s MacOdrum Library
Carleton Creative Writing Camps 2014
History
Thu Aug 7 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
Canada in the Great Power Game with Gwynne Dyer
Hosted by Embassy's Carl Meyer
Fiction
History
Poetry
Fri Aug 22 • 6:30pm • Crystal Palace
First Annual Perth and Area Writing Contest Awards
Fiction
Fri Aug 22 • 8:30pm • The Crystal Palace
Perth Chapter: One on One with Terry Fallis
Fiction
History
Poetry
Sat Aug 23 • 8:00am • crystal Palace
Book Fair local and area self-published authors.
A free event hosted by the Perth Farmers Market
Fiction
Sat Aug 23 • 10:00am • Perth Museum
Writing Workshop “Words Tell the Story” with Amanda West Lewis
Fiction
Sat Aug 23 • 1:00pm • Perth and Union Public Library
Writing Workshop with Phil Jenkins
Fiction
History
Sat Aug 23 • 3:00pm • Perth Museum
Writing Workshop “Write It So They’ll Read It” with Lee Ann Eckhardt Smith
Fiction
Sat Aug 23 • 6:00pm • Crystal Palace
Event Postponed:Perth Chapter: Criminally Great Writing with Peggy Blair and Rick Mofina
History
Mon Sep 8 • 7:00pm • Carleton University River Building
Book Launch The Necessary War with Tim CookPresented with Carleton University
Hosted by Charlotte Gray
Fiction
Sat Sep 20 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
The Luminaries One on One with Eleanor Catton
Fiction
Sun Sep 21 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie
Literary Luncheon with Eleanor Catton
Hosted by Sean Wilson
History
Wed Oct 8 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent with Douglas Coupland
Presented with the University of Ottawa Hosted by the Ottawa Citizen’s Mark Sutcliffe
Fiction
Wed Oct 15 • 6:30pm • Grounded Kitchen & Coffeehouse
Crime Writers of Canada and Apt 613 Present Mystery Cafe
Hosted by Mike Martin Author of the Sgt. Windflower Mysteries
Tue Oct 21 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Common Ground with Justin Trudeau
Hosted by Seamus O’Regan
Fiction
History
Thu Oct 23 • 7:00pm • Pavillon Desmarais, pièce 12102
Litterature Francaise:Diplomatie and Litteratureavec David Bellos
Fiction
History
Thu Oct 23 • 7:00pm • Kailish Mital Theatre (Southam Hall)
The Munro Beattie Lecture: Lynn Coady, "On Storytelling and Discomfort"
Presented by Carleton University
History
Music
Thu Oct 23 • 8:00pm • Knox Sanctuary
Where I Belong:Small Town to Great Big Seawith Alan Doyle
Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal
Poetry
Fri Oct 24 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Write On! Poetry and Inspiration with Patrick Lane
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Fiction
Fri Oct 24 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Before the Truth with Eliza Robertson, Joan Thomas and Elizabeth Renzetti
Hosted by CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Science
Fri Oct 24 • 6:30pm • Knox Sanctuary
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload with Daniel J. Levitin
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen's Kate Heartfield
Fiction
History
Fri Oct 24 • 7:00pm • Pavillon Desmarais, pièce 12102
Litterature Francaise:Centenaire Durasavec Joelle Pages-Pindon
Poetry
Fri Oct 24 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Poetry Cabaret: Rachel Zolf, Gillian Wigmore and Patrick Lane
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Science
Sat Oct 25 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Riveted with Jim Davies
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
History
Sat Oct 25 • 2:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Escape from Tibet with Nick Grayand Tenzin
Hosted by Charlotte Gray
History
Sat Oct 25 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Escape from North Korea with Lucia Jang and Susan McClelland
Hosted by CBC's Laurence Wall
Fiction
Sat Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Stronger Than You Seem with Heather O’Neill, Christine Fischer Guy and Monia Mazigh
Hosted by Carleton University’s Susan Birkwood
Science
Sat Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Knox Sanctuary
The Village Effect with Susan Pinker
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Fiction
Sat Oct 25 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Long Story Short with Jon Paul Fiorentino, Mireille Silcoff and Lynn Coady
Hosted by Neil Wilson
History
Sun Oct 26 • 2:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Contested Land, Contested Memory: with Jo Roberts
Hosted by The Hill Times' Jim Creskey
Fiction
Sun Oct 26 • 4:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Life We Have Plannedwith Joseph Kertes, Lee Henderson and Eric McCormack
Hosted by Neil Wilson
Sun Oct 26 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Thinking Person'sGuide to Writingin the 21st Centurywith Steven Pinker
Hosted by The Ottawa Citizen's Kate Heartfield
Poetry
Sun Oct 26 • 6:30pm • Fox and Feather, 2nd Floor
ARC POETRY presents Canada/Australia with Bonny Cassidy, Natalie Harkin, Paul Vermeersch and Vera Wabegijig
Sun Oct 26 • 8:30pm • Fox and Feather, 2nd Floor
Lament for a Nation:An Ethical Challengewith David Austin and Anthony Stewart
Hosted by CBC's Adrian Harewood
Fiction
Sun Oct 26 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Paying Guests:One on Onewith Sarah Waters
Hosted by CBC’s Sandra Abma
Mon Oct 27 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Write On! Writing for Social Change with Chris Turner
Hosted by Neil Wilson
Music
Poetry
Mon Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Fox and Feather, 2nd Floor
John NewlovePoetry Awards
Hosted by Amanda Earl
Mon Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
The Morning After with Chantal Hebert
Hosted by CBC's Rosemary Barton
Poetry
Mon Oct 27 • 8:00pm • Fox and Feather, 2nd Floor
Chaudiere Books Launchwith Roland Prevost,Amanda Earland Monty Reid
Hosted by rob mclennan
Fiction
Mon Oct 27 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Living History:In the Shadow of Warwith Margaret Sweatman,Johanna Skibsrudand Frances Itani
Hosted by CBC's Laurence Wall
History
Tue Oct 28 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Writing Your Lifewith Alison Pick,Donna Thomsonand Catherine Gildiner
Hosted by Lee Ann Eckhardt Smith
Fiction
Tue Oct 28 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Breaking the Shellwith Shani Mootoo,Lee Maracle and David Bergen
Hosted by Sean Wilson
Fiction
Wed Oct 29 • 12:00pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Write On!Start at the Beginningwith David Bergen
Hosted by Sean Wilson
Fiction
Wed Oct 29 • 6:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Where the Path May Leadwith Martha Baillie, David Bezmozgis and Dionne Brand
Hosted by Sandra Ridley
Fiction
Poetry
Wed Oct 29 • 8:30pm • Knox Presbyterian Church
Carleton University Art Galleryand the Canadian Art Foundationpresent Sarah Thornton
in conversation with Robert Enright
Music
Thu Oct 30 • 7:00pm • Knox Sanctuary
All in A Day Songwriters Night:The Namedropper Extravaganza!
Fiction
Tue Nov 4 • 6:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie
Book Launch: The Future and Why We Should Avoid It with Scott Feschuk
History
Thu Nov 6 • 7:00pm • Saint Paul Amphitheatre
Book Launch: Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History with Andrew Cohen
Hosted by Lawrence Martin
History
Music
Mon Nov 10 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
The Comeback with John Ralston Saul
With special guests Suzanne Keeptwo and Waubgeshig Rice
History
Music
Tue Nov 11 • 7:00pm • Bytowne Cinema
Carry On, Seargent Film Screening with Live Music
Presented by: Lost Dominion Screening Collective
Fiction
Thu Nov 13 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
Adult Onsetwith Ann-Marie MacDonald
Hosted by CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Fiction
Fri Nov 14 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie
Literary Luncheon with Ann-Marie MacDonald
Hosted by CBC's Sandra Abma
Fiction
Sun Nov 16 • 2:00pm • Hintonburg Community Centre
Write on! Workshop with Cary FaganGrades 4-7
Fiction
Mon Nov 17 • 7:00pm • Nepean Centrepointe branch
OPL TEEN AUTHOR FEST Truth and Lies: E. Lockhart + Sarah Mlynowski
The Ottawa Public Library
Thu Nov 20 • 7:30pm • Legion
Lives of the Family: Stories of Fate and Circumstance with Denise Chong
Presented by the Perth and District Historical Society
Fiction
Sun Nov 23 • 2:00pm • Glebe Community Centre
Write on! Workshop with Michael RedhillGrades 4-7
History
Thu Nov 27 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
Rise to Greatness:The History of Canadawith Conrad Black