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Politics
Thu Jan 25 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
with David Frum
Fiction
Thu Feb 15 • 7:00pm • IA&A at Hillyer
Culture Blast:
An Evening with Canisia Lubrin, S.K. Ali, Cherie Dimaline, Amal El-Mohtar, and Aviaq Johnston
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Mar 19 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada, Pellan Room (2nd Floor)
Canada Reads 2018:
Forgiveness with Mark Sakamoto
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Mon Mar 26 • 7:15pm • Southminster United Church
Enlightenment Now
with Steven Pinker
Fiction
Wed Mar 28 • 7:30pm • Arts Court Theatre
An Evening with Gcina Mhlophe
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
Fiction
Thu Apr 5 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Mary Cyr
by David Adams Richards
Poetry
Sat Apr 14 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
House of Anansi Poetry Bash
with Mikko Harvey, Emma Healey and AF Moritz
Non-Fiction
Thu Apr 19 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
The Boy on the Beach
with Tima Kurdi
Thu Apr 26 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Thursday's Menu
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Apr 26 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
12 Ways to Honesty in Canada
with John Ralston Saul
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Thu Apr 26 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Decolonizing the Dialogue
with Lee Maracle
Fri Apr 27 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Friday's Menu
Non-Fiction
Science
Fri Apr 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Power of Kindness
with Dr. Brian Goldman
Fiction
Fri Apr 27 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Imagining Truths
with Omar El Akkad, Cherie Dimaline and Timothy Taylor
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Sat Apr 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Carpe Diem
with Ruth Marshall and Kate Harris
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
Sat Apr 28 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Spinning Magnet
with Alanna Mitchell
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
Sat Apr 28 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Saturday's Menu
Fiction
History
Sat Apr 28 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Wonder Years
with Carrianne Leung, Robert Everett-Green and Kerri Sakamoto
Fiction
History
Sat Apr 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Borders and Belonging
with Djamila Ibrahim, Arif Anwar and Sharon Bala
Non-Fiction
Sun Apr 29 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Man Up: Understanding Masculinity
with Rachel Giese and Daemon Fairless
Non-Fiction
Sun Apr 29 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Lives of Women and Girls
with Elizabeth Renzetti
Poetry
Sun Apr 29 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99
with Stevie Howell, Canisia Lubrin and Gillian Sze
Sun Apr 29 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Sunday's Menu
Fiction
Sun Apr 29 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
This is Us
with Casey Plett, Amber Dawn and Joshua Whitehead
Poetry
Sun Apr 29 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
MESSAGIO GALORE take XVc :
a view of the 4-H Club from the banks of the Pottowatomi
Mon Apr 30 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Monday's Menu
Fiction
Mon Apr 30 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Europa: Spotlight on European Fiction
with Janis Jonevs, Viveca Sten and Dirk Kurbjuweit
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Apr 30 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Race, Repression and Resilience
with Robyn Maynard and Chelene Knight
Fiction
Tue May 1 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie
Literary Luncheon
with Beverley McLachlin
Tue May 1 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Tuesday's Menu
Fiction
Tue May 1 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Full Disclosure
with Beverley McLachlin
Non-Fiction
Tue May 1 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Invaluable Lessons from My Father
with Heather O’Neill
Non-Fiction
Thu Aug 30 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
America, The Farewell Tour
with Chris Hedges
Fiction
Mon Sep 10 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
Women Talking
with Miriam Toews
Non-Fiction
Thu Sep 27 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
General Idea: Life & Work
Sarah E.K. Smith
Non-Fiction
Mon Oct 1 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: All Things Consoled with Elizabeth Hay
Hosted by Charlotte Gray
Fiction
Sat Oct 6 • 2:00pm • Ottawa Public Library Sunnyside Branch
Youth Writer’s Workshop
with Kagiso Lesogo Molope
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Wed Oct 17 • 7:00pm • Ottawa City Hall
City of Ottawa Book Awards / Prix du Livre D'Ottawa
Non-Fiction
Thu Oct 18 • 5:30pm • Irene's Pub
Diaspora and Media in Europe
Karim H. Karim
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 20 • 4:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Book Launch: Atelier
with Chef Marc Lepine
Fiction
Thu Oct 25 • 12:00pm • e18hteen
Literary Luncheon
with Ian Rankin
Thu Oct 25 • 5:00pm • 414 Sparks St.
Thursday's Menu
Non-Fiction
Thu Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country
with David Johnston
Poetry
Thu Oct 25 • 6:35pm • Christ Church Cathedral
In/Words Presents Dis(s)ent
With Sanita Fejzić
Fiction
Thu Oct 25 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
In a House of Lies
One on One with Ian Rankin
Music
Poetry
Thu Oct 25 • 8:35pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Bywords 2018 John Newlove Poetry Award Reading and Ceremony
Fri Oct 26 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Friday's Menu
Fiction
Fri Oct 26 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Good Life
with Lisa Moore and Patrick DeWitt
Fiction
Fri Oct 26 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Past Is Present
with Ondjaki and Esi Edugyan
Fiction
Fri Oct 26 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Modern Love
With Jordan Tannahill and Dionne Brand
Fiction
Sat Oct 27 • 12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie
On Starlight: Literary Brunch
with CBC’s Shelagh Rogers
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
History
Sat Oct 27 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
First Person
with Darrel J. McLeod and Tom Wilson
Fiction
Sat Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99 Fiction
with Martha Bátiz, D. Nandi Odhiambo and Tamara Faith Berger
Sat Oct 27 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Saturday's Menu
Poetry
Sat Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Blue Clerk
One on One with Dionne Brand
Poetry
Sat Oct 27 • 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Cancelled: I Am a Body of Land
with Shannon Webb-Campbell and Lee Maracle
Non-Fiction
Sat Oct 27 • 9:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
I’m Afraid of Men
with Vivek Shraya
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Oct 28 • 2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Secret History of Soldiers
with Tim Cook
Non-Fiction
Sun Oct 28 • 4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Extreme Centre
with Tariq Ali
Sun Oct 28 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Sunday's Menu
Poetry
Sun Oct 28 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
Plan 99 Poetry
with Deanna Young, Julie Bruck, Paul Vermeersch and Hana Shafi
Fiction
Sun Oct 28 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
True North
with Waubgeshig Rice and Eden Robinson
Fiction
History
Sun Oct 28 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Living History
with Wayne Grady, Natalie Morrill and Alix Hawley
Mon Oct 29 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Monday's Menu
Fiction
Mon Oct 29 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Criminal Minds
with Amy Stuart, Ron Corbett and Barbara Fradkin
Fiction
Mon Oct 29 • 7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Character
With Gillian Wigmore and Helen Humphreys
Fiction
Mon Oct 29 • 9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Subjective Truths
with Iain Reid and Craig Davidson
Tue Oct 30 • 5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Tuesday's Menu
Fiction
Tue Oct 30 • 6:00pm • National Gallery of Canada
Between the Pages
An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists
Poetry
Tue Oct 30 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
25th Anniversary of above/ground press
with Sandra Ridley, Gil McElroy and Sarah Mangold
Poetry
Tue Oct 30 • 8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
ARC Magazine 40th Anniversary Launch
Non-Fiction
Thu Nov 1 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
My Stories, My Times
with Jean Chretien
Non-Fiction
Thu Nov 8 • 7:00pm • Centrepointe Theatre
Rick Mercer’s Final Report
Fiction
Fri Nov 9 • 7:00pm • Centretown United Church
One on One
with Charles Frazier
Fiction
Tue Nov 13 • 7:30pm • NAC, Alan and Roula Rossy Pavilion
Book Launch: Such a Lonely, Lovely Road
Kagiso Lesego Molope
Fiction
Thu Nov 15 • 7:00pm • 25OneCommunity
Books and Biryani: Dislocation: Finding Ourselves Again
with Djamila Ibrahim
Non-Fiction
Mon Nov 19 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe
With Dr. Dave Williams
Fiction
Tue Nov 20 • 12:00pm • National Arts Centre, Peter A. Herrndorf Place
Republic of Childhood Chapbook Launch