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Thursday
Jan
7:00pm • Southminster United Church • 15 Aylmer Ave.
Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
with David Frum
15
Thursday
Feb
7:00pm • IA&A at Hillyer • 9 Hillyer Court Northwest Washington, DC United States
Culture Blast:
An Evening with Canisia Lubrin, S.K. Ali, Cherie Dimaline, Amal El-Mohtar, and Aviaq Johnston
19
Monday
Mar
7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada, Pellan Room (2nd Floor) • 395 Wellington St.
Canada Reads 2018:
Forgiveness with Mark Sakamoto
26
Monday
Mar
7:15pm • Southminster United Church • 15 Aylmer Ave
Enlightenment Now
with Steven Pinker
28
Wednesday
Mar
7:30pm • Arts Court Theatre • 240-2 Daly Ave.
An Evening with Gcina Mhlophe
29
Thursday
Mar
7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington Street
à la carte:
Jan Wong and Jackie Kai Ellis in conversation with Hattie Klotz
5
Thursday
Apr
7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St.
Book Launch: Mary Cyr
by David Adams Richards
14
Saturday
Apr
5:00pm • Manx Pub • 370 Elgin St.
House of Anansi Poetry Bash
with Mikko Harvey, Emma Healey and AF Moritz
19
Thursday
Apr
7:00pm • Centretown United Church • 507 Bank St.
The Boy on the Beach
with Tima Kurdi
26
Thursday
Apr
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Thursday's Menu
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
12 Ways to Honesty in Canada
with John Ralston Saul
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Decolonizing the Dialogue
with Lee Maracle
27
Friday
Apr
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Friday's Menu
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
The Power of Kindness
with Dr. Brian Goldman
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Imagining Truths
with Omar El Akkad, Cherie Dimaline and Timothy Taylor
28
Saturday
Apr
12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Carpe Diem
with Ruth Marshall and Kate Harris
2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Limits of Human Performance
with Alex Hutchinson
4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
The Spinning Magnet
with Alanna Mitchell
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Saturday's Menu
5:00pm • Manx Pub • 370 Elgin St.
Plan 99: Spotlight on Biblioasis
with Amanda Jernigan, Rachel Lebowitz, Richard Sanger and Paige Cooper
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
The Wonder Years
with Carrianne Leung, Robert Everett-Green and Kerri Sakamoto
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Borders and Belonging
with Djamila Ibrahim, Arif Anwar and Sharon Bala
29
Sunday
Apr
2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Man Up: Understanding Masculinity
with Rachel Giese and Daemon Fairless
4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
The Lives of Women and Girls
with Elizabeth Renzetti
5:00pm • Manx Pub • 370 Elgin St.
Plan 99
with Stevie Howell, Canisia Lubrin and Gillian Sze
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Sunday's Menu
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
This is Us
with Casey Plett, Amber Dawn and Joshua Whitehead
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
MESSAGIO GALORE take XVc :
a view of the 4-H Club from the banks of the Pottowatomi
30
Monday
Apr
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Monday's Menu
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Europa: Spotlight on European Fiction
with Janis Jonevs, Viveca Sten and Dirk Kurbjuweit
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Race, Repression and Resilience
with Robyn Maynard and Chelene Knight
1
Tuesday
May
12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie • 700 Sussex Dr.
Literary Luncheon
with Beverley McLachlin
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Tuesday's Menu
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Full Disclosure
with Beverley McLachlin
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Invaluable Lessons from My Father
with Heather O’Neill
30
Thursday
Aug
7:00pm • Southminster United Church • 15 Aylmer Ave.
America, The Farewell Tour
with Chris Hedges
10
Monday
Sep
7:00pm • Southminster United Church • 15 Aylmer Ave.
Women Talking
with Miriam Toews
27
Thursday
Sep
5:30pm • Irene's Pub • 885 Bank Street
General Idea: Life & Work
Sarah E.K. Smith
1
Monday
Oct
7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St.
Book Launch: All Things Consoled with Elizabeth Hay
Hosted by Charlotte Gray
6
Saturday
Oct
2:00pm • Ottawa Public Library Sunnyside Branch • 1049 Bank St.
Youth Writer’s Workshop
with Kagiso Lesogo Molope
17
Wednesday
Oct
7:00pm • Ottawa City Hall • 110 Laurier Avenue West
City of Ottawa Book Awards / Prix du Livre D'Ottawa
18
Thursday
Oct
5:30pm • Irene's Pub • 885 Bank Street
Diaspora and Media in Europe
Karim H. Karim
20
Saturday
Oct
4:00pm • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington Street
Book Launch: Atelier
with Chef Marc Lepine
25
Thursday
Oct
12:00pm • e18hteen • 18 York St.
Literary Luncheon
with Ian Rankin
5:00pm • 414 Sparks St. • 414 Sparks St.
Thursday's Menu
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country
with David Johnston
6:35pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
In/Words Presents Dis(s)ent
With Sanita Fejzić
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
In a House of Lies
One on One with Ian Rankin
8:35pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Bywords 2018 John Newlove Poetry Award Reading and Ceremony
26
Friday
Oct
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Friday's Menu
6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
The Good Life
with Lisa Moore and Patrick DeWitt
7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Past Is Present
with Ondjaki and Esi Edugyan
9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Modern Love
With Jordan Tannahill and Dionne Brand
27
Saturday
Oct
12:00pm • Metropolitain Brasserie • 700 Sussex Dr.
On Starlight: Literary Brunch
with CBC’s Shelagh Rogers
2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
How Schools Can Prepare Our Children
for the Challenges of Tomorrow with Kelly Gallagher-Mackay and Nancy Steinhauer
4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
First Person
with Darrel J. McLeod and Tom Wilson
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Saturday's Menu
5:00pm • Manx Pub • 370 Elgin St.
Plan 99 Fiction
with Martha Bátiz, D. Nandi Odhiambo and Tamara Faith Berger
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
The Blue Clerk
One on One with Dionne Brand
8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Cancelled: I Am a Body of Land
with Shannon Webb-Campbell and Lee Maracle
9:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
I’m Afraid of Men
with Vivek Shraya
28
Sunday
Oct
2:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
The Secret History of Soldiers
with Tim Cook
4:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
The Extreme Centre
with Tariq Ali
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Sunday's Menu
5:00pm • Manx Pub • 370 Elgin St.
Plan 99 Poetry
with Deanna Young, Julie Bruck, Paul Vermeersch and Hana Shafi
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
True North
with Waubgeshig Rice and Eden Robinson
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Living History
with Wayne Grady, Natalie Morrill and Alix Hawley
29
Monday
Oct
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Monday's Menu
6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Criminal Minds
with Amy Stuart, Ron Corbett and Barbara Fradkin
7:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Character
With Gillian Wigmore and Helen Humphreys
9:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
Subjective Truths
with Iain Reid and Craig Davidson
30
Tuesday
Oct
5:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.
Tuesday's Menu
6:00pm • National Gallery of Canada • 380 Sussex Drive
Between the Pages
An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists
7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
25th Anniversary of above/ground press
with Sandra Ridley, Gil McElroy and Sarah Mangold
8:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks Street
ARC Magazine 40th Anniversary Launch
1
Thursday
Nov
7:00pm • Southminster United Church • 15 Aylmer Avenue
My Stories, My Times
with Jean Chretien
8
Thursday
Nov
7:00pm • Centrepointe Theatre • 101 Centrepointe Drive
Rick Mercer’s Final Report
9
Friday
Nov
7:00pm • Centretown United Church • 507 Bank St.
One on One
with Charles Frazier
13
Tuesday
Nov
7:30pm • NAC, Alan and Roula Rossy Pavilion • 1 Elgin St.
Book Launch: Such a Lonely, Lovely Road
Kagiso Lesego Molope
15
Thursday
Nov
7:00pm • 25OneCommunity • 251 Bank Street, 2nd Floor
Books and Biryani: Dislocation: Finding Ourselves Again
with Djamila Ibrahim
19
Monday
Nov
7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington Street
Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe
With Dr. Dave Williams
20
Tuesday
Nov
12:00pm • National Arts Centre, Peter A. Herrndorf Place • 1 Elgin street
Republic of Childhood Chapbook Launch
