Events - Ottawa International Writers Festival

Ottawa's Festival of Ideas Since 1997

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Episode 03 • Fri Sep 4

With Aislinn Hunter and Gil Adamson

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The Glass Hotel

with Emily St. John Mandel

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Twilight of Democracy

with Anne Applebaum

Live Online Event

Tue Sep 8 • 7:30pm

with Eva Holland

Episode 04 • Fri Sep 11

Living with Dying Part One

with Dakshana Bascaramurty and Anita Lahey

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Magdalena: River of Dreams

with Wade Davis

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 14 • 7:30pm

The World as We Know It

with Catherine Hernandez and Saleema Nawaz

Episode 05 • Tue Sep 15

Living with Dying Part Two

with Sheree Fitch and Lorna Crozier

Episode 06 • Fri Sep 18

Marathon of Hope

with Darrell Fox

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Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 21 • 7:30pm

with Kaie Kellough and Ian Williams

Episode 07 • Tue Sep 22

Confronting History

with Francesca Ekwuyasi and Shaena Lambert

Live Online Event

Tue Sep 22 • 7:30pm

National Launch for Burning Sugar

with Cicely Belle Blain

Episode 08 • Fri Sep 25

Neurodiversity and The Ever-Changing Brain

Featuring Sarah Kurchak and David Eagleman

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Commanding Hope

with Thomas Homer-Dixon

Live Online Event

Mon Sep 28 • 7:30pm

Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos

with Steven Heighton

Episode 09 • Wed Sep 30

Orange Shirt Day

with Michelle Good

Episode 10 • Fri Oct 2

The Art of the Short Story

with David Bergen, Frances Boyle and Souvankham Thammavongsa

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A Song for the Dark Times

with Ian Rankin

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 5 • 7:30pm

Missing from the Village

with Justin Ling

Episode 11 • Tue Oct 6

Agency and Consent

Featuring Rebecca Watson and Annabel Lyon

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with Tegan and Sara

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Thu Oct 8 • 12:00pm

One Page: How to Fly

with Barbara Kingsolver

Episode 12 • Fri Oct 9

Truth as Fiction and Fiction as Truth

Featuring Helen Humphreys and Will Ferguson

Live Online Event

Sat Oct 10 • 12:00pm

One Good Reason to Celebrate Mental Health Day

With Séan McCann and Andrea Aragon

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with Marilynne Robinson

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Episode 13 • Tue Oct 13

Lies That Tell Us Truth

Featuring Farzana Doctor, Shani Mootoo and Mona Awad

Live Online Event

Tue Oct 13 • 7:30pm

Ending Inequality

with Thomas Philippon

Live Online Event

Thu Oct 15 • 12:00pm

One Page: Actress

With Anne Enright

Episode 14 • Fri Oct 16

Crime and Punishment

Featuring Katie Tallo, Scott Thornley and Amy Stuart

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War: How Conflict Shaped Us

with Margaret MacMillan

Live Online Event

Sun Oct 18 • 8:00pm

Musical Language

with Martha Baillie, Stuart Ross, and Maria Reva

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 19 • 7:30pm

with Jesse Thistle and David A. Robertson

Episode 15 • Tue Oct 20

Letting Go of Anxiety

with Tara Henley

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Thu Oct 22 • 7:30pm

National Book Launch: Love After the End

With Joshua Whitehead, jaye simpson, Nazbah Tom and Adam Garnet Jones

Episode 16 • Fri Oct 23

Imagining Worlds (part 1)

Featuring David A. Robertson and Derek Kunsken

Episode 17 • Fri Oct 23

Imagining Worlds (part 2)

Featuring Lauren Beukes and MR Carey

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The Lost Spells

with Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris

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The Education of an Idealist

with Samantha Power

Live Online Event

Mon Oct 26 • 7:30pm

Bywords 2020 John Newlove Poetry Award

with David Groulx

Episode 18 • Tue Oct 27

Craft, Content and Process

Featuring andrea bennett and John Elizabeth Stintzi

Episode 19 • Fri Oct 30

Spotlight on Arsenal Pulp Press

Featuring Sachiko Murakami and Jillian Christmas

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with Merlin Sheldrake

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 2 • 7:30pm

Masterclass: Discovering your Voice

with Kagiso Lesego Molope

Episode 20 • Fri Nov 6

A Life with Books, Writers and Virago:

Emma Donoghue in conversation with Lennie Goodings

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As Far As You Know

with A.F. Moritz

Live Online Event

Tue Nov 10 • 7:30pm

VerseFest Presents:

with Angye Gaona, Irfan Ali and stephanie roberts

Episode 21 • Wed Nov 11

Fighting for Peace

Featuring Tim Cook and Scott Anderson

Episode 22 • Fri Nov 13

The Ever-Present Past

featuring Maggie O’Farrell and Sarah Xerar Murphy

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She Come By It Natural

with Sarah Smarsh

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 16 • 7:30pm

Masterclass: Connecting Plot and Character

with Kenneth Oppel

Episode 23 • Tue Nov 17

Yes, It's Systemic

Featuring Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt

Live Online Event

Thu Nov 19 • 7:00pm

One Page: Deacon King Kong

with James McBride and Omar El Akkad

Episode 24 • Fri Nov 20

Writing for Young Readers

Featuring Kenneth Oppel and Deborah Ellis

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Republic of Childhood: The Casket of Time

With Andri Snaer Magnason

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 23 • 7:30pm

with Christina Hammonds Reed

Episode 15 • Tue Nov 24

Education and Social Mobility

with Andy Hargreaves

Live Online Event

Thu Nov 26 • 12:00pm

One Page: The Kingdom

Live Online Event

Thu Nov 26 • 9:00pm

One Page: There There

With Tommy Orange and Waubgeshig Rice

Episode 26 • Fri Nov 27

War At The Snow White Motel

with Tim Wynne-Jones

Episode 27 • Fri Nov 27

Student Activism and the Climate Crisis

Featuring Vidya Shah and Alexis Benns

Live Online Event

Mon Nov 30 • 7:30pm

Creative Writing For Teens: Using Texts and Social Media for Inspiration

with Lindsay Wong

Episode 28 • Tue Dec 1

The Challenges Facing Canada in Protecting the Well Being of Children

Featuring Kim Hellemans and Jane Bertrand

Live Online Event

Thu Dec 3 • 7:00pm

One Page: Close to the Bone

with Lisa Ray and Deepa Mehta

Episode 29 • Fri Dec 4

Breathing Life into Art and Art into Life, The Art of Is

with Stephen Nachmanovitch

Live Online Event

Thu Dec 10 • 7:00pm

One Page: Wow No Thank You