Ottawa's Festival of Ideas Since 1997
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Mon Feb 22 • 7:30pm
On Property
with Rinaldo Walcott
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Thu Feb 25 • 7:30pm
Can You Hear Me Now?
with Celina Caesar-Chavannes
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 1 • Fri Feb 26
The Push
with Ashley Audrain
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 2 • Fri Feb 26
The Centaur’s Wife
with Amanda Leduc
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Mar 2 • 7:30pm
The New Age of Empire
with Kehinde Andrews
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Mar 4 • 12:00pm
One Page: This Strange and Violent World
with Elif Shafak
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 3 • Fri Mar 5
Blaze Island
with Catherine Bush
Podcast
Fiction
History
Episode 4 • Fri Mar 5
Speak, Silence
with Kim Echlin
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Mar 8 • 7:30pm
White Feminism
with Koa Beck
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 5 • Fri Mar 12
A Town Called Solace
with Mary Lawson
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 6 • Fri Mar 12
Gutter Child
with Jael Richardson
Live Online Event
Fiction
Mon Mar 15 • 7:30pm
Return of the Trickster
with Eden Robinson
Live Online Event
Fiction
Poetry
Tue Mar 16 • 7:00pm
If I Tell You The Truth
with Jasmin Kaur
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 7 • Fri Mar 19
Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted
with Gary Barwin
Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
Episode 8 • Fri Mar 19
The Deficit Myth
with Stephanie Kelton
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Mon Mar 22 • 7:30pm
Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders
with André Picard
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Mar 25 • 7:00pm
One Page: Foregone
with Russell Banks
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 9 • Fri Mar 26
The Relatives
with Camilla Gibb
Podcast
Non-Fiction
History
Episode 10 • Fri Mar 26
Four Lost Cities
with Annalee Newitz
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Mar 29 • 7:30pm
Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity
With Darrel J. McLeod
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Apr 8 • 7:00pm
One Page: Klara and the Sun
with Kazuo Ishiguro
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 11 • Fri Apr 9
Tainna: The Unseen Ones
with Norma Dunning
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
Mon Apr 12 • 7:30pm
The New Climate War
with Michael E. Mann
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Memoir
Thu Apr 15 • 12:00pm
One Page: The Soul of a Woman
with Isabel Allende
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 12 • Fri Apr 16
Hana Khan Carries On
with Uzma Jalaluddin
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
Mon Apr 19 • 7:30pm
A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency
with Seth Klein
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Apr 22 • 9:00pm
One Page: Under the Wave at Waimea
with Paul Theroux
Podcast
Poetry
Episode 13 • Fri Apr 23
Mythical Man
with David Ly
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 14 • Fri Apr 23
A Desolation Called Peace
with Arkady Martine
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Mon Apr 26 • 7:30pm
Take Back the Fight
with Nora Loreto
Podcast
Memoir
Episode 15 • Fri Apr 30
The Girl from Dream City
with Linda Leith
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Episode 16 • Fri Apr 30
On Time and Water
with Andri Snaer Magnason 
Podcast
Non-Fiction
History
Episode 17 • Fri May 7
Elizabeth & Margaret
with Andrew Morton
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 18 • Fri May 7
Why Birds Sing
with Nina Berkhout
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Fiction
Mon May 10 • 7:30pm
Find You First
with Linwood Barclay
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Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Memoir
Thu May 13 • 7:00pm
One Page: Goodbye, Again
with Jonny Sun
Podcast
Fiction
Youth
Episode 19 • Fri May 14
Bruised
with Tanya Boteju
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 20 • Fri May 14
Hummingbird Salamander
with Jeff VanderMeer
Live Online Event
Poetry
Mon May 17 • 8:00pm
The Shadow List
with Jen Sookfong Lee
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu May 20 • 7:00pm
One Page: Monkey Boy
with Francisco Goldman
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 21 • Fri May 21
The Good Father
with Wayne Grady
Podcast
Fiction
History
Episode 22 • Fri May 21
China
with Edward Rutherfurd
Live Online Event
Memoir
Tue May 25 • 7:30pm
All the Rage
with Brad Fraser
Live Online Event
Fiction
Wed May 26 • 7:35pm
Sufferance
with Thomas King
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
Thu May 27 • 7:00pm
One Page: The Window Seat
with Aminatta Forna 
Live Online Event
Fiction
Mon May 31 • 7:00pm
Mayflies
with Andrew O’Hagan
Podcast
Poetry
Episode 23 • Fri Jun 4
Because the Sun
with Sarah Burgoyne
Podcast
Fiction
History
Youth
Episode 24 • Fri Jun 4
A Girl Called Echo
with Katherena Vermette
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Science
Episode 25 • Fri Jun 11
Change: How to Make Big Things Happen
with Damon Centola
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 26 • Fri Jun 11
What You Are
with M.G. Vassanji
Live Online Event
Fiction
History
Poetry
Thu Jun 17 • 5:30pm
The Life and Times of Robbie Burns
with John Ivison and Pauline Mackay
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 27 • Fri Jun 18
Likeness
with David Macfarlane
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 28 • Fri Jun 18
The Bright Side
with Cathrin Bradbury
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Fri Jun 18 • 7:30pm
The Menopause Manifesto
With Dr. Jen Gunter
Live Online Event
Fiction
Non-Fiction
History
Poetry
Sun Jun 20 • 7:30pm
Gather
with Richard Van Camp
Podcast
Fiction
Youth
Episode 29 • Fri Jun 25
The Traitor's Blade
with Kevin Sands
Podcast
History
Poetry
Memoir
Episode 1 • Fri Aug 20
NISHGA
with Jordan Abel
Podcast
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Episode 2 • Fri Aug 20
Better Not Bitter
with Yusef Salaam
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 3 • Fri Aug 27
The Snow Line
with Tessa McWatt
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 4 • Fri Aug 27
Satellite Love
with Genki Ferguson
Live Online Event
Fiction
Tue Aug 31 • 7:30pm
Operation Angus
with Terry Fallis
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Science
Episode 5 • Fri Sep 3
How to Be Animal
with Melanie Challenger
Podcast
Memoir
Episode 6 • Fri Sep 3
Where Beauty Survived
with George Elliott Clarke
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 7 • Fri Sep 10
The Last Exiles
with Ann Shin
Podcast
Memoir
Episode 8 • Fri Sep 10
Life in the City of Dirty Water
with Clayton Thomas-Muller
Live Online Event
Memoir
Mon Sep 13 • 7:30pm
My Own Blood
with Ashley Bristowe
Live Online Event
Fiction
Tue Sep 14 • 7:30pm
August into Winter
with Guy Vanderhaeghe