Ottawa's Festival of Ideas Since 1997
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Mar 22 • 7:00pm
Who is Served and What is Protected?
With Desmond Cole and Brandi Morin
Live Online Event
Fiction
Sun Mar 27 • 7:00pm
Books and Biryani: Zarqa Nawaz and the Comedy of Errors
Zarqa Nawaz
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Mar 29 • 8:00pm
What Would Freedom Look Like?
With Rinaldo Walcott, Clayton Thomas-Mueller and Mona Eltahawy
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Apr 12 • 7:30pm
The Next Civil War
With Stephen Marche
Live Online Event
Fiction
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Poetry
Memoir
Tue Apr 19 • 7:00pm
Spotlight on our Virtual Seasons: Keeping Connected While Maintaining our Distance
Podcast
Episode 01 • Tue Apr 26
Look Back at Season 1
Podcast
Episode 02 • Tue Apr 26
Look Back at Season 2
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Tue Apr 26 • 7:00pm
The Power of Teamwork
With Dr. Brian Goldman
Podcast
Episode 03 • Wed Apr 27
Look Back at Season 3
Music
Poetry
Fri Apr 29 • 8:00pm • Online Event
Arc Poetry Magazine Spring Launch: Tribute to Diana Brebner
With John Barton, Dessa Bayrock, Anita Lahey, Sneha Madhavan-Reese and music by Ensemble Allure
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 01 • Tue May 3
The Fell
With Sarah Moss
Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
Episode 02 • Tue May 3
This Is Assisted Dying
with Dr. Stefanie Green
Live Online Event
History
Tue May 3 • 7:00pm
Have You Eaten Yet?
With Cheuk Kwan
Podcast
Non-Fiction
History
Episode 03 • Tue May 10
The Nutmeg's Curse
with Amitav Ghosh
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 04 • Tue May 10
Easy Beauty
with Chloe Cooper Jones
Politics
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Tue May 10 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Still Hopeful
with Maude Barlow
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 05 • Tue May 17
Animal Person
with Alexander MacLeod
Podcast
Poetry
Episode 06 • Tue May 17
Nuclear Family
with Jean van Loon
Live Online Event
Fiction
Wed May 18 • 7:00pm
Take Your Breath Away
With Linwood Barclay
Youth
Thu-Mon May 19-23 • 10:30-11:15am & 2:00-2:45pm • LeBreton Flats Park
Mindfullness Workshops
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 07 • Tue May 24
Intimacies
with Katie Kitamura
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 08 • Tue May 24
The Artist and the Assassin
with Mark Frutkin
Podcast
Fiction
History
Episode 09 • Tue May 31
Looking for Jane
with Heather Marshall
Podcast
Fiction
Youth
Episode 10 • Tue May 31
Jamilah at the End of the World
with Mary-Lou Zeitoun
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Memoir
Episode 11 • Tue Jun 7
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
with Stuart Ross
Podcast
Fiction
Poetry
Episode 12 • Tue Jun 7
Poguemahone
with Patrick McCabe
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 13 • Tue Jun 14
Night in the World
with Sharon English
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 14 • Tue Jun 14
The Embroidered Book
with Kate Heartfield
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 15 • Tue Jun 21
I Am Billy the Kid
with Michael Blouin
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 16 • Tue Jun 21
A Hero of Our Time
with Naben Ruthnum
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Sun Jun 26 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Run Towards the Danger
with Sarah Polley
Podcast
Poetry
Episode 17 • Tue Jun 28
But the sun
with Conyer Clayton
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Science
Episode 18 • Tue Jun 28
The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi
with Keith Seifert
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 19 • Tue Jul 5
Poison Lilies
with Katie Tallo
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 20 • Tue Jul 5
And a Dog Called Fig
with Helen Humphreys
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 21 • Tue Jul 12
Ymir
with Rich Larson
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Fri Sep 9 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Making Love with the Land
with Joshua Whitehead
Fiction
Mon Sep 19 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
When We Lost Our Heads
With Heather O'Neill
Poetry
Sat Sep 24 • 5:00pm • The Manx Pub
Plan 99 Presents
Thomas Lynch and Jean Van Loon