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Wednesday Sep 16

Housing Inc.
with Leilani Farha

7:00 PM • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St., Ottawa • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Wednesday Sep 23

Getting Away with Murder
with Shari Lapena

6:30 PM • Knox Presbyterian • 120 Lisgar St. • Ottawa • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Playing the Changes
with Colin James

8:00 PM • Knox Presbyterian • 120 Lisgar St. • Ottawa • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Saturday Sep 26

Agrippa
with Robert Harris

7:00 PM • Knox Presbyterian • 120 Lisgar St. • Ottawa • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Monday Sep 28

Taipei Story
with Rebecca F. Kuang

7:00 PM • Knox Presbyterian • 120 Lisgar St. • Ottawa • More info

General Admission $54 each
Student / Senior $49 each
Carleton Student $49 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Book and 2 Tickets $69 each

Friday Oct 2

What Dreams May Come
with Amanda Connolly, Eden Robinson, Kate Heartfield

7:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

Tickets not yet available.

Monday Oct 5

End Times Fascism
with Astra Taylor, Naomi Klein

7:00 PM • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St., Ottawa • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Tuesday Oct 6

Redwood
with Ben Macintyre

7:00 PM • Knox Presbyterian • 120 Lisgar St. • Ottawa • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Wednesday Oct 7

Heated Rivalry
with Rachel Reid

7:00 PM • Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre • 290 Lisgar St, Ottawa • More info

Sold Out Join Waiting List
Online / Livestream $20 each

Thursday Oct 15

Bywords John Newlove Poetry Awards
with Ness, Susanne Fletcher

6:30 PM • Saw Gallery • 67 Nicholas St. • More info

Tickets not yet available.

Poetry Launches
with Conyer Clayton, Sanna Wani

8:00 PM • Saw Gallery • 67 Nicholas St. • More info

Tickets not yet available.

Friday Oct 16

Learning to Breathe
with Clara Hughes

6:30 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

Tickets not yet available.

Game Changers
with Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Jennifer Botterill

8:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

Tickets not yet available.

Thursday Oct 22

Thursday Evening Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$39 each
Northern Exposure ›
8:00pm
Cultivating Courage and Unity in a Complex World
with Dr. Roshan Danesh, Jody Wilson-Raybould

6:30 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Northern Exposure
with Dr. Norma Dunning, Michel Jean, Michelle Porter

8:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Friday Oct 23

Friday Evening Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$39 each
Humanitarienne ›
6:30pm
Humanitarienne
with Dr. Kirsten Johnson

6:30 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Instructions for the End of the World
with Maggie Helwig

8:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Saturday Oct 24

Saturday Science Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Life After AI ›
11:00am
The Book of Birds ›
2:30pm
Saturday Evening Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Exit Party ›
4:00pm
Sea Change ›
6:00pm
Cause and Effect ›
8:00pm
Workshop: Making Words Visual
with Amanda West Lewis

10:30 AM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $45 each
Student / Senior $45 each
Festival Member $40 each
Life After AI
with Cory Doctorow

11:00 AM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Encounters with Extinction
with Neil Griffin

1:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Youth Workshop: Writing Graphic Novels
with Amanda West Lewis

1:30 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

Tickets not yet available.

The Book of Birds
with Jackie Morris

2:30 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Exit Party
with Emily St. John Mandel

4:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Sea Change
with Ayad Akhtar, Margaret Sweatman, Michelle Good

6:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Cause and Effect
with Dania Idriss, Priya Guns, Vivek Shraya

8:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

Sunday Oct 25

Sunday Nonfiction Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Into the Breach ›
11:30am
First Principles ›
1:00pm
Requiem for Gaza ›
2:30pm
Sunday Fiction Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Safe Spaces ›
4:00pm
Man Enough? ›
8:00pm
Into the Breach
with Wayne Eyre

11:30 AM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
First Principles
with Jesse Wente, Louise Bernice Halfe

1:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Requiem for Gaza
with Chris Hedges

2:30 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Safe Spaces
with Dina Del Bucchia, Frances Boyle, Isabel Bogdan

4:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Lovers in A Dangerous Time
with Damian Barr, Marina Nemat, Nyla Matuk

6:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each
Man Enough?
with David Szalay, Patrick deWitt

8:00 PM • Library and Archives Canada • 395 Wellington St. • More info

General Admission $25 each
Student / Senior $20 each
Carleton Student $20 each
Online / Livestream $20 each

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Season Pass Benefits

  • Allows you to reserve tickets for any events from now until December 31, 2026
  • Includes pre-festival and main festival events
Valid through December 31, 2026.

Thursday Oct 22

Thursday Evening Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$39 each
Northern Exposure ›
8:00pm

Friday Oct 23

Friday Evening Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$39 each
Humanitarienne ›
6:30pm

Saturday Oct 24

Saturday Science Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Life After AI ›
11:00am
The Book of Birds ›
2:30pm
Saturday Evening Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Exit Party ›
4:00pm
Sea Change ›
6:00pm
Cause and Effect ›
8:00pm

Sunday Oct 25

Sunday Nonfiction Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Into the Breach ›
11:30am
First Principles ›
1:00pm
Requiem for Gaza ›
2:30pm
Sunday Fiction Pass

Covers all eligible events on this day

$55 each
Safe Spaces ›
4:00pm
Man Enough? ›
8:00pm

Add a Donation

Support the Writers Festival by adding a donation to your order. Tax receipts will be mailed at year-end for donations over $20.

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