Monday, September 10th
The Naughty Bits Book Club ft Curvy Girls: Erotica for Women
Venus Envy (320 Lisgar St @ Bank)
6:30pm
Free (Also you get a discount on the book-of-the-month if you buy it at the store)
Tuesday, September 11th
Ottawa Storytellers present Stories and Tea: You’ve Just Got to Laugh
Ft Laila Djiwa and Gail Anglin
Tea Party Café (119 York St)
7pm
$8/pwyc
Tree Reading Series ft Betsy Struthers & Sina Queyras
Arts Court Library
8pm
PWYC
Wednesday, September 12th
Voices of Venus ft V
Venus Envy
Doors – 7:30
Show – 8pm
$5/PWYC (open mic performers get in free)
Friday, September 14th
House of PainT presents Grand Slam 500 – House of PainT Poetry Slam
FT CauseMo, Jenna Tenn-Yuk, King Kimbit, V, Festrell, Loh El, Dimorphic, ArRay-of-Words, JustJamaal, Hyf GypsySun, PrufRock, and Sense-Say
Shopify (126 York St)
7pm
$10
Saturday, September 15th
Dusty Owl presents The Ottawa 2012 Slam Team (PrufRock, Sir Realist, V, Hyfidelik, and alternate member Loh El)
Elmdale House Tavern
3pm
PWYC
Capital Slam ft the Ottawa Youth Poetry Slam Team (Gavin Russell, Biting Midge, Poetiquette, Blue and Kimbit)
Mercury Lounge (56 Byward Market St)
Doors – 6:30
Slam – 7pm
$8 (free for performers)
Monday, September 17th
The Ottawa Public Library’s Author Series presents Helen Humphreys’ Coventry
Rosemount Library (18 Rosemount in Hintonburg)
2pm-3pm
Free (donations welcome)
Ottawa Youth Poetry Slam ft Jenna Tenn-Yuk
Pressed Café (750 Gladstone Ave)
Youth Poetry Workshop – 5:30
Slam – 6:30
$2/PWYC
Tuesday, September 18th
Reading: Books on Beechwood’s Scribes and Scones presents Peggy Blair, Brenda Missen, and C. B. Forrest reading from their latest mystery novels
The Scone Witch (35 Beechwood)
5pm-7pm
$12 (includes a light dinner, dessert, and coffee or tea)
NOTE: Admission is limited to 25 people. Please reserve in advance (staff@booksonbeechwood.ca)
Wednesday, September 19th
Reading: Biblioasis presents Nadine McInnis with Craig Boyko and Norm Sibum
Collected Works (Wellington West at Holland)
7pm
Free
Thursday, September 20th
The Ottawa Public Library’s Author Series presents Brenda Missen’s Tell Anna She’s Safe
Stittsville Library (1637 Main St, in Stittsville)
6:30pm – 8:15pm
Free (donations welcome)
Wellington Street Readers book club ft Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Collected Works
7pm-9pm
Free (new members are welcome to join any time)
Saturday, September 22nd
Signing: Mike Martin’s The Walker on the Cape
Books on Beechwood (35 Beechwood Ave)
1pm
Free
Book Launch: Brenda Chapman’s Second Chances
Collected Works
2pm
Free
Tuesday, September 25th
Reading: Francis Itani reads from Listen! and Requiem
Memorial Hall, MacKay United Church (39 Dufferin Rd)
7pm
$10
Ottawa Storytellers present Stories and Tea: Mythical Creatures
Ft Kim Kilpatrick and Joanna Smith
Tea Party Café (119 York St)
7pm
$8/pwyc
Tree Reading Series ft Jan Conn & Julie Bruck
Arts Court Library
8pm
PWYC
Thursday, September 27th
The Brotherhood presents OttawaArt
Fall Down Gallery (288 Bank St)
7pm
$8
Friday, September 28th
Rae Spoon and Vivek Shraya present First Spring Grass Fire
Venus Envy
8:30pm
$10
Saturday, September 29th
Plan 99 presents Don McGrath and Michael Lithgow
Manx Pub (370 Elgin St)
5pm
$5
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Have we missed anything? Drop us a comment and we’ll add your event to the list.
TTFN,
A.