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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Book launch of Ajar by Margo LaPierre
Time and Place: October 14 at 8:30 pm. SAW Centre, 67 Nicholas
Web: writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/bywords-john-newlove-poetry-awards

6:30pm, Tuesday Oct 14 at Club Saw in Ottawa — "Bitter angst and dark irony riddle this poem and the poem knows it. This is why the twist of something tender at the end is so welcome" - Concetta Princ...

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Live on Elgin Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 8:00 pm. 220 Elgin, #2
Web: www.liveonelgin.com/calendar/event/?ID=KHE6Y2L
Get there early, say hi your host, grab a drink and sign up to do some music, comedy, poetry, or whatever else! Sign up closes at 7:45pm

LIVE ON ELGIN

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Arc Poetry Magazine 2025 Archibald Lampman Award
Time and Place: October 14 at 8:00 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas
Web: writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/bywords-john-newlove-poetry-awards

6:30pm, Tuesday Oct 14 at Club Saw in Ottawa — "Bitter angst and dark irony riddle this poem and the poem knows it. This is why the twist of something tender at the end is so welcome" - Concetta Princ...

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Domina Eliahou and Stuart Ross
Time and Place: October 14 at 7:30 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas
Web: writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/bywords-john-newlove-poetry-awards
music and poetry

6:30pm, Tuesday Oct 14 at Club Saw in Ottawa — "Bitter angst and dark irony riddle this poem and the poem knows it. This is why the twist of something tender at the end is so welcome" - Concetta Princ...

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Words & Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 7:00 pm. CHUO 89.1 FM
Web: Chuo.fm/show/words-and-culture-indigenous/
Conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists.

Chuo.fm

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

The Greenhouse
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 6:30 pm. dm on Instagram for address
Web: www.instagram.com/p/DOKZbxMjRe6/
a brave space for artists to commune, co-create and dream weekly

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Silent Book Club - Bells Corners
Time and Place: 6:30 pm. Kichesippi Beer Co, 2265 Robertson Rd
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-bells-corners-meetup
Sign up to attend

[Silent Book Club ~ Ottawa Chapter] Bells Corners Meetup

No assigned reading. Silent Book Club®, a global community of readers and introverts, has grown to more than 500 chapters around the world, since 2012. "Wouldn't it be great to have a book club where ...

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award
Time and Place: October 14 at 6:30 pm. Club Saw, 67 Nicholas and online
Web: writersfestival.org/
Mahaila Smith, Benoit Christie and the Newlove Award recipient and honourable mentions

Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events

Bywords publishes poetry, a Calendar of Literary Events, and the Bywords Quarterly Journal. Its aims are to publish emerging and established poets who reside, study or work in Ottawa.

Bywords.ca

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Ottawa Public Library Vanier Community Writing Workshop
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 6:00 pm. 310 Pères Blancs
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/community-writing-workshop-0
Drop in. Adult. 120 minutes

Community Writing Workshop | Ottawa Public Library

booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Dunton Tower 1811, the Gordon Wood Lounge
Email: [email protected]
bring writing to share

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

Ottawa Public Library Orleans Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 10:00 am. 1705 Orléans Blvd
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/orl%C3%A9ans-writing-group-2
Adult. drop in program. 180 minutes

Orléans Writing Group | Ottawa Public Library

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 21h

CKCU FM Words and Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 9:30 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/640/info.htm

cod.ckcufm.com

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

i love this. may i quote you in my Substack quote of the week?

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

The Writers Festival is a vital part of the City's cultural landscape. Thanks to Sean & the Festival! See you on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 6:30pm! writersfestival.org/events/fall-...

6:30pm, Tuesday Oct 14 at Club Saw in Ottawa — "Bitter angst and dark irony riddle this poem and the poem knows it. This is why the twist of something tender at the end is so welcome" - Concetta Princ...

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

This is a note of appreciation and thanks for all that the Ottawa International Writers Festival does and for providing a home for Bywords.ca's annual John Newlove Poetry Award.

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

Since 2004, the Ottawa International Writers Festival has been hosting the John Newlove Poetry Award and since its beginnings in 1997, it has been providing a home to great writing.

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

This is tomorrow folks. Both in person and online at the link below: writersfestival.org/events/fall-...

6:30pm, Tuesday Oct 14 at Club Saw in Ottawa — "Bitter angst and dark irony riddle this poem and the poem knows it. This is why the twist of something tender at the end is so welcome" - Concetta Princ...

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

one more sleep! writersfestival.org/events/fall-...

6:30pm, Tuesday Oct 14 at Club Saw in Ottawa — "Bitter angst and dark irony riddle this poem and the poem knows it. This is why the twist of something tender at the end is so welcome" - Concetta Princ...

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

This week's the Real Shopping Cart features a great pork chop meal, a deep dive into Montreal chicken spice, and savings of $67 by shopping at multiple stores. amandaearl.substack.com/p/the-real-s...

THIS WEEK’S CART

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

if memory serves, you will be doing a reading. so that's great!

Workshop: Pot Pourri - Oh Canada: The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa offers workshops several times a year. Next up on November 8 and 9, 2025 Katie Noah; Susan Pinard; Bev Gershkovitch; Madeleine Rousseau will discuss Zentangles, pointed pens, Fraktur & bookmaking $75 non members by October 20: ottawacalligraphy.ca/events/works...

ottawacalligraphy.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

les cafés-rencontres de l’Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. au deuxième étage de la bibliothèque de la Maison du Citoyen au 25, rue Laurier, à Gatineau
Email: [email protected]
14 - 16 h
October 12 -

<p>La culture est la possibilité même de créer, de renouveler et de partager des valeurs. Culture géniale est une émission hebdomadaire animée par Jean-Paul Moreau qui explore le monde du cinéma, de l...

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Culture géniale
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 1:00 pm. unique 94.5 fm
Web: uniquefm.ca/emission-culture-geniale

Culture géniale

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Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In | Ottawa Public Library

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Capital Region Writer's Group Write-In
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 1:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe, Room MA 117
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/capital-region-writers-group-write-0
drop in. adult. 60 minutes

booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca