Amanda Earl
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Amanda Earl
@amandaearl.bsky.social
she/her: sharing Ottawa -area literary, spoken word, storytelling & nonfiction events daily ish. Out now!: Beast Body Epic, Autumn 2023. https://linktr.ee/amandaearl. NO DMS. No "Only Fans"!
This month's gift for paid subscribers to Amanda Thru the Looking Glass is a pdf of a long poem entitled "How to Impersonate A Human," which I read last year at my reading with Christine McNair at the Ottawa International Writers Festival.
How to Impersonate a Human
free pdf for paid subscribers
amandaearl.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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
www.liveonelgin.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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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November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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: poeticssociety@gmail.com
bring writing to share
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 12:30 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/666/info.html
where books meet conversation, a half-hour show
CKCU: The Lit Room
cod.ckcufm.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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
booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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.html
CKCU: Words And Culture
cod.ckcufm.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Octopus Books Glebe
116 Third
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events
Email: events@octopusbooks.ca
register to confirm attendance. Masking is encouraged to help protect the health of immunocompromised people.
November 11 - Author Discussion | Mary Ndlovu presents An Outsider Within 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Octopus Books
Ottawa's progressive independent bookstore since 1969
octopusbooks.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This week's the Real Shopping Cart features spicy turkey leftovers to heat up a cold season and a savings of $167 by shopping at multiple stores. Happy and healthy eating to all! amandaearl.substack.com/p/the-real-s...
The Real Shopping Cart 251106
THIS WEEK’S CART
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
November, I love you anyway youtu.be/i5zRTaMjWBo?...
NOVEMBER ILU ANYWAY
YouTube video by KikiFolle
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November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Beyond the Pale, 250 City Centre, Bay 106
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-city-centre-meetup#
a quiet place to read and meet other book lovers. Sign up on site.
[Silent Book Club ~ Ottawa Chapter] City Centre 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 ...
www.ticketleap.events
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Poetry Cabaret with Billy Ray Belcourt, Canisia Lubrin and katherena vermette
Time and Place: November 10 at 7:00 pm. St John the Evangelist • 154 Somerset Street West
Web: writersfestival.org/events/fall-2025/poetry-cabaret
$25
Poetry Cabaret
7:00pm, Monday Nov 10 at St. John the Evangelist in Ottawa — "How incandescent the language is, each line emitting light through the membrane of time and anticipated grief. The work has a rigorousness...
writersfestival.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. The Hollander, 65 Holland
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/story-cafe
Pay-What-You-Can event, and donations are accepted in person, via canadahelps.org, or by sending an e-transfer to ostbusiness@ottawastorytellers.ca. Suggested donation: $5
STORY CAFE — Ottawa StoryTellers 2025
www.ottawastorytellers.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Namaashoum
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/53/info.html
Promoting the Persian culture, especially its music and literature. Hosted by: Mehdi Fallahi
CKCU: Namaashoum
cod.ckcufm.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Art House Cafe Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. 555 Somerset W
musicians, vocalists, poets, and comedians. sign up in advance on site. stairs leading up to cafe and down to open mic area. sign up opens at 6:30pm
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program
Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:30 pm. 1637 Stittsville Main St
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/stittsville-creative-writing-group-youth-program-6
registration required. teen. 90 minutes
Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program | Ottawa Public Library
booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Elmvale Writers Group
Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:30 pm. Ottawa Public Library Elmvale Branch, 1910 St. Laurent Blvd
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/elmvale-writers-group
registration required. adult / teen. 90 minutes
Elmvale Writers Group | Ottawa Public Library
booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In the Company of Writers
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe, Room B125
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/company-writers
In the Company of Writers | Ottawa Public Library
booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
this week when I've been walking or having time on my own, I've been listening to @davidnaimon.bsky.social 's thrilling conversation with Robin Coste Lewis on Archive of Desire, A Poem in Four Parts for C.P. Cavafy, as the perfect queer companion to ChromaQueer! tinhouse.com/podcast/robi...
Robin Coste Lewis : Archive of Desire - Tin House
Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C.P. Cavafy began as a collaborative multidisciplinary project between the poet Robin Coste Lewis, the composer Vijay Iyer, the cellist Jeffrey Zeigler and ...
tinhouse.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
ChromaQueer is in its final day today. it is an utterly exquisite festival of queer joy, community, friendship, art, solidarity and sexual freedom. It dives into the archive through incredible films curated by scholars and film afficionados working at the intersection of film and queer history.
ChromaQueer Festival | Coming to Ottawa Nov 7th-9th
Join us for the new ChromaQueer Film + Arts Festival in Ottawa! Celebrating queer creativity and communities with a weekend of stories, films, live performances , and events from Nov 7-9, 2025 at Arts...
ChromaQueer.ca
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 2:30 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Hazeldean Branch, 50 Castlefrank Rd,
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/exploratory-writing-workshops-write-us
drop in. 90 minutes. adult
Exploratory Writing Workshops - Write With Us | Ottawa Public Library
booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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: fideliteasoi@hotmail.com
14 - 16 h
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Culture géniale
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 1:00 pm. unique 94.5 fm
Web: uniquefm.ca/emission-culture-geniale
Culture géniale
<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...
uniquefm.ca
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM