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Woman owned, independent, and committed to making the world a better place.

116 Third Ave, Ottawa
Anishinaabe Territory
Canada

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Meet the author & discover a new great read at one of our Fall 2025 book signings, outside our shop at 116 Third Ave!

🗓️ Sun Oct 26, 2pm-4pm: Amélie B., "the things we left unsaid"
🗓️ Sat Nov 1, 1pm-3pm: Maïlie Dumas, "Coincés À Newark"
🗓️ Sun Nov 2, 1pm-3pm: Sue Davidson, "Dread Comes at Daybreak"
A poster advertising Fall 2025 book signings at Octopus Books in Ottawa. Details as in post.
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Join Carleton University’s Department of History for a talk by @milleridriss.bsky.social as she discusses her latest book Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism.
Thrs Oct 30, 6PM at CDCC, 355 Copper St., Ottawa
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/man-up-the...
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A poster advertising an author talk with Cynthia Miller-Idriss about her book Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism on October 30th, 6pm-8pm, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa.
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education welcomes @jonathan4212.bsky.social to Octopus Books for the launch of his new book, We’re Coming for You & Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon & Upended Big-City Politics.
Oct 27, 7pm. RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/panit...
Poster advertising the launch of We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System with author Jonathan Rosenblum at Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave, Ottawa, on October 27 at 7pm.
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Book launch: Lordship & Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties, a groundbreaking new book by Dr. Muhannad Ayyash.
Fri Oct 24, 12pm at the University of Ottawa
Free registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/decolonial...
Poster advertising the book launch of Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel by Muhannad Ayyash at the University of Ottawa on October 24 at 12pm.
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Join us for the Ottawa launch of Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization, featuring author Martha Paynter in convo with Sabrina Lee, OBGYN, & frederique chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights.
Fri Oct 24 @7pm RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/37463...
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Poster for the book launch of Lawless by Martha Paynter at Octopus Books in Ottawa on October 24, 2025.
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Thanks to the ever-brilliant @sandela.bsky.social & @nolore.bsky.social for joining us last night to discuss the big ideas in their new books with a packed audience in Ottawa! An examination of the serious issues facing Canada presented with their trademark thoughtful insights and engaging wit.
Nora Loreto stands at a microphone reading from her book, Corporate Control, while Sandy Hudson looks on, smiling. Sandy Hudson, in profile, addresses the audience while holding a microphone. Nora Loreto engaged in conversation after speaking at an event inside Spark Beer in Ottawa. Sandy Hudson, seated, signs a copy of her book Defund for a fan after speaking at an event inside Spark Beer in Ottawa.
September 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Looking forward to it!
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September 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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We Keep Each Other Safe.
Power to the people of Los Angeles.

And if you think Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is dangerous, learn about Carney’s Bill C-2. Check out migrantrights.ca for more information #statusforall
Picture of a hand holding a stack of books: - Undoing Border Imperialism edited by Harsha Walia - Freedom, A Mixtape edited by Marcel Stewart with Suitcase In Point - The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel - Border Abolition Now by River, Campbell, Whitener, and Medien - Abolitionist Intimacies: Queer And Trans Migrants Against The Deportation State edited by Luibheid - Defund: Black Lives, Policing, And Safety by Sandy Hudson
June 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Join us to celebrate the launch of Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey with two of the book's authors, Alexandra Giancarlo & Janice Forsyth. This Wednesday May 28, 7pm at Octopus Books!

RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/28326...

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Poster: photos of the 1951 Pelican Lake Indian Residential School hockey team, the cover of Beyond the Rink, and headshots of authors Alexandra Giancarlo & Janice Forsyth. Text has event details as in post.
May 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Speaking of voting... Who remembers this?

Uncovered from the archives of the Octopus offices!

#ottawaxpress #indiebookstore
Photo of a sign that reads "Octopus Books voted the best independent book store in Ottawa, 1996, by audited Ottawa X Press readers' survey."
May 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Photo of the Ottawa Public Library bookmobile bus
May 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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For #MayDay 2025, Ottawa groups are organizing a month of activities to protest, build, learn, & celebrate as together we fight for a better future. Join us for a month of May Day!

Visit maydayottawa.org for details.

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Month of May Day poster, text as in post. A list of events follows, details of which can be found at maydayottawa.org.
May 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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The gathering will feature educational displays, art installations, & commemorative activities to foster healing & unity.

We will be there with books by Indigenous authors, including REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence by Jaime Black-Morsette, creator of the Red Dress Project.
Book cover of Redress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence, edited by Jaime Black-Morsette, shows an Indigenous woman wearing a very large flowing red outfit dancing on snowy ground in a forest.
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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On #RedDressDay, the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition invites everyone to come together in honour of the National Day of Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls #MMIWG.

May 5, 10AM-3PM, Jean Pigott Place, Ottawa City Hall
Program: www.ottawaaboriginalcoalition.ca/red-dress-da...
Event poster text: The Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition invites all community members to recognize Red Dress Day with us. It is a day to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada and learn about the continuing crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls through educational displays, art displays, commemorative and creative activities. Date: May 5, 2025. Time: 10am-3pm. Location: Jean Pigott Place, City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa, ON. Octopus Books will be there with books by Indigenous authors, including REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence by Jaime Black-Morsette, creator of the Red Dress Project.
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Join @amnesty.ca for an online discussion with award-winning novelist & journalist Omar El Akkad, in conversation with host @pacinthe.bsky.social.

Sunday, May 4, 7pm ET
Register for the free Zoom presentation at octopusbooks.ca/amnesty
Event poster: a photo of author Omar El Akkad next to the cover of his book, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This".
April 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Visit indiebookstores.ca to enter the draw for huge gift cards to your favourite indie bookstore! Every book you purchased from an indie shop on Indie Bookstore Day is worth 1 entry, & Canadian authors/illustrators are worth double.

#shoplocal #indiebookstoreday #ibd2025
Graphic text: If you bought books from a Canadian indie on Indie Bookstore Day, make sure to enter this draw for up to $1000 gift card! #CIBD2025 Contest for Book Lovers Buy books on April 26 and you could win up to $1000 to spend at a CIBA member bookstore!
April 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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We have winners!!!🏆🏆🏆

Congratulations to this clever duo for finding the @libro.fm Golden Ticket (in a copy of Driving Across Canada by Mark Richardson 🚗)

They take home 12 free audiobooks & bragging rights!

There's still lots to win today, so don't be shy & stop by!

#CIBD2025 #indiebookstoreday
Photo of two young Black women holding up the Golden Ticket inside Octopus Books. A photo of a display table in Octopus Books showing several stacks of books, including Drive Across Canada by Mark Richardson.
April 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Reading itself can take many shapes.
It can look like a book,
or make sounds like an ape.
We can read with our eyes,
or our fingers or ears.
When you are doing this,
the safest way is clear.
Text as in post.
April 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The @libro.fm Golden Ticket is hiding somewhere in our store! Solve the Riddle Master Lisa's cryptic clue to find it and win yourself 12 free audiobooks:

#ibd2025 #indiebookstoreday
A picture of The Golden Ticket at Octopus Books. Behind, shelves are labeled "Canada" and "The Natural World".
April 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Join us for the Ottawa launch of My Thievery of the People, a short-story collection by @haikuboxer.bsky.social, author of The Philistine!

Tuesday, April 22
7:00pm - 8:00pm.
Doors open at 6:30pm
Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave.
Details & RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/45681
A poster advertising the book launch for Our Thievery of the People by Leila Marshy on April 22 at Octopus Books.
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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RESCHEDULED: Due to weather conditions, the book talk event for Stitching Our Stories Together with Jeannine Carriere & Catherine Richardson will be postponed to Thurs March 6.

Apologies for the inconvenience, we hope you can still join us in 3 weeks!

RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/stitching-...
Image showing the cover of the book Stitching Our Stories Together: Journeys Into Indigenous Social Work. Text gives event details: Thursday March 6th at 7pm, Octopus Books, 116 Third Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario.
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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We are open today & ready to help you find the perfect book to nestle in with on a snowy winter's night! 🌨
A photo of a dog bounding joyously through the snow. Text reads: Stock up on books before the snow storm! Octopus Books is open 10am - 6pm.
February 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Our store will be closed for the remainder of the day today as our scheduled staff are feeling unwell. Thanks for your understanding & apologies for the inconvenience!
Photo of a dog lying on its side in bed with its eyes closed.
February 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Tonight! Join Carleton U's Faculty of Public & Global Affairs for a discussion of "Mother Trouble: Mediations of White Maternal Angst after Second Wave Feminism" with author Miranda Brady.

Thrs, Jan 30th, 5:30pm - 7pm
Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St
Free registration: octopusbooks.ca/mothertrouble
A poster advertising the event, featuring the cover of the book Mother Trouble and a photo of the author Miranda Brady.
January 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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"If I Must Die" by #RefaatAlareer is now available in store! This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet & professor brings together his marvelous poetry & deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, & family.

📘: octopusbooks.ca/item/c_Xdcfk...
Photo: Looking down into an open cardboard box filled with copies of Rafaat Alareer's book, If I Must Die
January 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM