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QOTW 2025-10-05 – 25-10-11

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2h

This week's quotes feature ducks explain existential dread, as included in T. Thorn Coyle's recent newsletter & my own song Ghosts on ukulele. A little whimsy for you this week. Enjoy! amandaearl.substack.com/p/qotw-2025-...

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2h

Silent Book Club Stittsville
Time and Place: 12:00 pm. Kung Fu Bistro, 1110 Carp Rd. Unit 150,
every second and fourth Saturday. 1-3pm

Ottawa's progressive independent bookstore since 1969

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2h

Octopus Books Glebe
116 Third
Web: octopusbooks.ca/events
Email: [email protected]
register to confirm attendance. Masking is encouraged to help protect the health of immunocompromised people.
October 11 - Signing | Coltrane Seesequasis presents A Wolf in the Sun 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Octopus Books

octopusbooks.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2h

Jacqui Du Toit, The Hottentot Venus
Time and Place: Origin Arts & Community Centre 57 Lyndale Ave
Web: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-hottentot-venus-untold-tickets-1657846225689?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
check for showtimes and tickets

THE HOTTENTOT VENUS - UNTOLD

AN ORIGINAL STORYTELLING OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SAARTJIE BAARTMAN - CREATED AND PERFORMED BY JACQUI DU TOIT

www.eventbrite.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 13h

Head's Up: Explore Hintonburg and Wellington West through fiction and poetry with Susan Johnston and Jane's Walk. Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 9:30 am. Advance sign ups help estimate the number of walkers. www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/td-...

Hintonburg & Wellington West in Literature

www.janeswalkottawa.ca

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 18h

thank you. i look forward to going thru the rabbit holes

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I do things out of pure whimsy. Here's my contribution to Telephone," This game exhibition consists of 1,395 individual, interconnected and original works by artists from 930 cities in 65 countries. " telephonegame.art for the main link and my work : telephonegame.art/artists/aman...

TELEPHONE

Whispering a message among art forms. Explore the TELEPHONE interactive art exhibition featuring diverse artists and creative expressions.

telephonegame.art

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

Urban Legends Poetry Collective 2025/2026
Time and Place: Canadian Theatre Company, Studio, 1233 Wellington Street W.
Web: urbanlegendspc.wixsite.com/ulpc

October 10 - Broken Mic ft. Shay Face Mask required. Doors 7:00 | Show 7:30 Tickets at the door, PWYD (suggested donation: $10)

HOME | ulpc

urbanlegendspc.wixsite.com

THE HOTTENTOT VENUS - UNTOLD

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

Jacqui Du Toit, The Hottest Venus
Time and Place: Origin Arts & Community Centre 57 Lyndale Ave
Web: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-hottentot-venus-untold-tickets-1657846225689?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
check for showtimes and tickets

AN ORIGINAL STORYTELLING OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SAARTJIE BAARTMAN - CREATED AND PERFORMED BY JACQUI DU TOIT

www.eventbrite.ca

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 1d

desire, a footnote: completion of the draft manuscript, 120 pages from Feb to Oct 2025. amandaearl.substack.com/p/desire-a-f...

desire, a footnote - completion of draft

back in February, i turned the dating apps back on: Hinge, Field.

THE HOTTENTOT VENUS - UNTOLD

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Jacqui Du Toit, The Hottest Venus
Time and Place: Origin Arts & Community Centre 57 Lyndale Ave
Web: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-hottentot-venus-untold-tickets-1657846225689?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
check for showtimes and tickets

AN ORIGINAL STORYTELLING OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SAARTJIE BAARTMAN - CREATED AND PERFORMED BY JACQUI DU TOIT

www.eventbrite.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

enjoy and let me know how they are. i've had open mics on the calendar for years, only to find out the venue closed eons ago. sigh . heh.

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

no, it's great. it helps me to get the updated info. i appreciate your letting me know. i need all the help i can get trying to get info about local literary, storytelling,spoken word & nonfiction events!

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

i suspect they took off this week for t-giving. but the workshop started on September 4 according to the original listing. always best to double check with the organization. i do my best to update when folks let me know things have changed.

Beaverbrook Writing Group | Ottawa Public Library

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

"Event Details
Thursdays, Oct 16, 2025 - Dec 18, 2025
6:30pm
120 minutes" booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/bea...
if you can find out more info to ensure i have the right info, please let me know :)

booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
all genres welcome. sign ups: 8pm

Beaverbrook Writing Group | Ottawa Public Library

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:30 pm. John G. Mlacak Community Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr,
Web: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/beaverbrook-writing-group-0
drop in. adult. 120 minutes

booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca

CKCU FM 93.1 | The Mighty 93.1

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Third World Players
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: www.ckcufm.com/
readings from Third World literature

www.ckcufm.com

Author Meets Readers | Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia | Octopus Books

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Authors Meet Readers
Time and Place: 5:30 pm. Irene's Pub Restaurant, 885 Bank St
presented by Carleton University Faculty of Public Affairs
October 9 - Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia with Merlyna Lim octopusbooks.ca/events/3604620251009

Ottawa's progressive independent bookstore since 1969

octopusbooks.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Writing Circle
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 3:00 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Ruth E. Dickinson Branch, 100 Malvern
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/writing-circle
90 minutes. Adult and Adult 50+ drop in program

biblioottawalibrary.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect Books
Time and Place: 258A Elgin
Web: perfectbooks.ca/
readings, signings; accessibility note: 1 stair up to store; Additional accessibility via walkway from Somerset Street
October 9 - Brit Griffin Launches The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien 7-8:30pm

Perfect Books Ottawa

perfectbooks.ca

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

hurray ❤️

the John Newlove Poetry Award, an Invitation

Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 2d

a special invitation to attend the John Newlove Poetry Award on October 14 and why the event is so important to me: amandaearl.substack.com/p/the-john-n...

October 14, 2025 6:30pm

www.ottawascrabbleclub.com

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 3d

Ottawa Scrabble Club
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Calvin Christian Reformed Church, 1475 Merivale
Web: www.ottawascrabbleclub.com/
Players of all skill are welcome