FRIDAY, JAN. 9
span-o (the small press action network – ottawa) presents The Factory Reading Series, three readings and chapbook launches by Kemeny Babineau, Jason Christie and Chris Johnson, hosted by rob mclennan. Doors 7 p.m.; reading 7:30 p.m. at The Carleton Tavern, 223 Armstrong St. (at Parkdale, upstairs)
FRIDAY, JAN. 16
Alan Bradley will be at Perfect Books, 258a Elgin St. at Somerset, at 7 p.m. in support of his latest Flavia de Luce book, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust. Tickets are $15. They are available by calling 613 231 6468. Information, perfectbooks.ca.
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, author of What’s So Funny? Lessons from Canada’s Leacock Medal for Humour Writing, will be launching his book at the Comedy Night for Parkinson’s, 7:30 p.m. at Tudor Hall, 3750 Bowesville Rd. Tickets cost $50 and can be purchased from the Parkinson Society for Eastern Ontario (www.parkinsons.ca) All proceeds from the evening’s book sales go to Parkinson’s.
FRIDAY, JAN. 30
The 11th issue of ottawater, Ottawa’s annual poetry pdf journal, will soon be online. Come out to the launch, featuring readings by a number of this issue’s contributors, upstairs at The Carleton Tavern, Parkdale at Armstrong. Doors 7 p.m., reading 7:30 p.m. Hosted by rob mclennan. www.ottawater.com
