SATURDAY, MAY 21
Author Elie Mikhael Nasrallah launches his second book, Hostage to History: The Cultural Collapse of the 21st Century Arab World; 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Books on Beechwood, 35 Beechwood Ave. Info: www.booksonbeechwood.ca
TUESDAY, MAY 24
Book launch: What’s Yours is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy; 7 p.m., Octopus Books Centretown, 251 Bank St., second floor. Free event. Info: octopusbooks.ca
THURSDAY, MAY 26
Book Cover Art and Illustration: an evening with Rich Lauzon, coordinator and Pre-Animation and Illustration professor at Algonquin College. He will speak to writers about book art and cover design. Meet-and-greet begins at 6:30 p.m., presentation starts at 7 p.m., the Good Companions Seniors’ Centre, 670 Albert St. Come early for mingling, goodies and coffee. Free to OIW members; guests pay $10, which can go toward a membership if they decide to join. Plenty of parking at the back.
SATURDAY, MAY 28
Chris Nihmey signs Two Sides to the Story: Living a Lie, a memoir about his battle with mental illness, and Sally, an illustrated picture book centred on the connection between mental illness and homelessness; 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Coles Carlingwood. Info: chrisnihmey.com
MONDAY, MAY 30
Octopus Book Club: Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber; 6 p.m. at Octopus Books Centretown, 251 Bank St., second floor. Email events@octopusbooks.ca to RSVP. Free event. More info: octopusbooks.ca
TUESDAY, MAY 31
Kamal Al-Solaylee in conversation with CBC’s Adrian Harewood on Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (For Everyone); 7 p.m. at Octopus Books Centretown, 251 Bank St., second floor. Free event. More info: octopusbooks.ca
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
The Poetic Prelude to Prose in the Park, featuring readings from eight anglophone and six francophone poets, takes place from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Origin Studio, 57 Lyndale Ave. Refreshments will be served. Free event.
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
Ottawa’s favourite open-air literary festival and book fair, Prose in the Park, takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Parkdale Park. Sixty-seven moderators and panellists, and more than 100 authors and a dozen small presses, will be presenting and selling their latest works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Free event. Info: www.proseinthepark.com.
