Amanda Earl

after finishing the Becky Chambers duology of A Psalm for the Wild Built & A Prayer for the Crown Shy, i went to choose a book from the library & the recommended you The Annual Migration of Clouds. signed out & about to begin #1!

Leanna Dias : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Sneha Subramanian Kanta Born in Mumbai, Sneha Subramanian Kanta is an academician, editor, and award-winning writer residing in Mississauga. She is a 2026...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Leanna Dias : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Sneha Subramanian Kanta / @snehaskanta.bsky.social ; catch her reading this month as part of VERSeFest 2026!
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/lean...

wonderful! congratulations Nancy!

The reading will take place on Zoom and last for about half an hour. If you’d like the link, please e-mail me at amanda at angelhousepress dot com.

With gratitude to the City of Ottawa for funding the manuscript, the Writers Union of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts for funding the reading.

In these poems, the speaker is both a winter brat and a winter baby. She navigates the long winter of 2026, its joys and anxieties through the healing powers of art.

Background is yellow flowers overlaid with a photo of snow covered buildings and a pink sky. Photo credit: Charles Earl. Logos of Amanda Earl, the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Ottawa and the Writers Union of Canada. TEXT: 2026.04.26 14 h EDT. for Zoom link: amanda@angelhousepress.com. Celebrate the end of winter with poems by Amanda Earl.

To mark the end of winter, I will read from Winter, Collected: poem sequences that respond to winter’s portrayal in art, literature, film, and music.

Letter to Your Future Self (260311) from 251218

This month's pdf to paid Substack subscribers is a letter to my future self. I wrote it during xmas and it's a surprise to read now! amandaearl.substack.com/p/letter-to-...

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Capital Crime Writers
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. via Zoom
Web: capitalcrimewriters.com/
Email: treasurer@capitalcrimewriters.com
Ottawa mystery writers group meets on 2nd Wednesday of the month except July/August. Guests wishing to attend should send an e-mail.

Asian Sounds
Time and Place: Every Wednesday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/91/info.html

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
for in person events, please check with organizers in case of cancellation due to inclement weather.

Zine 0009 - Call for submissions The Design Club is a network of communities created by designers, for everything design. Find us in Ottawa, Marseille, New York and online. If you like creativity, you’re in the club!

Submissions are open worldwide and across disciplines.

Deadline: March 21, 2026
Submit here: ottdesign.club/zine0009.html

Zine 0009 - Call for submissions The Design Club is a network of communities created by designers, for everything design. Find us in Ottawa, Marseille, New York and online. If you like creativity, you’re in the club!

For this edition, we’re inviting interpretations of chaos in all its forms. Creative process, personal stories, messy systems, unexpected materials, or moments where things fall apart before something new emerges.

Zine 0009 - Call for submissions The Design Club is a network of communities created by designers, for everything design. Find us in Ottawa, Marseille, New York and online. If you like creativity, you’re in the club!

Call for Submissions: CHAOS — Ottawa Design Club Zine #9

Ottawa Design Club is currently accepting submissions for CHAOS, the ninth edition of its community zine. Each issue brings together essays, visual work, photography, and experimental formats from creatives around the world.

Selected authors receive publication in print & e-book, and author copies.

Ready to make Ottawa mysterious? E-mail Mike Martin for submission guidelines.
📩mike54martin@proton.me
Subject line: A Capital Mystery 2 Submission

✔ Traditional
✔ Noir
✔ Historical
✔ Suspense
✔ Locked-room & humorous mysteries welcome

🚫 No sci-fi, fantasy, or paranormal
🚫 No reprints or simultaneous submissions

📍 Open to Ottawa-area writers
🗓 Submissions open: March 10, 2026
🗓 Deadline: April 10, 2026

We’re seeking gripping, clever, and atmospheric mysteries (1,500–4,500 words) that bring Ottawa to life — its streets, landmarks, and hidden corners.

A Capital Mystery 2 — Ottawa Mystery Anthology

Ottawa has secrets.
We want your stories.

We are now accepting submissions for A Capital Mystery 2, a multi-author mystery and suspense anthology featuring tales set in and around the nation’s capital.

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

[Silent Book Club ~ Ottawa Chapter] Bells Corners 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 ...

Silent Book Club - Bells Corners
Time and Place: 6:30 pm. Kichesippi Beer Co, 2265 Robertson Rd
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-bells-corners-meetup
Sign up to attend

Words and Culture
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 10:00 am. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/640/info.html

thanks to Isabella Wang for this great interview, and thanks to rob mclennan for asking me to do the interview. Isabella will be at VERseFest on March 25. You should come! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/aman...

[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 ...

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.

Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. The Barley Mow, 399 Richmond
Web: www.ottawastorytellers.ca/story-cafe

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

Art House Cafe Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. Art House Cafe, 555 Somerset W.
poetry, music, & more. sign up in person at 6:30pm

"In the middle of my life, I found myself in a dark wood...." 2026. (garden assemblage with spirea, pine cones, on stained basswood)

Ana Hatherly - The Writer : O Escritor International Women's Day

Ana Hatherly - The Writer : O Escritor Kristine Snodgrass amandaearl.substack.com/p/ana-hather...

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
March 8 -

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Culture géniale
Time and Place: Every Sunday at 1:00 pm. unique 94.5 fm
Web: uniquefm.ca/emission-culture-geniale