ALSO's Banned Book Night

by ALSO (Alternative Learning Styles and Outlooks)Friday, 11 April 2025 from 6:30 PM (EDT) to 9:00 PM (EDT)UUFO Sanctuary Heartwood House, 404 McArthur Ave, Ottawa, ON K1N1G8
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ALSO Banned Book Night

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$50.00

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Overview

Join us for an evening celebrating local authors, literacy, and the freedom to read at ALSO’s third annual banned book night, Off the Pages: A Celebration of Banned Books, on Friday, April 11.

Local authors will read from their favourite banned books. This year’s guest authors are Dr. Monia Mazigh, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Kevin Hearne and Dancia Kendra Susilo.

Enjoy the live music, finger food and drinks. A fabulous silent auction will take place and the Ottawa Public Library will have a book booth. This event features ASL interpretation and is open to both the hearing and Deaf communities.

Funds raised from ticket sales and the silent auction will directly benefit ALSO and the adults and families we serve in the Ottawa community.

Details

Doors open at Heartwood House at 6:00 p.m.

Volunteers will also welcome you in. Finger food and drinks will be offered, and the silent auction will open. (Catered by Chef Rics. Drink tickets will be available for purchase.)

The event will start at 6:30 P.M. You will be asked to find a seat. We will have the first two authors read from their favourite banned book before the intermission.

During the intermission, you can visit the silent auction table, mingle, and enjoy the food and drink offerings.

After the intermission, the last two authors will read from their favourite banned book. 

Before the evening ends, you will have an opportunity to meet the authors, mingle, and make one final visit to the silent auction table. 

We will announce the silent auction winners and wrap the evening up at 9:00 P.M.

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UUFO SanctuaryHeartwood House, 404 McArthur AveOttawa, ON K1N1G8
11 Apr, 2025Friday, 11 Apr 2025 6:30 PM (EDT)Add to my calendar

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Questions about this event?

ALSO - Adult and Family Literacy6132338660kim@also-ottawa.org
c/o Heartwood House, 404 McArthur AveOttawa, ONK1N1G8

About This Charity

ALSO is an adult learning program offering both in-person and on-line tutoring, in English and ASL, supporting the development of the skills needed for employment, further education or training and increased civic participation. We meet each person where they are enabling them to commit to learning and to imagine a different future for themselves.ALSO is a small program doing great things. We have a significant impact on the lives of the adults and families we serve. We work with an extraordinary staff/volunteer team and Board of Directors each giving generously of their time, expertise and skills allowing ALSO to continue supporting Ottawa adults and families who need us most.