ALSO's Banned Book Night
by ALSO (Alternative Learning Styles and Outlooks)Friday, 12 April 2024 from 6:30 PM (ADT) to 9:30 PM (ADT)Heartwood House 404 McArthur Ave, Ottawa, ON K1K1G8
Ticket Information
Ticket sales for this event are now closed.
Overview
ALSO is hosting our second annual Banned Book Night on Friday, April 12, 2024
Local authors and storytellers will be reading from their favorite banned books. There will be finger foods and drinks, a fabulous silent auction as well as a book booth set up by the Ottawa Public Library. We hope you will join us for an evening in celebration of literacy, the freedom to read and local authors/storytellers.
This event will have ASL interpretation and is open to both the hearing and Deaf communities.
Monies raised from tickets 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.
You will be welcomed in by ALSO volunteers. Finger foods and drinks will be on offer. The silent auction will be open.
The event will start at 6:30 p.m. You will be asked to find a seat. We will have the first three authors read from their favorite 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 we will have the last two authors and our ASL storyteller read from their favorite banned book.
You will have an opportunity to meet the authors/storyteller, to mingle and have one final visit to the silent auction table before the evening ends.
We will announce the silent auction winners and wrap the evening up at 9:30 p.m.