Virtual Bookish Events for April 11-17, 2022
The Virtual Bookish Events Newsletter is sent weekly and events are separated into four categories: For Readers - Free, For Writers - Free, For Readers - Paid, For Writers - Paid.
This newsletter is sponsored by Free Expressions Seminars and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, April 11, 2022
6:00 PM — LAUNCH EVENT for Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness by MARIA GIANFERRARI & PETE OSWALD
6:00 PM — Lauren Rankin — Bodies on the Line - with Moira Donegan
7:00 PM — Author Visit With Eva Stachniak: The School of Mirrors
7:30 PM — Danni Quintos: Two Brown Dots
7:30 PM — Nothing Burns As Bright As You: Ashley Woodfolk in conversation with Nic Stone
8:00 PM — Gabrielle Civil, author of THE DÉJÀ VU, in conversation with Ra Malika Imhotep!
8:00 PM — Melissa Chadburn — A Tiny Upward Shove - with Martha Anne Toll
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
1:00 PM — The Sixteen Trees of the Somme — Book Talk with Lars Mytting & Paul Russell Garrett
6:00 PM — An Evening with Alan Lightman, Probable Impossibilities
6:30 PM — Emily X.R. Pan—An Arrow to the Moon-with Sabaa Tahir
7:00 PM — Stacie Murphy releases THE UNQUIET DEAD in conversation with Greer Macallister
7:00 PM — Book Launch: The Sex Lives of African Women, with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Deesha Philyaw
8:00 PM — Luma Mufleh — Learning America - with Kathleen Kennedy
9:00 PM — Interview/Reading with Jonathan Nevair (Wind Tide series)
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
12:00 PM — Learning from Leaders: Cass Sunstein in Conversation with Zoe Chance
6:00 PM — Brendan Slocumb (THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY) in conversation with Karen Dukess
7:00 PM — Jennifer Hillier and Alex Segura in conversation with E. A. Aymar
7:00 PM — An Evening with Roger Reeves, Adrian Matejka, and Sean Singer
7:00 PM — Writing Homelands
7:00 PM — Zetta Elliott & Lyn Miller-Lachmann — Moonwalking - with Deborah Taylor
7:30 PM — Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000
8:00 PM — James Lenfestey and Wang Ping for "The Uncommon Speech of Paradise"
9:30 PM — Skylit: Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch, with Margot Wood
10:00 PM — Poetry Month Special: Aurielle Marie & Joy Priest
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Mike Allen and Xan van Rooyen
Thursday, April 14, 2022
6:00 PM — Launch Event for THIS MAY END BADLY by Samantha Markum in conversation with Emma Lord
7:00 PM — EXPANDING FANTASY: How the New Garde of SFF Writers Is Making SFF More Inclusive
7:00 PM — Peter Conners: Beyond the Edge of Suffering: Prose Poems
10:30 PM — Author Voices: Jason Mott with Sean Goode
Friday, April 15, 2022
2:00 PM — Kerri ní Dochartaigh and Catherine Raven - Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home
3:00 PM — Llewellyn's Virtual Author Forum: Spells for Good Times
Saturday, April 16, 2022
3:00 PM — Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass - Half-Earth Socialism
5:00 PM — Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative--Melissa Febos in conversation with E.R. Anderson
For Writers - Free
Monday, April 11, 2022
7:30 PM — Copyright Basics
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
1:30 PM — Strategies for Overcoming Writer's Block
3:00 PM — Crafting Prose in a Short Story
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with Sharan Dhaliwal, author and editor of Burnt Roti magazine
7:00 PM — Family Matters: The Ethics, Challenges & Rewards of Writing About Family
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Friday, April 15, 2022
Saturday, April 16, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Monday, April 11, 2022
7:00 PM — Poet Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, with Girl as Birch — starting at $5.00
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
7:00 PM — Anna Quindlen, WRITE FOR YOUR LIFE, with Kelly Corrigan — starting at $29.99
7:00 PM — Pen Parentis Authors discuss Resistance — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
2:00 PM — Tarot Tuesday--Prompt-based generative writing workshop — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
2:00 PM — Self-Care When Writing Grief & Trauma: Grief Writing Sundays — starting at $10.00
Thursday, April 14, 2022
1:00 PM — Maybe It’s Not Your Plot — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — The Art of Telling with Essayist Ira Sukrungruang — starting at $49.00
9:30 PM — Free Your Creativity By Writing With Constraints with Kimberly Lee — starting at $42.00
9:30 PM — Free Your Creativity By Writing With Constraints — starting at $42.00
Friday, April 15, 2022
10:30 AM — How to Submit: Publishing Your Writing with Literary Magazines and Small Presses — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Plotting Your Story's Timeline — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Reflections on Travel: Where Have You Been? — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Art of Backstory — starting at $75.00
Saturday, April 16, 2022
10:00 AM — Scrivener 102 — starting at $52.50
10:30 AM — Poetry For Poets Who Are Sick And Tired Of Poetry — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Speculative Series: Beyond the Hero’s Journey — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Dialogue — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — From Unique to Universal: Making Your Personal Narratives Resonate with Readers” with Jasminne Mendez — starting at $109.00
Sunday, April 17, 2022
2:00 PM — Grief Writing Sunday Portal 74: GRIEF WORLD TOUR! — starting at $10.00
Disclaimer: Including events in this roundup doesn’t imply an endorsement of the authors, organizations, or events. I do not claim responsibility for the quality or execution of these events.