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.

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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 — Poetry Reading to Celebrate Rebecca Kaiser Gibson's New Collection GIRL AS BIRCH with Special Guest Meg Kearney

• 7:00 PM — Author Visit With Eva Stachniak: The School of Mirrors

• 7:00 PM — Write America: Anne Fadiman and Lou Ann Walker

• 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

• 6:00 PM — Laura Edwards & Margot Canaday: Only the Clothes on Her Back -- Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the 19th century U.S.

• 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 — Darcia Narvaez and Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), Co-Editors of RESTORING THE KINSHIP WORLDVIEW, in conversation with Lisa Reagan!

• 8:00 PM — Luma Mufleh — Learning America - with Kathleen Kennedy

• 9:00 PM — Interview/Reading with Jonathan Nevair (Wind Tide series)

• 9:00 PM — Kemi Alabi with Hieu Minh Nguyen and Sam Sax

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

• 12:00 PM — Learning from Leaders: Cass Sunstein in Conversation with Zoe Chance

• 5:00 PM — A Project LIT Conversation with Dusti Bowling

• 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"

• 8:30 PM — Humanities Speaker Series: Terry Tempest Williams

• 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

• 1:00 PM — Mastering the Science and Art of Influence

• 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

• 8:00 PM — Author Visit: Matt Bell with Michelle Wildgen

• 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

• 4:00 PM — Irene Solà - When I Sing, Mountains Dance

• 5:00 PM — Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative--Melissa Febos in conversation with E.R. Anderson

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For Writers - Free

Monday, April 11, 2022

• 7:30 PM — Copyright Basics

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

• 1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge | How I Got My Agent & How You'll Get YOURS with Hananah Zaheer, Melanie Gall & Lola Akinmade Åkerström

• 1:30 PM — Strategies for Overcoming Writer's Block

• 3:00 PM — Crafting Prose in a Short Story

• 7:00 PM — Selling a Nonfiction Book with a Proposal

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

• 9:00 PM — Workshop: Writing a Book Readers Can't Put Down with Writer in Residence Amy K. Nichols

Friday, April 15, 2022

• 2:00 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

• 6:30 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

Saturday, April 16, 2022

• 2:00 PM — Turning True Stories into Truly Great Fiction

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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

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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

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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.