Virtual Bookish Events for April 19-25, 2021
The Weekly 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.
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For Readers - Free
Monday, April 19, 2021
7:00 PM — Alka Joshi, THE HENNA ARTIST
9:00 PM — Edward Hirsch & Kate Daniels discuss 100 Poems to Break Your Heart
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
1:00 PM — A Reading Featuring Irenosen Okojie, winner of the AKO Prize for African Writing
6:00 PM — Deirdre McNamer presents AVIARY, in conversation with Jill McCorkle
7:00 PM — Bob Drury & Tom Clavin, Authors of Blood and Treasure: Virtual Book Launch
7:00 PM — DUSTBORN, YA author Erin Bowman in conversation with Susan Dennard
7:00 PM — Patrick Radden Keefe with Pamela Colloff, Empire of Pain
7:00 PM — THE EMPATHY DIARIES: Sherry Turkle and Melia Bensussen
7:00 PM — The Lost Apothecary: Sarah Penner
7:00 PM — Tracee Stanley: RADIANT REST, in conversation with Karina Ayn Mirsky
7:00 PM — WHEN A STRANGER COMES TO TOWN Virtual Launch Event
7:30 PM — Everytime I Talk About: Black Voices in a Time of Change
7:30 PM — Kendra Decolo: I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World
7:30 PM — LURKERS: Sandi Tan with Alison Willmore
7:30 PM — WNBA Celebrates Women in Poetry's Future
8:00 PM — Amy Suiter Clarke "Girl, 11" - Interviewed by Wendy Walker
8:00 PM — Claire Lombardo in conversation with Curtis Sittenfield
8:00 PM — Writers Live: Everett Poetry Night with Steve K. Bertrand & Jeanne-Marie Osterman
9:00 PM — Book Release Conversation with Jacqueline Keller and Betsy Gaines Quammen
9:30 PM — Skylit: A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames, with Nick Kroll
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
6:00 PM — Sarah Anne Johnson in conversation with Karen Dukess
7:00 PM — An Evening with Elana Bell, Deborah Paredez, and C.Dale Young
7:00 PM — Authors in Conversation: Lyssa Kay Adams
7:00 PM — This Thing Called Life: Prince Remembered, featuring Neal Karlen in conversation with Anil Dash
7:00 PM — When the Stars Go Dark: An Evening with Paula McLain and Liz Moore
7:30 PM — Natalie Diaz | Postcolonial Love Poem with Denice Frohman
7:45 PM — Rakestraw Books "Live at Home!" with Kaitlyn Greenidge
8:00 PM — Virtual Author Reading: MAKE YOUR ART NO MATTER WHAT by Beth Pickens
8:00 PM — Virtual Author Visit: Erica Ruth Neubauer with Nick Petrie
9:00 PM — Jakob Guanzon and Lysley Tenorio
9:00 PM — Marie Mutsuki Mockett in conversation with Garnette Cadogan: AMERICAN HARVEST
9:30 PM — Skylit: Why To These Rocks Anthology Group Reading
10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Bonnie Tsui | WHY WE SWIM
10:00 PM — Charlie Jane Anders and Elly Bangs in Conversation
Thursday, April 22, 2021
10:00 AM — Ohioana Book Festival (4 days)
12:00 PM — The Next Smart Step with Jodi Detjen
3:00 PM — Rebecca Solnit and Andri Snaer Magnason
6:00 PM — NBF Presents: Poetry in Protest
7:00 PM — An Evening with Kristin Hannah
7:00 PM — Author Vincent Panella: Sicilian Dreams Virtual Book Discussion
7:00 PM — Jonathan Meiburg, Author of A Most Remarkable Creature: In Virtual Conversation
7:00 PM — KT Sparks: Four Dead Horses
7:00 PM — The Souvenir Museum: An Evening with Elizabeth McCracken and Karen Russell
7:00 PM — Tyler J. Kelley "Holding Back The River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways"
8:30 PM — Nancy: Bruno Lloret and Ellen Jones in conversation with Kathryn Scanlan
9:00 PM — Andrea Bajani and Jhumpa Lahiri
9:00 PM — Paul Theroux with Dimitri Nasrallah: Under the Wave at Waimea
10:30 PM — Author Voices: Brit Bennett in conversation with Dr. Marcia Tate Arunga
Friday, April 23, 2021
12:00 PM — George Washington's Final Battle: A Virtual Event with Robert P. Watson and Ronda Martin
12:00 PM — THIS IS SHAKESPEARE with Oxford Professor Emma Smith
4:00 PM — yallwest
7:00 PM — Annapolis Book Festival (3 days)
9:00 PM — Maria Kuznetsova and Megan Cummins discuss Something Unbelievable and If the Body Allows It
Saturday, April 24, 2021
12:00 PM — Polly Barton, Where The Wild Ladies Are (An Independent Bookstore Day Special!)
3:00 PM — Nancy Castaldo, BACK FROM THE BRINK: SAVING ANIMALS FROM EXTINCTION
8:00 PM — Namina Forna & Amélie Wen Zhao in a special conversation for Independent Bookstore Day 2021
Sunday, April 25, 2021
8:00 AM — Guest author Cecelia Rene visits Erica Ridley's Historical Romance Book Club
4:00 PM — An Afternoon with Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Author Christopher Goffard
4:00 PM — Chains Across the River an Author talk with Bevis Longstreth
For Writers - Free
📢📢📢ANNOUNCEMENT: Listen to my new 🎧podcast🎧 for writers today: Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
11:00 AM — Collaborative Authoring
1:30 PM — Two Paths, Fiction and Memoir: Traveling the one that's right for you
7:00 PM — Free Workshop: 3 Key Steps to Becoming a Freelance Writer
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
1:00 PM — Inside Writing: Publishing Paid Me with agents Noah Ballard and J.L. Stermer
1:30 PM — Point of View: The What, How and Why of Your Story’s Perspective
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Friday, April 23, 2021
5:30 PM — Happy Hour Writing Session
Saturday, April 24, 2021
3:00 PM — "How to Tell a Scary Story" horror writing class with A.E. Stueve
9:00 PM — PubTalk Live with Kylie Schachte and Emotion Thesaurus creator Angela Ackerman
Sunday, April 25, 2021
6:00 PM — A Conversation with Literary Agents
For Readers - Paid
Monday, April 19, 2021
8:00 PM — Dawnie Walton and Robert Jones, Jr. for THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV — starting at $1.00
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
7:00 PM — The Happiest Girl in the World: A Virtual Olympic Adventure — starting at $20.00
10:00 PM — Davey D & Jeff Chang: “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History” — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
6:00 PM — Karen White VIRTUAL Event — starting at $37.00
6:00 PM — Sandi Tan and Mark Doten for LURKERS — starting at $1.00
7:00 PM — Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarchs — starting at $5.00
Thursday, April 22, 2021
7:00 PM — Middle grade authors Dayna Lorentz, OF A FEATHER, with Alex London — starting at $5.00
8:00 PM — BABEL: Ta-Nehisi Coates — starting at $25.00
Saturday, April 24, 2021
6:00 PM — Kim Addonizio & Sandra Beasley – A Fundraiser for Poet Lore — starting at $10.00
For Writers - Paid
📢📢📢ANNOUNCEMENT: Listen to my new 🎧podcast🎧 for writers today: Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Monday, April 19, 2021
8:00 PM — Wordsmith Seminar: Anthologies with Dahlia Adler — starting at $10.00
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
1:00 PM — Getting In Front of Your Target Reader — starting at $25.00
Thursday, April 22, 2021
7:15 PM — Unleash Your Storytelling Superpower with Gabriela Pereira — starting at $39.00
Saturday, April 24, 2021
10:00 AM — Writing Faster with Libby Waterford — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — Exploring the Verse Novel — starting at $52.50
1:00 PM — Poetry Month Class: The Sex Poem with Benjamin Garcia — starting at $24.00
1:00 PM — Plan to Succeed — starting at $35.00
1:00 PM — The Sex Poem: Whips & Chains (& Line Breaks!) Excite Me with Benjamin Garcia — starting at $24.00
Sunday, April 25, 2021
2:00 PM — Grief Writing Sunday with Diane Zinna, author of THE ALL-NIGHT SUN — starting at $10.00
3:00 PM — From Page to Shelf: An Insider's Guide to Taking Your Book Idea to the Next Level — starting at $125.00
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.