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Virtual Bookish Events for April 18-24, 2022
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Virtual Bookish Events for April 18-24, 2022

Sarah Nicolas
Apr 17
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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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All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!

For Readers - Free

Monday, April 18, 2022

  • 6:00 PM — Henry Louis Gates and Andrew Curran — Who's Black and Why? with Celeste Headlee

  • 6:30 PM — I Own My Magic | Michelle Goodloe in conversation with Brittany Fagan

  • 7:00 PM — Daisy Pitkin, author of ON THE LINE, in conversation with Kassidy Tarala!

  • 7:00 PM — Write America: Meg Wolitzer and Delia Ephron

  • 7:30 PM — Renia White: Casual Conversation

  • 8:00 PM — Gary Phillips — One-Shot Harry - with Watler Mosley

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

  • 2:00 PM — Library Love Fest: Katie Gutierrez, author of MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW

  • 7:00 PM — A Middle Grade Mashup! Diana Renn, Elaine Dimopoulos, and Sheela Chari

  • 7:00 PM — James Bird with Nic Stone, The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

  • 7:00 PM — Ordinary Equality: An Evening with Kate Kelly and Brandon Wolf

  • 8:00 PM — J.C. Cervantes Flirting with Fate Virtual Launch Event

  • 8:00 PM — Sajni Patel for MY SISTER'S BIG FAT INDIAN WEDDING

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

  • 6:00 PM — Avram Alpert in conversation with Christy Wampole

  • 6:00 PM — Daisy Pitkin — On The Line - with Francisco Cantú

  • 6:30 PM — Acclaimed Poet and Publisher Jonathan Galassi: School Days

  • 7:00 PM — Hybrid Poetry Reading with Rebecca Kaiser Gibson (GIRL AS BIRCH) and Fred Marchant––introduced by Martha Collins and Steven Ratiner

  • 7:00 PM — Anthology Reading for I Wanna Be Loved By You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe

  • 7:00 PM — SOFI AND THE BONE SONG with Adrienne Tooley and Allison Saft

  • 8:00 PM — Ingrid Andersson, author of JORDEMODER: POEMS OF A MIDWIFE, in conversation with Miranda Welch!

  • 10:00 PM — Ben Shattuck and Nina MacLaughlin - Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau

  • 10:00 PM — Story Hour: Terry Faust and Daniel Marcus

Thursday, April 21, 2022

  • 6:00 PM — Adriana Petryna & Rob Nixon: Horizon Work -- At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change

  • 6:30 PM — CBH Talk - A Black Tale of Returning Home: Lawrence Jackson and Nelson George in Conversation

  • 7:00 PM — Blood Sugar: An Evening with Sascha Rothchild and Billy Corben

  • 7:00 PM — Kemi Alabi with Porsha Olayiwola, Against Heaven

  • 7:00 PM — WORD Presents Jersey City Reads Poems: José Olivarez, Ben Purkert, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Sara Bella Munjack

  • 8:00 PM — Claire Stanford — Happy For You - with Weike Wang

  • 10:00 PM — Jeff Deutsch and Stephen Sparks - In Praise of Good Bookstores

Friday, April 22, 2022

  • 11:00 AM — Deborah Hopkinson & Chuck Groenink—Only One

  • 1:00 PM — Celebrate Earth Day with Author Julian Hoffman in a Special Go Green Reads Event

  • 4:45 PM — Conversation: Nicola Griffith & Riva Lehrer

  • 5:00 PM — The Plastic Problem and What You Can Do About It

  • 6:00 PM — Date Night w/ Alyssa Cole ft. Sharon C. Cooper, Tara Pammi, Leslye Penelope, and Diana Quincy

Saturday, April 23, 2022

  • 3:00 PM — Great Middle Grade Reads: Erin Entrada Kelly, Rebecca Stead, Margaret Dilloway, Dwayne Reed, and James Bird

Sunday, April 24, 2022

  • 1:00 PM — Literary Modiin April Author Event with Patrick Hicks, Rutu Modan, and Omer Friedlander

  • 3:00 PM — 2022 Edgar Award Celebration! - Best Juvenile Finalists

  • 4:00 PM — Native American Read-In

  • 4:00 PM — Poets Rebecca Kaiser Gibson & Richard Smith

  • 5:00 PM — SIDE AFFECTS by Hil Malatino

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For Writers - Free

Monday, April 18, 2022

  • 9:00 AM — Morning Write In

  • 7:30 PM — Writing a Traumatic Story: Finding Your Way

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

  • 10:30 AM — The Essential Elements of an Author Media Kit

  • 3:00 PM — Fun with Plotting

  • 8:15 PM — Write Brain: Opening Pages That Lead to Yes, with Angie Hodapp

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

  • 5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with Night Gardener author Jonathan Auxier

  • 8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan

Thursday, April 21, 2022

  • 2:00 PM — The Autonomous Creative with Oliver Burkeman

  • 7:00 PM — Authors and Libraries: Being Awesome Together with Robin Bradford

  • 7:00 PM — Poetic Yoga and Meditation with Christina M. Rau

  • 7:00 PM — World Building in a Contemporary Setting

  • 7:30 PM — Publishing Options and Opportunities

  • 7:30 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with Novelist Vanessa Hua

  • 9:00 PM — Doing It Yourself: The Self-Publishing Experience

Friday, April 22, 2022

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

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

  • 9:00 PM — Morning Write-In

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For Readers - Paid

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

  • 7:00 PM — Janelle Monáe and collaborating writer Alaya Dawn Johnson — starting at $34.00

Thursday, April 21, 2022

  • 8:00 PM — DeMisty D. Bellinger and Melissa Scholes Young for NEW TO LIBERTY — starting at $1.00


For Writers - Paid

Monday, April 18, 2022

  • 2:00 PM — Poetry As Spiritual Writing Workshop — starting at $10.00

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

  • 2:00 PM — Tarot Tuesday Writing Workshop — starting at $5.00

  • 8:00 PM — The Joy (Really!) of Revision with Anne Elliott — starting at $25.00

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

  • 1:00 PM — Build Better Critique Groups — starting at $25.00

Thursday, April 21, 2022

  • 7:15 PM — Sound and Symbol: How to Use Poetry to Deepen Your Prose with Carol Despeaux Fawcett — starting at $39.00

  • 9:00 PM — Poetry As Spiritual Practice — starting at $10.00

Friday, April 22, 2022

  • 10:00 AM — Changing Your Life: Turning Reality Into Fiction — starting at $150.00

  • 10:30 AM — Everyone's a Critic: Writing Reviews — starting at $75.00

Saturday, April 23, 2022

  • 10:00 AM — What Makes It a Poem? How to Make and Break the Poetic Line — starting at $150.00

  • 10:30 AM — Pillow Book: Journaling to Inspire — starting at $75.00

  • 10:30 AM — Writing Towards Survival — starting at $75.00

  • 11:00 AM — Launch to Success: Self Publishing in 2022 with Deanna Roy — starting at $109.00

  • 11:00 AM — Plotting Seminars, Part 3: Plot and Story — starting at $20.00

  • 12:00 PM — The Secrets of Writing a First Line, First Paragraph, and First Chapter with Tiffany Reisz — starting at $30.00

  • 12:00 PM — Your Book Starts Here: Learn to Storyboard Your Book! — starting at $122.50

  • 12:30 PM — Chance Encounters: Synchronicity, Coincidence and the Divine with Karen Finley — starting at $124.00

Sunday, April 24, 2022

  • 12:30 PM — The Dream Archetype Meets the Hero’s Journey: A Craft Talk and Writing Experience with Tzivia Gover and Lori Soderlind — starting at $124.00

  • 12:30 PM — The Joy of Editing with Daniel Lawless & Frances Richey — starting at $124.00

  • 2:00 PM — Writing Transgender and Nonbinary Characters with Milo Todd — starting at $75.00

  • 4:10 PM — Writing About Parenthood — starting at $76.50 with code SPRING2022

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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.

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