Virtual Bookish Events for April 15-21, 2024
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, Gathr: Host Bookish Events, and Coastal Magic Convention.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
2:00 PM — Author Talk with C.J. Tudor
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
For Writers - Free
Monday, April 15, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
8:00 PM — Conferencing for Introverts
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
8:00 PM — Salman Rushdie in conversation with Suleika Jaouad — starting at $28.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, April 15, 2024
7:00 PM — How to Tell Your Story — starting at $60.00
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
2:00 PM — Diving Deeply: Using Research to Explore, Expand, and Revise Your Work with Maggie Messitt — starting at $25.00
5:00 PM — Using Language to Build Your Fantasy World with Walt Boyes — starting at $25.00
Thursday, April 18, 2024
7:15 PM — Putting Your World to Work with Lorin Oberweger — starting at $39.00
8:00 PM — Using All the Senses with David D. Levine — starting at $75.00
8:00 PM — What is the Why? Building a Backstory for Nuanced Characters and Authentic Conflict — starting at $15.00
Friday, April 19, 2024
10:30 AM — Interview Like a Journalist — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — The Art of Freewriting with a Purpose — starting at $85.00
Saturday, April 20, 2024
10:00 AM — Sonnet Crash Course — starting at $60.00
10:30 AM — Applying for Grants, Residencies, & Fellowships — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Final Drafts: Revising Your Short Fiction — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Novel Architecture — starting at $85.00
11:00 AM — From Description to Discovery: Personal Essays on Art with Jehanne Dubrow — starting at $140.00
11:00 AM — Introduction to Picture Books: Writing for Young Readers” with Liz Garton Scanlon — starting at $119.00
12:30 PM — “I had a friend who…”: Writing Friendship with Chen Chen — starting at $150.00
1:00 PM — Introduction to Writing YA Speculative Fiction with Diana Ma — starting at $75.00
Sunday, April 21, 2024
12:30 PM — Crafting Compelling Beginnings with Radhika Sharma — starting at $130.00
12:30 PM — Reading and Writing Politically Engaged Poetry with Yerra Sugarman — starting at $130.00
1:00 PM — How Poems Begin — starting at $60.00
4:00 PM — Writing Your Query and Synopsis — starting at $160.00
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.