Virtual Bookish Events for April 12-18, 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 12, 2021

• 7:00 PM — Cuban Memory Wars: An Evening with Michael Bustamante

• 7:00 PM — Dawnie Walton with Curtis Sittenfeld, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

• 7:00 PM — What Is the Grass: Mark Doty & Honor Moore in Conversation

• 7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 11: Award-Winning Poet Julie Sheehan & Award-Winning Poet and Short Story Writer Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones

• 8:00 PM — Together in a Sudden Strangeness

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

• 5:15 PM — Séverine Autesserre discusses The Frontlines of Peace, New York University

• 6:00 PM — Karen Cox presents NO COMMON GROUND, with William Sturkey

• 6:00 PM — LLL Presents Kirstin Valdez Quade & A.M. Homes in Conversation: The Five Wounds -- a Novel

• 6:00 PM — Michael Buckley with Jeff Kinney

• 6:00 PM — The Way of Integrity: An Evening with Martha Beck and Elizabeth Gilbert

• 6:30 PM — Nate Powell | A Rain Taxi Event

• 6:30 PM — Practical Tools to Guide Career Development

• 6:30 PM — Natalie Lund in Conversation with Kimberly Grabriel for "The Sky Above Us"

• 7:00 PM — A World Between : An Evening with Emily Hashimoto

• 7:00 PM — Bookmarks Presents Patrick Radden Keefe in Conversation with Beth Macy

• 7:00 PM — George Saunders: "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain"

• 7:00 PM — Iona Holloway in conversation with Kate Baer

• 7:00 PM — Judy Batalion: The Light of Days

• 7:00 PM — The Witch's Heart: Genevieve Gornichec

• 7:00 PM — Writers Discuss Love and Loss at Pen Parentis

• 7:30 PM — Book Release Party: Natalie Lund and "The Sky Above Us"

• 7:30 PM — Justin Jannise: How to be Better by Being Worse

• 7:30 PM — Khalisa Rae and Friends Celebrate Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat

• 8:00 PM — Kaela Rivera | Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

• 9:00 PM — Gina Frangello, in conversation with Daphne Merkin, discusses Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason

• 9:30 PM — Christy Wilhelmi, in conversation with Robin Jones, discusses "Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden"

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes with Kimberly Drew

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

• 8:00 AM — Guest author Jess Michaels visits Erica Ridley's Historical Romance Book Club

• 5:00 PM — Writers Here and Now with Marlena Chertock and Meg Eden

• 7:00 PM — An evening of new fiction with Russell Banks & Sigrid Nunez

• 7:00 PM — Harper's & Twain Present: Christine Smallwood in conversation with Christopher Beha

• 7:00 PM — How to Love the World: A Poetry Anthology Reading

• 7:00 PM — Imbolo Mbue: How Beautiful We Were

• 7:00 PM — My Broken Language: An Evening with Quiara Alegría Hudes and Jose Antonio Vargas

• 7:00 PM — New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson in conversation with Dana Schwartz

• 7:00 PM — You Belong : An Evening with Sebene Selassie

• 7:30 PM — How to Raise a Feminist Son: Sonora Jha in conversation with Sarah Ladipo Manyika

• 8:00 PM — Jana Larson for "Reel Bay" with Josh Ostergaard

• 8:00 PM — Joy Harjo: Living Nations, Living Words

• 9:00 PM — Daniel Lieberman | EXERCISED: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding

• 9:00 PM — Paul Theroux discusses Under the Wave at Waimea

Thursday, April 15, 2021

• 12:00 PM — Isabel Allende with Carmen Aguirre: The Soul of a Woman

• 1:30 PM — Jonathan Franzen in Conversation with Javier Ramirez

• 2:30 PM — Author Saumiya Balasubramaniam presents When I Found Grandma

• 6:00 PM — At Home with Literati: Dorthe Nors & J. Robert Lennon

• 6:30 PM — Novelist Chang-rae Lee Discusses His New Novel “On Such a Full Sea” with Author/Editor Donna Seaman

• 7:00 PM — Bookstore1Sarasota presents Fast Funny Women with Humorist & Scholar Gina Barreca

• 7:00 PM — Author Peter Lance: Homicide at Rough Point: The Untold Story of How Doris Duke, The Richest Woman In America, Got Away With Murder

• 7:00 PM — Fast Funny Women with Humorist & Scholar Gina Barreca

• 7:00 PM — Join Jeff Kinney and Your Awesome Friendly Indie Bookstore for a Spooktacular Virtual Event

• 7:00 PM — Libertie: An Evening with Kaitlyn Greenidge and Jaquira Díaz

• 7:00 PM — Melissa Febos: Girlhood

• 7:00 PM — Robert McGahey, author of India: A Love Story (in partnership with Malaprop's)

• 7:00 PM — Stephen Graham Jones on THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS

• 7:30 PM — Chang-rae Lee: My Year Abroad (A conversation with Donna Seaman)

• 7:30 PM — Hanif Abdurraqib: A Fortune for Your Disaster

• 8:00 PM — Christopher Beha in conversation with Bill James: THE INDEX OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ACTS

• 8:00 PM — Walter Echo-Hawk, "The Sea of Grass: A Family Account of the Colonization of the Great Plains of North America"

• 9:00 PM — Carol Edgarian in conversation with Meg Waite Clayton - Vera

• 9:00 PM — Robin Reul discusses "Where the Road Leads Us" with Gae Polisner

• 9:00 PM — Self-Discovery ‘LifeLines’ with Melissa Bernstein, Co-founder of Doug & Melissa Toy Company; Moderated by Doug Bernstein

• 10:00 PM — Jonathan Meiburg and Stephen Sparks - A Most Remarkable Creature

• 10:30 PM — Author Voices: Storme Webber (Blues Divine)

Friday, April 16, 2021

• 10:00 AM — Gregory Mone

• 12:00 PM — Annalee Newitz: Four Lost Cities

• 7:00 PM — Behind-the-Scenes at The Met Museum with Christine Coulson and Michael Gallagher

• 7:00 PM — Hudson Valley YA Society: Sharon G. Flake, Sabina Khan, Crystal Maldonado & Brittney Morris

• 7:30 PM — Launch Party for JD Scott's Debut Poetry Collection MASK FOR MASK feat. Joey de Jesus & Joyelle McSweeney

• 9:00 PM — Betto Arcos, in conversation with Tom Schnabel, discusses Music Stories from the Cosmic Barrio

Saturday, April 17, 2021

• 12:00 PM — Men Who Hate Women: Laura Bates in conversation with Nancy Jo Sales

• 2:00 PM — Blaze Baking with Rach and Joanne Chang, Cookbook Author and Owner of Flour Bakery + Cafe

• 3:00 PM — Trial by Fire: A New Examination of The Station Nightclub Fire

• 7:00 PM — Rising Up: Poets Take A Stand

Sunday, April 18, 2021

• 8:00 AM — Bestselling author Grace Burrowes visits Erica Ridley's Historical Romance Book Club

• 2:00 PM — Novelists Claire Lombard and Richard Russo in Converation

• 7:00 PM — Virtual Event: Ilona Bannister, Author of When I Ran Away

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For Writers - Free

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Monday, April 12, 2021

• 7:30 PM — Caveat Scriptor: Avoiding Publishing Scams

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

• 1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Author Platform Q&A: Ask Us Anything!

• 8:00 PM — Not Yet Published? Set Your Manuscript Up for Success

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

• 1:00 PM — Inside Writing: Writing Conferences and Retreats with author Tyrese Coleman and Barrelhouse Magazine Editor Dave Housley

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

Thursday, April 15, 2021

• 5:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with Jennifer De Leon

• 5:30 PM — Free Workshop: 3 Key Steps to Becoming a Freelance Writer

• 9:00 PM — Debut Fiction: The Road to Publication

Friday, April 16, 2021

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

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

• WriteHive 2021: Writing Conference (3 days)

Saturday, April 17, 2021

• 4:00 PM — Writer in Residence Online: The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing with YA Author Amy K. Nichols

• 7:00 PM — Poets Elizabeth Hazen & Katherine E. Young in Conversation

Sunday, April 18, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Self-Publishing 101

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For Readers - Paid

Monday, April 12, 2021

• 7:00 PM — Conversations with Granite State Poets - Martha Carlson-Bradley and Liz Ahl — starting at $5.00

• 8:00 PM — Hanif Abdurraqib and Brit Bennett for A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA — starting at $1.00

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

• 6:00 PM — Bolu Babalola and Hannah Giorgis for LOVE IN COLOR — starting at $1.00

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

• 8:00 PM — Marlon Peterson and Reginald Dwayne Betts for BIRD UNCAGED — starting at $1.00

Thursday, April 15, 2021

• 7:30 PM — WORD Presents Donna Freitas with Lauren Mechling — starting at $5.00

• 8:00 PM — C Pam Zhang and Brandon Taylor for HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD — starting at $1.00

Friday, April 16, 2021

• 6:00 PM — Patrick Radden Keefe and Jia Tolentino for EMPIRE OF PAIN — starting at $1.00

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For Writers - Paid

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

• 5:00 PM — Writing an Art Inspired Tone Poem — starting at $22.00

• 7:30 PM — Double Talk: Making Dialogue Work for You with Jeramey Kraatz — starting at $109.00

Thursday, April 15, 2021

• 1:00 PM — Advanced Self-Editing Master Class with Roz Morris (3 days) — starting at $79.00

• 7:00 PM — FROM HEAD TO TOME: How to Self-Edit Your Novel — starting at $15.00

• 7:15 PM — Write Your Novel from the Middle with James Scott Bell — starting at $39.00

Saturday, April 17, 2021

• 8:30 AM — Tight Tense Thrillers with J.P. Pomare — starting at 49 AUD

• 9:30 AM — IDENTITY CRISIS: What is Genre and Why Does it Matter? with Literary Agent Paige Wheeler — starting at $65.00

• 10:00 AM — “Wandered far and wide”: The Long Poem — starting at $75.00

• 10:00 AM — Four Ways to Develop as a Fiction Writer with National Book Critics’ Circle Award Winner Ben Fountain — starting at $175.00

• 10:00 AM — Generative Writing Exercises to Get Your Words Flowing — starting at $52.50

• 10:00 AM — Scrivener 102 — starting at $52.50

• 10:00 AM — The Novel BrainMap: How to create intricate plots and unforgettable character — starting at $25.00

• 10:30 AM — Befriend Your Inner Critic: Skills for a Productive Writing Practice — starting at $75.00

• 10:30 AM — Fingerprints and the Adaptability of Forms: Structure and Syntax in Poetry — starting at $75.00

• 11:00 AM — Launch to Success: Self Publishing in 2021 with Deanna Roy — starting at $109.00

• 1:00 PM — Poetry Month Class: Short Poems with Jessica Abughattas — starting at $24.00

• 1:00 PM — Short Poems with Jessica Abughattas — starting at $24.00

• 8:00 PM — Twitter Pitching: #FUN — starting at $35.00

• 10:30 PM — Marketing for Writers Series: Personal Marketing and Publicity — starting at $75.00

Sunday, April 18, 2021

• 12:30 PM — Experimental Poetry Craft Class with Sarah Vap — starting at $124.00

• 12:30 PM — What’s Left Unsaid: Writing Around and In Spite of the Truth in CNF with Marco Wilkinson — starting at $124.00

• 2:00 PM — The Art & Business of Author Platform with Jane Friedman — starting at $75.00

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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.