Virtual Bookish Events for April 4-10, 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.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, April 4, 2022
6:30 PM — Black Sound as Liberation Technology ft. Camae Aweya, Anaïs Duplan, & Taylor Johnson
7:00 PM — A Reading and Discussion with award-winning poet Paul Tran
7:00 PM — Mia Sosa and Nichole Perkins for THE WEDDING CRASHER
7:30 PM — Café Muse featuring Barbara Goldberg and J.C. Todd.
7:30 PM — Erika Meitner: Useful Junk
7:30 PM — Words out Loud: Mark Fishbein and Nancy Pagh (poetry)
8:00 PM — Elizabeth Alexander and Mahogany L. Browne in celebration of THE TRAYVON GENERATION
8:00 PM — Mickey Rowe — Fearlessly Different - with Emily Ladau
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
1:00 PM — And a Dog Called Fig: An Afternoon with Helen Humphreys & Mark Doty
5:00 PM — De Nichols—The Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution
5:30 PM — Paula McLain — WHEN THE STARS GO DARK - with Regina Brett
6:00 PM — Dorothy Roberts — Torn Apart - with Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor
7:00 PM — Grubbie Debuts: Betty Yee with Shelley Berg, Gold Mountain
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
12:00 PM — Author Talk with Kari Gunter-Seymour Poet Laureate of Ohio
12:00 PM — Jim Al-Khalili | The Joy of Science
6:00 PM — Packing for Mars for Kids: An Evening with Mary Roach & Brad Meltzer
7:00 PM — Alyssa Colman Celebrates THE TARNISHED GARDEN, in conversation with Heather Kassner
7:00 PM — An Evening with Kaveh Akbar, L. Lamar Wilson, and Elizabeth Metzger
8:00 PM — Jane Austen in YA Virtual Event
8:00 PM — Jennifer Natalya Fink, author of ALL OUR FAMILIES, and Kate Washington!
8:00 PM — Lilly Singh | Be A Triangle
8:00 PM — You Are More Than Magic with Minda Harts
9:00 PM — WeHo Reads: Trans | Future | Poetics
Thursday, April 7, 2022
7:00 PM — Ashley Woodfolk—Nothing Burns as Bright as You-with Amber McBride
7:00 PM — Ecological Gardening: Companion Planting and Other Earth-Friendly Practices
7:00 PM — Healer and Witch / Glass Slippers Middle Grade Fantasy Celebration
7:00 PM — Live & In Conversation: Lilly Singh
8:00 PM — Katya Kazbek, author of LITTLE FOXES TOOK UP MATCHES, and Sophia Shalmiyev!
8:00 PM — Martha Waters To Marry and to Meddle
9:00 PM — An Online Reading of New Works From Amy Uyematsu & Chuck Rosenthal
Friday, April 8, 2022
4:45 PM — Chantal V. Johnson — Post-Traumatic - with Myriam Gurba
6:00 PM — Civil Forum: MAiD in Canada
6:00 PM — Monica Huerta with Namwali Serpell
8:00 PM — Alka Joshi — The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
Saturday, April 9, 2022
1:30 PM — Charlotte Offsay Virtual Book Launch & Storytime: A Grandma's Magic
4:00 PM — Treva B. Lindsey's “America Goddam,” with Marc Lamont Hill
7:30 PM — Against Heaven: Kemi Alabi in conversation with Phillip B. Williams
8:00 PM — Paper Plains Literary Festival: Colson Whitehead, "Harlem Shuffle"
Sunday, April 10, 2022
1:00 PM — 2022 Ezra Jack Keats Award Celebration
2:00 PM — TREEHOUSE: Air by Monica Roe
For Writers - Free
Monday, April 4, 2022
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with author and BuzzFeed News inequality editor Albert Samaha
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Danny
Friday, April 8, 2022
Saturday, April 9, 2022
1:30 PM — The Power of Setting with Connie Berry
Sunday, April 10, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
7:00 PM — Books that Changed My Life: BIG MAGIC - Elizabeth GIlbert and Maggie Smith in conversation — starting at $15.00
9:00 PM — Daisy Pitkin and Kim Kelly for ON THE LINE — starting at $1.00
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
8:00 PM — Treva B. Lindsey and Derecka Purnell for AMERICA, GODDAM — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, April 4, 2022
2:00 PM — Poetry As Spiritual Practice--Creative writing workshop — starting at $10.00
6:00 PM — Overcoming Rejection for Writers — starting at $10.00
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
9:00 AM — The 30-Day Spring Writing Circle with Diane Zinna, Author of The All-Night Sun — starting at $200.00
2:00 PM — Tarot Tuesday--Prompt-based generative writing workshop — starting at $5.00
6:00 PM — Busting Myths About Parenting and Writing — starting at $10.00
8:00 PM — Identifying and Cultivating Your Author Brand — starting at $69.00
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
7:00 PM — Poetry As Spiritual Practice--Creative Writing Workshop — starting at $10.00
Thursday, April 7, 2022
9:00 AM — Poetry As Spiritual Practice--Creative Writing Workshop — starting at $10.00
6:00 PM — Submission Roulette — starting at $10.00
7:15 PM — Point of View: Voice and Character Through a Creative Kaleidoschope with Sheree Greer — starting at $39.00
Friday, April 8, 2022
10:30 AM — Friday Fiction Generator — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Marketing for Writers: Publicity — starting at $75.00
Saturday, April 9, 2022
10:00 AM — Getting Your Word Out: Polishing, Submitting, and Marketing Your Writing — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — The Art and Craft of Writing Disability — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Writing Personal Essays that Get Published — starting at $52.50
10:30 AM — Getting Unstuck — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Horror Flash Fiction — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Reclaiming the Body — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Screenwriting Tricks for Fiction Writers — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Story Structure and The Monomyth — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Poetic Mechanics: All About Form — starting at $109.00
12:00 PM — A Crash Course in the Lyric Essay — starting at $30.00
12:00 PM — Law for Writers: Book Contracts with Joseph Perry, Esq. — starting at $10.00
12:30 PM — Danger & Daring II: A Lyric Essay Class with Tyler Mills — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Poetry: The Power of the Line — starting at $70.00
2:30 PM — Creating Three-Dimensional Characters — starting at $30.00
Sunday, April 10, 2022
12:30 PM — Rising Action, the Engine of Story with Barbara Blatner — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — Using Language as Immediacy Instrument & Mystery Machine: A Generative Workshop with Jennifer Militello — starting at $124.00
4:00 PM — Persisting as a Short Story Writer with A. T. Greenblatt — starting at $55.00
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.