Virtual Bookish Events for April 17-23, 2023
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, The Shape of a Star Podcast and Gathr: Host Bookish Events.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, April 17, 2023
6:00 PM — 2023 Ezra Jack Keats Awards Celebration
7:30 PM — Jessica Q. Stark: Buffalo Girl
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:00 PM — Don Winslow's CITY OF DREAMS!
4:00 PM — Art & Crime In Books: Author Talk with Cordy Abbott
6:00 PM — WHAT IT COST US: Celebrate Youth Voices and DC Resilience
7:00 PM — The Radical Imagination of Sex Workers
8:00 PM — American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Perfect Tree
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
2:30 PM — The Language of Food - Eliza Acton
7:00 PM — Winning Words: A Reading with the 2023 BLR Prize Winners
7:30 PM — Navigating Publishing as a Deaf Author with Sara Nović
8:00 PM — Live Interview with Acclaimed Sci-Fi Author Joe Haldeman!
8:00 PM — The Big Texas Author Talk: Steve Adams with Ramona Reeves
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Meg Elison and Nisi Shawl
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:00 AM — Environment Special - Mr Dilly Meets authors Natasha Farrant & Emma Carroll
4:00 PM — Andrea L. Rogers & Jeff Edwards - Man Made Monsters
7:00 PM — An Evening of Poetry with Forrest Gander, Francine J. Harris, and Jennifer Grotz
Friday, April 21, 2023
Saturday, April 22, 2023
12:00 PM — Jade Song: Chlorine
8:00 PM — Reading & Conversation: Eileen Myles & Nate Lippens
For Writers - Free
Monday, April 17, 2023
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
4:00 PM — Burnout 101: Beyond Exhaustion and Overwork With Raffael Boccamazzo, PsyD
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan & Sarah Fisk
Thursday, April 20, 2023
7:00 PM — Craft Chat on Fiction with Kelly Link
8:00 PM — Bringing the Past to Life: Writing Historical Fiction and Nonfiction
Friday, April 21, 2023
Saturday, April 22, 2023
For Readers - Paid
Monday, April 17, 2023
7:00 PM — Gretchen Rubin Presents LIFE IN FIVE SENSES — starting at $34.00
7:00 PM — V.E. Schwab in conversation with Tochi Onyebuchi — starting at $28.29
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
12:00 PM — Online Book Talk with Nathacha Appanah — starting at $5.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, April 17, 2023
9:00 PM — Creating Compelling Characters — starting at $20.00
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
1:00 PM — Pitch Your Book in 2 Sentences — starting at $25.00
1:00 PM — The Art of Telling the Truth — starting at $130.00
2:00 PM — Write Tight: Strategies for Creating Compelling Flash Fiction & Micro-Memoir with Heather Sellers — starting at $25.00
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:00 PM — The World of Lit Mags: How to Get Published and More — starting at $65.00
7:15 PM — How to Write Your Way Out of a Corner with Steven James — starting at $39.00
8:00 PM — You've Written Your Novel, Now What? — starting at $35.00
Friday, April 21, 2023
9:00 AM — The Nuts and Bolts of Novel Planning: Setup and Payoff — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Creating Compelling Characters — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Imagining the Gaps: Memoir Between the Lines — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Mortal Combat! Writing the Fight Scene — starting at $85.00
Saturday, April 22, 2023
9:00 AM — How Photography Can Inspire & Spark Creativity in Your Writing — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — Scrivener 102 — starting at $55.50
10:30 AM — Lifting Off: The Art of the Poem's Beginning — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Lying to Themselves: Your Characters' Misbeliefs — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Writing Messy Queer Characters — starting at $85.00
11:00 AM — Closing the Circle: Writing Endings in Fiction with Jessica Wilbanks — starting at $119.00
11:00 AM — Submitting to Paid Literary Markets — starting at $92.50
12:00 PM — Worldbuilding: You’ve Got the Whole World in Your Hands — starting at $10.00
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.