Virtual Bookish Events for August 3-9, 2020
The Weekly Virtual Bookish Events Newsletter is sent on Sundays and includes the events taking place the following Monday through Sunday. Events are separated into four categories:
For Readers - Free
For Writers - Free
For Readers - Paid
For Writers - Paid
I did my best to find as many events as I could, but I’m sure I missed some! Please feel free to add links to events in the comments of the post. Event planners and authors are encouraged to submit their future events via the link below to avoid getting overlooked.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, August 3, 2020
7:00 PM — Kirstin Valdez Quade on Night of the Fiestas: Stories with Akil Kumarasamy
9:00 PM — Kate Stayman-London discusses "One to Watch" with Morgan Matson
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
11:00 AM — The Wolfson History Prize 2020: the winner’s event
6:00 PM — The Orphan Collector Book Release Party with Author Ellen Marie Wiseman
6:00 PM — Craig DiLouie & Kira Jane Buxton - Q&A and Conversation
6:30 PM — Akwaeke Emezi & Jennifer Baker
7:00 PM — Maria Romasco-Moore and Victoria Lee for Some Kind of Animal
7:00 PM — Wayétu Moore on The Dragons, The Giant, the Women with Enuma Okoro
7:00 PM — Caroline Leavitt Launch, in conversation with B.A. Shapiro
7:00 PM — David Nicholls, author of SWEET SORROW
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Michele Harper and Daniela Lamas
8:00 PM — History Meets Fiction with Tasha Madison and Nancy Huber
9:30 PM — Skylit: The Unidentified by Colin Dickey, with Emily Yoshida, Tess Lynch & Molly Lambert
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
5:00 PM — A Special Culinary Demonstration and Conversation with Author Jackie Alpers and Chef Maria Mazon
6:00 PM — P&P Live! Raven Leilani | LUSTER with Allison P. Davis
7:00 PM — PSB Presents William Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen, From Here to Equality
7:00 PM — Una noche virtual con Ilia Calderón y María Elena Salinas
7:00 PM — S.A. Cosby, Author of Blacktop Wasteland: In Virtual Conversation
7:00 PM — First Wednesday Series reading by poets Ted Lardner & Kathleen Strafford
7:30 PM — Andrew Aydin: The Time is Now. Becoming Agents for Change
8:00 PM — Fresh Fiction Presents: Video Book Club with Lorraine Heath
8:00 PM — In the Middle: a Reading and Discussion with Mike Chen and Kelly McWilliams
10:30 PM — Curt & Ana Warner with Dave Boling: The Warner Boys
Thursday, August 6, 2020
12:00 PM — The Pink Line: Journeying with Mark Gevisser
5:30 PM — Trouble at Home: Susan K. Harris: Mark Twain, the World, and Me
6:00 PM — Nancy Greenspan on Klaus Fuchs interviewed by Kai Bird
7:00 PM — Authors for Truth: Dr. Joan Marie Johnson on Women's Suffrage
7:30 PM — We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World (with Todd Hasak-Lowy)
8:00 PM — Ann Chamberlin | Clogs and Shawls: Mormons, Moorlands, and the Search for Zion
9:30 PM — Books in Common: Larry Watson
9:30 PM — Skylit: Life Events by Karolina Waclawiak, in conversation with Roxane Gay
Friday, August 7, 2020
7:00 AM — Endell Street: A Most Remarkable Military Hospital
6:30 PM — A Virtual Evening with Romina Garber & Tomi Adeyemi
7:00 PM — PSB Presents: Megan Collins with Megan Miranda, Behind the Red Door
Saturday, August 8, 2020
4:00 PM — A Place at the Table Launch
7:00 PM — Virtual Book Celebration for Ash Van Otterloo and Julie Abe
9:00 PM — PubTalk Live 8-8-20 with Amparo Ortiz and Ashley Hearn
Sunday, August 9, 2020
3:00 PM — Virtual Summer Poetry Festival: María Luisa Arroyo & Peter Covino
4:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Susan Minot and Francesca Marciano
For Writers - Free
Monday, August 3, 2020
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
7:00 PM — Writing Diverse Small Town Romance: a #BookChat with Kathy Douglass
7:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, August 6, 2020
7:00 PM — Novel Plot Pacing by the Numbers
7:00 PM — Virtual Craft Happy Hour with Mathangi Subramanian
Friday, August 7, 2020
Saturday, August 8, 2020
For Readers - Paid
Monday, August 3, 2020
7:00 PM — Susan Mallery in conversation with Jill Shalvis — Starting at $26.99
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
10:30 PM — Steve Olson with Kathleen Flenniken: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age — Starting at $5.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, August 3, 2020
6:00 PM — Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Writing as Ceremony — Starting at $10.00
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
6:00 PM — Marita Golden: Voice in Story — Starting at $10.00
Thursday, August 6, 2020
6:00 PM — Emily Bernard: Writing Self Through Others — Starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — The Essentials of Building an Author's Website with Lisa Stringfellow — Starting at $30.00
7:15 PM — The Broader Canvas and How to Use It - with Donald Maass — Starting at $39.00
Friday, August 7, 2020
7:00 PM — Poetry from Here: Adaptive Writing About Place — Starting at $70.00
8:30 PM — Building Castles In The Air with Kate Forsyth — Starting at 49 AUD
Saturday, August 8, 2020
10:00 AM — Breathing Life into Character by Aurelia Wills — Starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Family Stories into Memoir — Starting at $70.00
12:20 PM — The Art of Revising the Poem with Sean Singer — Starting at $124.00
Sunday, August 9, 2020
12:20 PM — Unearthing the Essay: Digging deep and owning your narrative with Ko Im — Starting at $124.00
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.