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
Don’t see your event? I do my best to find as many events as I can, but I always miss some! I don’t add events after the list is posted but please feel free to add links to events in the comments of the post and submit future events via the link below.
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For Readers - Free
Monday, August 31, 2020
6:00 PM — Alyssa Cole and Beverly Jenkins for When No One Is Watching
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Anthony DePalma and Tim Padgett
7:00 PM — Carl Hiaasen in conversation with James Patterson-Online Event
7:00 PM — How to survive in America w Damon Young ft. Samantha Irby presented by City of Asylum
9:00 PM — Vroman’s Local Author Day - Laura Moss White, Sanja Kulenovic, & Jadurani
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
6:00 PM — Best-Selling Author Kevin Kwan In Conversation with Kiley Reid
6:00 PM — Joseph-Beth Booksellers Presents: Brent Weeks and K.S. Villoso on "Creating Great Characters"
6:30 PM — Aimee Nezhukumatathil in conversation with Kiese Laymon for WORLD OF WONDERS
7:00 PM — Authors in Conversation: Stacy McAnulty & Kelly Yang
7:00 PM — Finola Austin in conversation with martha waters: BRONTË’S MISTRESS
7:00 PM — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on The Age of Phillis with Eve Ewing
7:00 PM — Josh Funk Virtual Launch Party!
7:00 PM — Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
7:00 PM — The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes, with Elissa R Sloan
7:30 PM — Launch Party for Lorelei Savaryn’s middle grade debut, THE CIRCUS OF STOLEN DREAMS
8:00 PM — Powell's Books Presents Aiden Thomas in Conversation With Adam Silvera
8:00 PM — SECRET KANSAS CITY: Anne Kniggendorf
9:00 PM — Brian Castleberry, in conversation with Asako Serizawa, presents Nine Shiny Objects
9:00 PM — Lisa Heffernan & Mary Dell Harrington: GROWN & FLOWN
9:00 PM — Stephanie Scott and Lisa See discuss "What’s Left of Me is Yours"
10:00 PM — Third Place Books Presents Brad Balukjian, in conversation with Larry Stone - The Wax Pack
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
3:30 PM — Alta Asks Live: Cartoonists Hilary Campbell and Amy Kurzweil
4:00 PM — Books on Tap Live: Judithe Little
6:00 PM — Author Kevin Kwan at The New School: In Conversation with Vanessa Chan
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Eric Weiner
7:00 PM — Asha Lemmie with Fiona Davis: Fifty Words for Rain
7:00 PM — Fantasy author trio Andrea Hairston, Jenn Lyons, and Ryan Van Loan
7:00 PM — Navigating Politics (and Other Scandals) in Romance with Reese Ryan and Synthia Williams
Thursday, September 3, 2020
2:30 PM — Sisters in Arms
3:30 PM — Prairie Lotus in the Classroom: A Webinar with Linda Sue Park
6:00 PM — Authors In Conversation with Walter Thompson-Hernández and John Branch
7:00 PM — Author Daniel Nayeri Virtual Event
7:00 PM — Bea Koch: Mad and Bad w/ Emma Straub
7:00 PM — Sarah Z. Sleeper in conversation with karen osborn: GAIJIN
7:00 PM — Valeria Luiselli on Lost Children Archive with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
7:30 PM — Nick Flynn presents This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire In conversation with Andre Dubus III
7:30 PM — Poet Lauren Camp: Book Launch
8:00 PM — R.B. Lemberg: THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES in conversation with Kate Elliott
9:00 PM — Charles Rosenberg discusses "The Day Lincoln Lost" with Anne Kenney
9:30 PM — Alexis Daria Virtual Discussion of You Had Me at Hola
10:00 PM — Tori Eldridge, in conversation with Rachel Howzell Hall, discusses The Ninja’s Blade
Friday, September 4, 2020
12:00 PM — The Culture of Calamity
4:30 PM — S.T.A.R. (Stand Together Against Racism) Panel with Jerry Craft, Janae Marks, and Valerie Bolling
7:00 PM — At Home with Literati: Carl Phillips
7:00 PM — Eula Biss: Having and Being Had
7:00 PM — Virtual Book Tour: Kerri Arsenault w/ Bathsheba Demuth
Saturday, September 5, 2020
8:00 PM — Author Talk with Barbara Hannay
8:30 PM — Read For Pixels 2020: Kellye Garrett Reading+Q&A Session
9:00 PM — WLT Presents One Page Salon & Hope Alliance Fundraiser LIVE WEBINAR
Sunday, September 6, 2020
10:30 AM — Read For Pixels 2020: RJ Barker Reading+Q&A Session
1:00 PM — Virtual Book Launch for THE CASE OF THE BAD APPLES at Books of Wonder
2:00 PM — How My Firends Failed at Flirting: Denise Williams with Rosie Danan
6:30 PM — Cooknote: Jubilee Talks with Toni Tipton-Martin Sponsored by Springer Mountain Farms
8:30 PM — Read For Pixels 2020: Meg Gardiner Reading+Q&A Session
For Writers - Free
Monday, August 31, 2020
6:30 PM — How to Pitch A Literary Agent
7:00 PM — Shop Talk with Abdi Nazemian, L.C. Rosen and Aaron H. Aceves
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Friday, September 4, 2020
Sunday, September 6, 2020
12:00 PM — Pitch Wars Mentor Chat: 9/6/20 Adult
For Readers - Paid
Monday, August 31, 2020
7:00 PM — Mike Birbiglia & J. Hope Stein present The New One — starting at $11.51
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
6:00 PM — El Gran Combo featuring Carolina de Robertis, Angie Cruz, and Jaquira Díaz — starting at $20.00
8:00 PM — PEN Out Loud: Yaa Gyasi with Roxane Gay — starting at $20.00
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
7:00 PM — Christina Baker Kline in conversation with kristin hannah: THE EXILES — starting at $32.73
8:00 PM — Khadijah Queen w/ Morgan Parker, Angel Nafis + Camonghne Felix for ANODYNE — starting at $1.00
Thursday, September 3, 2020
6:00 PM — Sandra Brown presents Thick as Thieves in conversation with Jamie Mason — starting at $28.00
10:30 PM — David Sibley: What It's Like to Be a Bird — starting at $5.00
Saturday, September 5, 2020
9:00 PM — Equilibrium: Whose Border? Featuring Bobby Wilson — starting at $10.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
11:00 AM — How to Write a Novel — starting at $50.00
1:00 PM — Loft Fall Lunchtime Sampler Class: Poetry — starting at $5.00
9:00 PM — Weekly Writing Sesh with Lyndsay Hall — starting at $15.00
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
7:00 PM — Loft Fall Evening Sampler Class: Fiction — starting at $5.00
Thursday, September 3, 2020
1:00 PM — Loft Fall Lunchtime Sampler Class: Creative Nonfiction — starting at $5.00
Saturday, September 5, 2020
10:00 AM — Villanelle Crash Course — starting at $50.00
11:00 AM — "Write Before You Write: Outlining, Planning, Plotting" ONLINE with Jennifer Ziegler — starting at $109.00
1:00 PM — Reading Your Work Out Loud — starting at $50.00
3:00 PM — From Flat to ‘All That’: Plot and Outlining Tools that will bring Greater Dimension To Your Stories — starting at $30.00
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.
Thank you for doing this work! Also: on TUES 9/1 at 7pm EST free virtual launch party for ROAD OUT OF WINTER, in partnership with Gramercy Books, featuring original music: https://www.facebook.com/GramercyBooksBexley/photos/a.914042238731543/2089613964507692/?type=3&theater