Virtual Bookish Events for August 1-7, 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, The Shape of a Star Podcast, and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, August 1, 2022
5:00 PM — Live author chat with Dean Koontz
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
3:00 PM — B&N Midday Mystery Presents: Ramona Emerson discusses SHUTTER!
6:00 PM — Chasing Dreams with Iman Hariri-Kia, Author of "A Hundred Other Girls"
7:00 PM — Bookends: An Evening with Zibby Owens and Alisha Fernandez Miranda
7:00 PM — GRUBBIE DEBUTS: EB Bartels with Kelly J. Ford, Good Grief
7:00 PM — NYPL 33 1/3: Author Talk - Lou Reed "Transformer" with musician Ezra Furman
7:00 PM — The Fixer Upper - Lauren Forsythe
8:00 PM — Jayci Lee Booked on a Feeling
9:00 PM — Natasha Marin with Katherine Agyemaa Agard and r. erica doyle
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
2:00 PM — Author Talk With Historian and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dr. Marcia Chatelain
6:00 PM — Madeline Ostrander — At Home on an Unruly Planet - with Laura Helmuth
6:00 PM — YA Panel: Ayana Gray, Kalynn Bayron, and Namina Forna!
7:00 PM — Author Talk with Lisa See
7:30 PM — On the Same Page: Explaining CRT
8:00 PM — Kirk Wallace Johnson | THE FISHERMEN AND THE DRAGON
Thursday, August 4, 2022
2:30 PM — Polari LGBTQ+ Literary Salon: Tufayel Ahmed, Nikita Gill and Raga D’Silva
6:00 PM — Lauren Forsythe In Conversation with Mhairi Macfarlane
7:00 PM — A Half-Built Garden: Ruthanna Emrys in conversation with Ada Palmer
8:00 PM — Five Years of Salaam Reads w/ S.K. Ali, Hanna Alkaf, Linda Sarsour & Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
9:00 PM — This Is Now: Steven W. Thrasher
10:00 PM — Marianne Wiggins: PROPERTIES OF THIRST
Friday, August 5, 2022
3:00 PM — Suzanne Cope in Conversation with Cleo Silvers, Power Hungry
10:00 PM — Joanna Ruth Meyer in discussion with Rosamund Hodge
Saturday, August 6, 2022
1:00 PM — OutWrite 2022 Presents: Cut Buddies: Black Gay Men Write about Friendship
6:30 PM — The Writer's Hotel Virtual Summer Fiction Workshop 2022 Faculty Reading
Sunday, August 7, 2022
4:00 PM — An Afternoon with Suzanne Frischkorn, Mai Der Vang, & Jennifer Elise Forester
5:00 PM — Dime Grinds Author Meet & Greet
For Writers - Free
Monday, August 1, 2022
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
3:00 PM — How to Write Engaging Characters
7:30 PM — Marketing for Storytellers
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Fisk
Thursday, August 4, 2022
7:30 PM — Creating and Performing Tall Tales
Friday, August 5, 2022
Saturday, August 6, 2022
12:30 PM — Dodging Writer's Block
1:30 PM — Let’s Get Intimate
4:00 PM — Recovering the Past: Queer True Crime
5:30 PM — Just One More Page: Suspense Writing in WLW Genre Fiction
For Readers - Paid
Thursday, August 4, 2022
8:30 PM — On Radical Awakening — starting at $20.00
Saturday, August 6, 2022
4:15 PM — [margins.] & PEN America Present: "Supporting Writers who are Incarcerated" — starting at $20.00
4:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "A Reading with Patricia Smith" — starting at $20.00
Sunday, August 7, 2022
3:00 PM — [margins.] Presents "A Reading & Celebration with TORCH Literary Arts" — starting at $20.00
Please note: [margins.] sessions can be purchased individually or you can purchase a weekend pass.
For Writers - Paid
Monday, August 1, 2022
7:00 PM — Writing as a _______: Advocate, Ally, Motivator, Creator...what's your blank? — starting at $25.00
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
3:00 PM — Tarot Tuesdays Creative Writing Workshop — starting at $70.00
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
6:00 PM — Memoir Writing with Marita Golden — starting at $70.00
Thursday, August 4, 2022
1:00 PM — Research Agents and Publishers Like a Pro — starting at $70.00
7:00 PM — Publishing for Free: Managing the risks of "no-cost" publication — starting at $70.00
Friday, August 5, 2022
10:30 AM — From Audience to Critic: Crafting Reviews — starting at $105.00
Willamette Writers Conference (3 days) — starting at $70.00
Saturday, August 6, 2022
10:00 AM — Beyond the Memoir: Writing Personal, Creative Nonfiction (and Getting It Published) — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — Creating the Framework for Stories that Sell — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — Poetry Basics — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — Using Color To Manifest Character in Your Fiction — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — Writing with Consistency and Courage — starting at $124.00
10:30 AM — Flexibility in Form: Poetry and Prose — starting at $124.00
10:30 AM — Point of View in Fiction, Part II: Degrees of Omniscience — starting at $124.00
10:30 AM — When the Community Becomes a Character: The Power of Place in Fiction — starting at $299.00
11:00 AM — [margins.] Presents "Movement Building & New Publishing Spaces" — starting at $70.00
11:00 AM — You've Finished Your Book, Now What? — starting at $25.00
12:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "How to Write Circles Around Others" — starting at $30.00
12:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "YAY! I’m (Going to Be) Published. Now What?" — starting at $20.00
12:30 PM — Writing & Performing the Monologue Craft talk with Jayne Benjulian — starting at $5.00
12:30 PM — Writing in Hybrid Forms: A Generative Workshop with Leah Umansky — starting at $20.00
2:30 PM — How to Structure and Analyze a Great Scene — starting at $20.00
2:30 PM — The Poem as Intimate Space — starting at $20.00
3:00 PM — [margins.] Presents "Neurodivergence, Madness, and Form" — starting at $25.00
3:00 PM — [margins.] Presents "The Beauty and Crisis of Writing Climate" — starting at $20.00
4:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "Stranded in Submission Limbo" — starting at $20.00
5:30 PM — [margins.] Presents "Reserving a Seat at the Table We’ve Made" — starting at $20.00
5:30 PM — [margins.] Presents "Self-Publishing 101" — starting at $20.00
Sunday, August 7, 2022
11:00 AM — [margins.] Presents "Cities Come Alive: Lenses for Diverse Children" — starting at $20.00
11:00 AM — [margins.] Presents "Query 101" — starting at $20.00
12:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "Identity and Self-Love In the Time of Book Bans" — starting at $20.00
12:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "On Queer Re-Tellings" — starting at $20.00
12:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "Resisting the Commodification of Disabled Identities" — starting at $20.00
12:30 PM — Strategies for Revision: a Poetry Workshop with Justin Wymer — starting at $20.00
3:00 PM — [margins.] Presents "Paths to Publication in Poetry" — starting at $20.00
3:00 PM — [margins.] Presents "Writing Rom-Coms: Tropes, Timing & the Perfect Kiss" — starting at $20.00
4:00 PM — Getting Published in Literary Journals — starting at $20.00
4:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "KidLit in Color: Anti-Racism for Young Readers" — starting at $20.00
4:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "Nonfiction & the Storyteller" — starting at $20.00
4:15 PM — [margins.] Presents "Paths to Publication in Fiction" — starting at $20.00
Please note: [margins.] sessions can be purchased individually or you can purchase a weekend pass.
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.
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