Virtual Bookish Events for August 16-22, 2021
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, WP expert Nate Hoffelder, and The Shape of a Star Podcast.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, August 16, 2021
7:00 PM — Danielle Evans on The Office of Historical Corrections with Jennine Capó Crucet
7:00 PM — Poets at the Library: Catherine Doty and John David Muth
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
6:00 PM — Looking Back at Lifescapes 2020: Lee Woodman with Jane Rosenberg LaForge
7:00 PM — Ash Davidson — Author of Damnation Spring at the Odyssey Bookshop
7:00 PM — Cazadora: An Evening with Romina Garber and Zoraida Córdova
7:00 PM — Crystal Wilkinson on Perfect Black with Kelly Norman Ellis
7:00 PM — The Godmothers: An Evening with Camille Aubray and Alisyn Camerota
7:30 PM — Eyal Press presents Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America
8:00 PM — Celebration & Conversation: Megan Stielstra & Khanisha Foster
8:00 PM — Melissa Broder in Conversation With Katherine Morgan
8:00 PM — Patrick Nathan for "Image Control" in conversation with Chris Stedman
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
4:30 AM — Vanessa Berry in conversation with Keri Glastonbury
12:00 PM — Tahmima Anam: The Startup Wife
2:00 PM — Navigating the near future: An evening with Paul Braddon and Jamie Mollart
3:00 PM — Skylit: Queercore Virtual Book Launch
7:00 PM — An Evening of Prose with Paisley Rekdal & Carol Edgarian
7:00 PM — Balancing Fun Family Drama with Romance: Priscilla Oliveras with Reese Ryan
7:00 PM — Preston & Child in Conversation with Christopher Rice
7:30 PM — A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See --Tina Campt in conversation with Ra Malika Imhotep
7:30 PM — Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett present The Very Nice Box in conversation with Joshua Henkin
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Ellen Denham and John C. Foster
Thursday, August 19, 2021
7:00 PM — Anjali Enjeti on The Parted Earth with Suchitra Vijayan
7:00 PM — Another Kind of Eden: An Evening with James Lee Burke and Michael Connelly
7:00 PM — The Disordered Cosmos | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein in conversation with Ytasha Womack
7:30 PM — Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Mama Phife Represents: Hybrid Memoir
9:30 PM — Skylit: We Are the Babysitters Club with Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks
Friday, August 20, 2021
1:00 PM — Wine & Whine with Chandler Baker & Sam Irby: Author Lunch Conversation
3:00 PM — Llewellyn Virtual Author Forum: Tarot: The Best and Worst Questions to Ask Your Cards
Saturday, August 21, 2021
12:00 PM — POETRY FOR HOPE & RESILIENCE: CalPoets' 2021 Virtual Poetry Symposium (2 days)
3:30 PM — Celebration of Poetry with Mary Newell and Billie Chernicoff
4:00 PM — Bookstore Romance Day: Delicious Reads w/ Kate McMurray, Sajni Patel, and Annika Sharma
5:00 PM — Black Innovation: From Dunbar to Black Arts to Today
5:00 PM — Bookstore Romance Day Panel (An Astoria Bookshop 8th Birthday Event)
6:00 PM — Bookstore Romance Day with Martha Waters & Manda Collins
7:00 PM — Book launch: The Forgotten River - an Anacostia Swim Club member anthology
Sunday, August 22, 2021
2:00 PM — Queer Characters Across Genre Fiction
2:00 PM — The Manningtree Witches: An Afternoon with A. K. Blakemore
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
8:15 PM — Write Brain – The Magic System Blueprint
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
1:30 PM — Pro Photo Shoots for Author Branding
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, August 19, 2021
1:30 PM — How to Have a Successful Book Event
7:00 PM — Character Development
7:00 PM — The Anti-racist Writing Workshop by Felicia Rose Chavez
7:00 PM — Tor EDU: How to Author 101
9:00 PM — Writing YA Today: Jonny Garza Villa, Jason June, Sajni Patel
Friday, August 20, 2021
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
8:00 PM — Silvia Moreno-Garcia and S.A. Cosby for VELVET WAS THE NIGHT — starting at $1.00
10:00 PM — Lisa Wells & Mickey Huff: Believers: Making a Life at the End of World — starting at $5.00
Thursday, August 19, 2021
8:00 PM — Elias Rodriques, Kristen Arnett, and Hannah Oliver Depp for ALL THE WATER I'VE SEEN IS RUNNING — starting at $1.00
8:00 PM — Farrah Rochon and Abby Jiminez for THE DATING PLAYBOOK — starting at $15.99
8:30 PM — On the Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness: Da’Shaun Harrison with KaliMa Amilak — starting at $5.00
Saturday, August 21, 2021
2:00 PM — And the Women Gather Annual Book Event with authors Nancy J. Cohen and Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes — starting at $19.00
For Writers - Paid
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
2:00 PM — Mind Music: Writing the Lyric Essay — starting at $15.00
Thursday, August 19, 2021
7:00 PM — Craft Seminar: Unlocking the Box: Writing Personal Essays with Michele Filgate — starting at $100.00
7:15 PM — The Inside Outline: A Simple Tool to Make the Hardest Part of Planning a Novel Go 10x Faster with Jennie Nash — starting at $39.00
Friday, August 20, 2021
10:30 AM — Generative Nonfiction and Fiction Workshop — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Place: Setting Down Roots in Fiction and Nonfiction — starting at $75.00
2:30 PM — Belonging and Alterity: Writing Race, Culture & Identity — starting at $75.00
3:00 PM — My Favorite Writing Tool: A Guide to Using Scrivener — starting at $100.00
4:30 PM — Debut Books of Poetry: Notes on Sounding Like Yourself — starting at $25.00
Saturday, August 21, 2021
9:00 AM — Woodhall Press Writers Conference — starting at $195.00
10:00 AM — How to End a Poem — starting at $70.00
10:30 AM — Developing Memorable Characters — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Finding Your Ending — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Speculative Series: Unlocking a Logic of Magic — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — You’ve Finished Your Book; Now What? — starting at $105.00
12:30 PM — Writing the Ekphrastic Poem: Transforming the Visual into Words with Philip F. Clark — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — EcoEros; a Workshop with Sarah Maclay — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Rock Your Romance Novel — starting at $60.00
Sunday, August 22, 2021
12:30 PM — The Art of Voice with Claire Jimenez — 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.