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 do my best to find as many events as I can, but I always miss 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 17, 2020
6:00 PM — P&P Live! Kurt Andersen | EVIL GENIUSES
7:00 PM — Live with Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Ross Gay: World of Wonders
7:00 PM — Michelle Good: Five Little Indians
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and Lonnie G. Bunch III
7:00 PM — Author talk with Karen White
7:00 PM — Underdog Revolution, Author Chat
9:00 PM — Jeff Hobbs discusses "Show Them You’re Good" with Steve Lopez
9:30 PM — Skylit: The Unreality of Memory by Elisa Gabbert, with Brandon Taylor
10:00 PM — Third Place Books Presents Shruti Swamy, in conversation with Angela Garbes - A House is a Body
10:00 PM — Virtual Event- Nina Sadowsky Discussing Convince Me
10:30 PM — Dr. Will DePaolo & Julie O'Brien - Fermented Foods and Gut Health
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
2:00 PM — MacLib Chats with Angie Cruz
2:00 PM — Matt Haig: The Midnight Library
3:00 PM — Reader Meet Writer | Adam Rutherford, 'How to Argue With a Racist'
4:00 PM — Camp Explore: RL Stine
6:00 PM — P&P Live! Will Howell & Terry Moe
7:00 PM — Joshilyn Jackson with Kelly Quindlen & Becky Albertalli
7:00 PM — Zerlina Maxwell, author of THE END OF WHITE POLITICS: HOW TO HEAL OUR LIBERAL DIVIDE
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Adam Rutherford and Thomas Chatterton Williams
7:00 PM — PSB Presents: Jennifer De Leon with Celeste Ng, Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
7:00 PM — Wayétu Moore on The Dragons, The Giant, the Women: A Memoir with Enuma Okoro II
7:00 PM — Jessica Gross (Hysteria) In Conversation with Marie-Helene Bertino
7:00 PM — LIVE- Aimee Nezhukumatathil: World of Wonders w/ Mira Jacob
7:45 PM — Authors Uncovered presents Karen Rose
8:00 PM — Northernmost: Peter Geye Book Launch
8:00 PM — LOATHE AT FIRST SIGHT Launch Event (Suzanne Park In Conversation With Roselle Lim)
9:30 PM — Skylit: A Room with a Darker View by Claire Phillips, with Emily Rapp Black
10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Alexandra Fuller | TRAVEL LIGHT, MOVE FAST
10:00 PM — Third Place Books presents Margaret Owen, in conversation with Tara Sim - The Faithless Hawk
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
1:00 PM — The Stealth War
3:30 PM — Alta Asks Live: Josie Iselin
6:00 PM — Authors In Conversation with Walter Thompson-Hernández and John Branch
7:00 PM — Brandon Hobson on Where the Dead Sit Talking with Brian Young
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Sarah Chayes and Victoria Wilson
7:00 PM — Laura Lippman, Author of My Life as a Villainess: In Virtual Conversation
7:00 PM — Forever Summer Series: Leslie A. Kelly + April Hunt
7:00 PM — Kim Johnson: This Is My America
7:00 PM — PSB Presents: Aimee Nezhukumatathil with Hanif Abdurraqib, World of Wonders
8:00 PM — Fresh Fiction Presents: Video Book Club with Susan Elizabeth Phillips
10:00 PM — Andrew Holecek hosted by Copperfield's Books
10:30 PM — Jonathan Slaght: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
Thursday, August 20, 2020
1:00 PM — Book Release Reading with Darin Strauss presented by NYU
7:00 PM — Meet the Author: David James Poissant
7:00 PM — Virtual Author Visit: Roselle Lim
7:00 PM — Chika Unigwe on Better Never Than Late with E.C. Osondu
7:00 PM — LOATHE AT FIRST SIGHT Release Bookstore Event (Suzanne Park In Conversation with Alexa Martin)
7:00 PM — 8 for 8 Parapalooza!
7:00 PM — RWR Presents a Sneak Peak with Jennifer Haupt and Garth Stein!(Plus special guests!)
7:00 PM — A Conversation with Former City Manager Sheryl Sculley
7:00 PM — Still Queer: Mira Jacob In Conversation With Alexander Chee and Dustin Schell
7:30 PM — Arlington Author Salon
9:00 PM — Charles Rosenberg discusses "The Day Lincoln Lost" with Alexandre Petri
9:30 PM — Skylit: The New Wilderness by Diane Cook, with Jane Marie
10:00 PM — Gail Noble-Sanderson, The Lavender Bees of Meuse - Fiction!
10:00 PM — Virtual Event! Jeff Hobbs, in conversation with Helen Thorpe - Show Them You're Good
10:30 PM — BJ Cummings with James Rasmussen & Paulina Lopez: The River That Made Seattle
Friday, August 21, 2020
12:00 PM — Columbus Nasfic 2020
1:00 PM — Book Your Summer Live: Debut Authors
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Akwaeke Emezi and Nicole Dennis-Benn
7:30 PM — Celebrating Jordan Ifueko's RAYBEARER with Patrice Caldwell and Mark Oshiro
10:00 PM — Mysterious Galaxy Presents: Brent Weeks and Andrea Stewart on "Magic Systems"
Saturday, August 22, 2020
1:00 PM — "Babies Bond" Book Launch with Phoebe Fox & Jim Fox
7:00 PM — Virtual Author Chat Series in Celebration of Romance Awareness Month with Adriana Herrera
Sunday, August 23, 2020
2:00 PM — Fourth Sundays: Penelope Moffet & Jose Hernandez Diaz
2:00 PM — Launch Party for A GIFT FOR AMMA, a picture book to travel to India!
4:00 PM — SHP Presents: Kimiko Hahn, Mervyn Taylor, and Nick Makoha
8:00 PM — Red Sky Over Hawaii - Author Talk
For Writers - Free
Monday, August 17, 2020
9:00 AM — #Edits4BlackSFF (Ends 8/21)
7:00 PM — Launch party for Looking for Miss America: A Pageant’s 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
3:00 PM — LIVE Webinar with Tiffany Yates Martin - How to Weave in Backstory (without losing your readers)
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020
4:00 PM — Benjamin Bards: A Poetry Workshop
7:30 PM — A Writing Conversation with Rea Frey and Hank Phillippi Ryan
Saturday, August 22, 2020
9:00 PM — PubTalk Live with editor T.S. Ferguson
Sunday, August 23, 2020
For Readers - Paid
Monday, August 17, 2020
1:00 PM — Isabel Wilkerson on the Hidden Power of Caste — starting at £9.99
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
6:00 PM — Fatima Bhutto with Susan Abulhawa: The Runaways — starting at $30.56
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
7:00 PM — Chanel Miller presents Know My Name in paperback! — starting at $11.51
Saturday, August 22, 2020
10:30 AM — Freddy Silva - August 22nd, 2020 — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Author Talk with Lisa See — starting at $50.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, August 17, 2020
6:30 PM — Monday Night Poetry Workshop with Silvina López Medin via Zoom — starting at $250.00
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
7:00 PM — Picture Book Publishing: Tips from 6 Debut Authors — starting at $10.00
8:00 PM — Marketing 101 for Authors — starting at $20.00
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
8:30 PM — Query & Pages Panel With Agent Kayla Lightner — starting at $9.95
Saturday, August 22, 2020
10:00 AM — Away from the Desk: Residencies, Conferences, Fellowships, and More — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — The Publishing Evolution — starting at $20.00
10:30 AM — Critical Art Writing 101 — starting at $79.81
1:00 PM — Afternoon Dialogue Intensive: Authentic Dialogue Across Genre — starting at $87.50
Sunday, August 23, 2020
1:30 PM — Our Silent Voice: Write Your #Metoo Stories — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Positionality and Purpose: Writing Social Justice and Equity in Kidlit with Breanna McDaniel — starting at $30.00
3:00 PM — Intermediate Fiction II: Make A Scene — starting at $60.00
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.
Free virtual author chat with Adriana Herrera https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-author-chat-series-adriana-herrera-tickets-116967102753?aff=erelpanelorg
Free virtual author chat with Casey McQuiston https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-author-chat-series-casey-mcquiston-tickets-116966699547?aff=ebdssbeac