Virtual Bookish Events for December 7-13, 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 (none this week)
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, December 7, 2020
4:00 PM — Happy Half Hour with Linda Castillo
7:00 PM — American Monster Reading presented by City of Asylum
7:00 PM — Frederick Kaufman: The Money Plot
7:00 PM — Heather Clark discusses Red Comet
10:00 PM — Virtual Event - Rachel Mans McKenny in conversation with Premee Mohamed
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
11:00 AM — What Could Go Wrong? Jews in Futurist Fiction - Phil M. Cohe, and Jamie Krakover
3:00 PM — The Art of Screen Adaptation: Jeremy Brock in conversation with Alistair Owen
6:00 PM — A YEAR OF EVERYDAY WONDERS Launch Event with Cheryl B. Klein
6:00 PM — Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol Storytime with Arthur A. Levine
7:00 PM — Wilde Readings with Guest Authors Rose Solari and E. Doyle Gillespie
7:00 PM — All We Can Save: An Evening with Sarah Miller, Jainey K. Bavishi and Jane Gilbert
7:00 PM — Christopher Golden Launch, in conversation with Alma Katsu
7:00 PM — Tessa Wegert: The Dead Season, in conversation with Wendy Walker
7:30 PM — Rick Bursky: Let’s Become a Ghost Story
8:00 PM — Megan E. O'Keefe & Kristyn Merbeth - Q&A and Conversation
8:00 PM — Priscilla Paton's "Should Grace Fail"
9:00 PM — Rebecca Walker And Lily Diamond Discuss What’s Your Story: A Journal For Everyday Evolution
9:00 PM — Year of Living Kindly with Donna Cameron and Garret Hunt
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
3:30 PM — Alta Asks Live: Ken Layne
4:00 PM — Sleuths in Time Holiday Tea
5:00 PM — Authors Timothy Egan and Joe Drape in Conversation with Mark Woodhams
6:00 PM — An Evening with David Slayton
7:00 PM — Alan Doyle: All Together Now
7:00 PM — American Gospel: A Virtual Evening with Lin Enger and Thomas Maltman
7:00 PM — Evicted: An Evening with Matthew Desmond
7:00 PM — On Confederate Statues in America: Connor Towne O'Neill
7:00 PM — Varian Johnson & Shannon Wright in conversation with Jeff Kinney
10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Terry Tempest Williams | EROSION: ESSAYS OF UNDOING
Thursday, December 10, 2020
3:00 PM — Book launch of VERBAL by Peter Murphy
7:00 PM — Beat Scrapbook with Poet Gerald Nicosia; Hosted by Chicago Newsman Rick Kogan
7:00 PM — Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James in conversation with Jeff Kinney
Friday, December 11, 2020
3:00 PM — Llewellyn's Virtual Author Forum: Celebrating Yule
7:00 PM — Writer to Writer: Laura van den Berg & Nina McConigley
Saturday, December 12, 2020
4:00 PM — Reading for Young People: Nikki Grimes
Sunday, December 13, 2020
4:00 PM — Jonathan Stutzman & Heather Fox
6:30 PM — Erosion: Essays of Undoing--An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams in Conversation with Linda Bryant
7:00 PM — Author Talk: All the Love in the World
For Writers - Free
Monday, December 7, 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
1:30 PM — Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas & Bess Carnan
Thursday, December 10, 2020
1:30 PM — Websites for Authors: A Necessary Evil
Friday, December 11, 2020
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020
For Readers - Paid
Monday, December 14, 2020
6:00 PM — Marie Benedict Virtual Book Talk — starting at $30.00
For Writers - Paid
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
7:00 PM — Napa Valley Writers Presents: Writing Fantasy While Doomscrolling — starting at $5.00
Thursday, December 10, 2020
6:00 PM — Learning by Listening: Research Techniques for Creative Writers — starting at $52.50
7:15 PM — Fiction that Transcends Our Time with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00
Friday, December 11, 2020
10:30 AM — Developing Your Memoir: Finding Your Structure — starting at $75.00
6:00 PM — How to Get Published in Recommended Reading — starting at $10.00
Saturday, December 12, 2020
10:00 AM — You've Finished Your Book, Now What? Pitch It! — starting at $105.00
11:00 AM — Pacing and Motivation: What Novelists Can Learn from Screenwriters with Richard Santos — starting at $109.00
11:00 AM — Poetry Workshop: Slaying Shame, Bringing Wholeness to the Page — starting at $25.00
12:30 PM — Working with What You’ve Got: Using Memory and Family History as Source Material for Fiction with Lena Valencia — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — Planning Your Tabletop RPG Campaign with Monica Valentinelli — starting at $99.00
2:00 PM — Descriptive Language — starting at $70.00
2:00 PM — Research Tools for Authentic Historical Nonfiction and Fiction — starting at $52.50
4:00 PM — The First Novel Draft Blues: How to Revise and Rewrite with Cat Rambo — starting at $99.00
Sunday, December 13, 2020
12:30 PM — TV Structure for Novella Writers with Margaret Dunlap — starting at $99.00
4:00 PM — Christmas in Narnia: Creating Traditions for Fictional Cultures with Evan J. Peterson — starting at $99.00
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.