Virtual Bookish Events for December 6-12, 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 and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, December 6, 2021
11:00 AM — Africa Writes - Exeter Presents: Cherie Jones’s How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
7:00 PM — Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham, Gene Yang, Vera Brosgol & Jerry Craft
7:00 PM — The Trouble with White Women: An Evening with Kyla Schuller and Jules Gill-Peterson
7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 39: Jennifer Chang, David Lynn and Edward Zwick
7:30 PM — Café Muse featuring poets Donika Kelly and Jay Rogoff
8:00 PM — Let's Celebrate Love...and Latkes
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
1:00 PM — White on White: An Afternoon with Ayşegül Savaş and Brandon Taylor
7:00 PM — JEFFERY DEAVER on THE MIDNIGHT LOCK with Steve Berry
8:00 PM — Best Women's Erotica of the Year Volume 7 Launch Event
8:00 PM — Jennifer Golub and Anna Brockway: Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
11:00 AM — International Brigade Against Apartheid: Secrets of the People's War that Liberated South Africa
5:00 PM — Authors In Conversation with Todd Doughty and Lynn Wiese Sneyd
6:00 PM — Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (MY MONTICELLO) in conversation with Karen Dukess
7:00 PM — An Evening with Sandra Lim, Natasha Rao, and Devon Walker-Figueroa
7:00 PM — Lily King Discusses 'Writers & Lovers'
9:00 PM — Tom Bissell, in conversation with Owen King, Creative Types: And Other Stories
Thursday, December 9, 2021
6:00 PM — Sharon M. Draper in conversation with Jamie Sumner
7:00 PM — IT’S A WONDERFUL BOOK talk with Karolyn Grimes a.k.a. “Zuzu Bailey” and Hartford Stage
7:30 PM — Deanne Quinn Miller & Gary Craig: The Prison Guard’s Daughter
8:00 PM — Matthew Charles, author of YOU CAN NOT BURN THE SUN, and Charles Edward Payne
10:00 PM — Meg Waite Clayton: The Postmistress of Paris
Friday, December 10, 2021
Sunday, December 12, 2021
1:00 PM — Literary Modiin December Author Event with Kathleen Alcala, Sidura Ludwig & Marcela Sulak
4:00 PM — Russel and Mary Wright Dragon Rock at Manitoga; a conversation with Jennifer Golub and Allison Cross
8:00 PM — Open Mouth Presents: A Reading with Gabrielle Calvocoressi & Rajiv Mohabir
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
1:00 PM — Inside Writing with literary agent and novelist Eric Smith
1:30 PM — Writing Your About the Author to Sell More Books and Book More Business
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Savannah Lovette
Friday, December 10, 2021
Saturday, December 11, 2021
2:00 PM — Writing for the Middle Grade Audience
6:00 PM — Patrons and Payments With Cat Rambo
Sunday, December 12, 2021
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
6:00 PM — Jason Reynolds, Raúl the Third, and Jerry Craft for STUNTBOY, IN THE MEANTIME — starting at $13.99
7:00 PM — Michael J Fox, No Time Like the Future — starting at $5.00
Sunday, December 12, 2021
3:00 PM — Open Mouth Presents: A Workshop with Rajiv Mohabir — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, December 6, 2021
7:00 PM — Censorship & Book Banning: An Important and Timely Discussion — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
7:00 PM — Musically Inspired Workshop--Generative writing to music-based prompts — starting at $5.00
Thursday, December 9, 2021
1:00 PM — Create an Author Website in 24 Hours or Less with Jane Friedman — starting at $99.99
7:15 PM — The Ones We Love to Hate with Henry Neff — starting at $39.00
Friday, December 10, 2021
10:00 AM — Overcoming Writer's Block — starting at $150.00
10:00 AM — Boundless Poetry: Writing Our Own Rules — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Experimenting with Form: The Hermit Crab Essay — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Research Tools for Authentic Historical Fiction and Nonfiction — starting at $52.50
10:30 AM — Creating Binge-Worthy Characters — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Nonfiction Book Proposal Crash Course — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Death Scene: Slow Burn or Shot to the Heart — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — You've Finished Your Book, Now What? — starting at $105.00
12:00 PM — Inspired By Images: Ekphrastic Writing — starting at $63.00
12:30 PM — Ekphrasis: Writing Inspired by Art with Suzanne Parker — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — The Power of Metaphor in Speculative Poetry With Terese Mason Pierre — starting at $75.00
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.