Virtual Bookish Events for February 1-7, 2021

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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

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, February 1, 2021

• 7:00 PM — LOVE IN ENGLISH by Maria E. Andreu Book Birthday Eve Instagram Live with Becky Albertalli (YA)

• 7:00 PM — Grubbie Debuts: Nancy Johnson with Jean Kwok, The Kindest Lie

• 7:00 PM — Haki Madhubuti: Taught By Women, Poems as Resistance Language

• 7:00 PM — Transect Urbanism: Readings in Human Ecology: An Evening with Andrés Duany and Brian Falk

• 7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 1: Former U.S. Poets Laureate Rita Dove & Billy Collins

• 7:30 PM — Café Muse featuring poets Lindsay Lusby and Charlotte Matthews

• 8:00 PM — Live Book Discussion: All the Horrors of War: A Mother-Daughter Conversation

• 9:00 PM — Faye Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman In Conversation

• 9:00 PM — Sarah Langan in conversation with Hilarie Burton

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee, with Traci Thomas

• 10:00 PM — Launch event for Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman's debut novel GIRLS WITH BRIGHT FUTURES in conversation with Kelly Herrington

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

• 1:00 PM — Authors in Conversation: Melanie Finn and Claire Fuller

• 6:00 PM — Thomas Healy presents Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia

• 7:00 PM — Launch party for Joel Burcat's environmental legal thriller, AMID RAGE

• 7:00 PM — Abby Schneiderman, Adam Seifer & Gene Newman IN CASE YOU GET HIT BY A BUS

• 7:00 PM — Bookmarks Presents John Hart in Conversation with Patricia Cornwell

• 7:00 PM — Crystal Maldonado — author of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega at the Odyssey Bookshop (YA)

• 7:00 PM — In Conversation: Jean François Ménard & Tessa Virtue

• 7:00 PM — Poetry & Conversation: Carl Phillips with Lia Purpura

• 7:00 PM — Rajani LaRocca with Kate Messner: Red, White, and Whole (MG)

• 7:00 PM — Renée Watson and Elizabeth Acevedo Discusses Love is a Revolution

• 7:00 PM — Rose Szabo and S.T. Gibson for WHAT BIG TEETH

• 7:00 PM — The Last Exit, with author Michael Kaufman

• 7:00 PM — The Project: A Virtual Evening with Courtney Summers (YA)

• 7:30 PM — Book Release Party for "Follow That Frog!"

• 8:00 PM — Jane Harper in conversation with Michael Koryta: THE SURVIVORS launch event

• 8:00 PM — YA Authors Anna Carey & Jenny Han discuss Carey's new YA thriller THIS IS NOT THE JESS SHOW

• 8:30 PM — Skylit: Deesha Philyaw, Colette Sartor, and Sejal Shah in conversation

• 9:00 PM — Carla Malden, with Joe Di Prisco, discusses Shine Until Tomorrow

• 10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Gretel Ehrlich | UNSOLACED

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

• 6:00 PM — LOVE IN ENGLISH Launch Event with Maria E. Andreu in conversation with Kimberly Jones, and Gilly Segal

• 6:00 PM — Wild Swims with Dorthe Nors, Merritt Wever, and Brigid Hughes

• 7:00 PM — Virtual Book Launch Party: Widowish, A Memoir by Melissa Gould

• 7:00 PM — Milk Blood Heat: A Virtual Evening with Dantiel W. Moniz and Lauren Groff

• 7:30 PM — Susanna Calkins and Lori Rader-Day in conversation (A Book Stall Event)

• 7:30 PM — Valerie Wilson Wesley with V.M. Burns

• 8:00 PM — Author Conversation: Gabriel Bump & Melissa Faliveno

• 8:00 PM — Joshua Hood discusses Robert Ludlum’s The Treadstone Exile

• 9:00 PM — Denise Hamilton, Stephen Blackmoore, S. Qiouyi Lu, and Ben Winters present Speculative Los Angeles

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: White Feminism by Koa Beck, with Claire Messud

• 10:00 PM — Story Hour: Marie Brennan and Ben Monroe

Thursday, February 4, 2021

• 1:00 PM — Teen Q & A with Author Kwame Alexander

• 6:00 PM — A Virtual Conversation with Leesa Cross-Smith | This Close to Okay

• 6:00 PM — NBF Presents: Black History Reexamined

• 6:00 PM — Rachel Ignotofsky: WHAT'S INSIDE A FLOWER?

• 6:00 PM — Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark Launch Event with Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, and Zoraida Cordova

• 6:00 PM — Tami Charles and Laura Coates for MUTED

• 7:00 PM — All We Can Save: A Virtual Reading & Conversation

• 7:00 PM — An Evening of Poetry with Mark Wunderlich and Tessa Kale

• 7:00 PM — Courtney Summers with Tiffany D. Jackson, The Project (YA)

• 7:00 PM — Gita Trelease — Author of Everything that Burns at the Odyssey Bookshop

• 7:00 PM — Mark My Words: David Rubenstein with Christina Greer

• 7:00 PM — Milk Fed: An Evening with Melissa Broder

• 7:00 PM — Still Queer: Raymond Luczak

• 7:30 PM — Maggie Smith: Keep Moving

• 7:30 PM — Wings of Ebony: J. Elle in conversation with Karen M. McManus (YA)

• 9:00 PM — Julia Gillard & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discuss "Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons"

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: Work Won't Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe, with Raj Patel

• 10:00 PM — CLA Presents: Kiese Laymon

Friday, February 5, 2021

• 8:00 AM — TPS Virtual Author Fest 2021 (YA, MG)

• 12:00 PM — Bookmarks Presents Kristin Hannah in Conversation with Elin Hilderbrand

• 12:00 PM — We the Possibility: A Virtual Lunch with Mitchell Weiss and Rebecca Fishman Lipsey

• 3:00 PM — Sebastian Fitzek discusses THE PACKAGE with special guest host Karin Slaughter

• 7:00 PM — Library After Hours: The Roots of Rap to the STEM of Hip Hop

• 7:00 PM — Robin Cook in Conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan

• 7:00 PM — This Is What America Looks Like Anthology Release

• 7:30 PM — Ida B. The Queen: Michelle Duster in conversation with Dr. Catherine Meeks

• 8:00 PM — Virtual Launch: The Part That Burns

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: U Up? by Catie DiSabato, with Ivy Pochoda

Saturday, February 6, 2021

• 11:00 AM — Author Event with Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

• 2:00 PM — A Story About Empathy, Kindness, and Friendship with Lisa Katzenberger

• 3:00 PM — RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE Virtual Event with Rajani LaRocca (MG)

• 4:00 PM — Dana Stabenow discusses SPOILS OF THE DEAD

• 6:30 PM — Maud Hixson Presents Home And Away: Slices Of Life This Year - KEEP MUSIC LIVE

Sunday, February 7, 2021

• 2:00 PM — "Dear Edward" A Conversation with Novelist Ann Napolitano

• 4:00 PM — Virtual Launch Party for HOME FOR A WHILE

• 4:00 PM — An Afternoon with Carolyn Forché & Lori Soderlind

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For Writers - Free

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

• 1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A | Call to Action: Inspiring Your Readers to Interact

• 8:00 PM — BAD HABITS: Amy Gentry & Laura Lippman in Conversation

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

• 3:00 PM — The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

• 7:00 PM — Indie Focus - When to Go Indie

• 8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas

Thursday, February 4, 2021

• 1:30 PM — Top Ten Steps to a Successful Revision

Friday, February 5, 2021

• 2:00 PM — How to Get People Wildly Obsessed with Your Creative Work

• 2:00 PM — Write-In: Community and Craft with Gotham Writers

• 6:30 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

• 8:00 PM — Dignidad Literaria and Minorities in Publishing Podcast Event

• 9:00 PM — Organic Creative Growth with Rachel Strauss — Sierra Writers Conference

Saturday, February 6, 2021

• 11:00 AM — Learn How to Write Query Letters and Pitch Your Book to Literary Agents

• 2:00 PM — How to Handle Writing Feedback

• 9:00 PM — AgentChat Live with Erin Casey of Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency

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For Readers - Paid

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

• 8:00 PM — Louis Chude-Sokei and Frank B. Wilderson III for FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY — starting at $1.00

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

• 7:00 PM — Savannah Book Festival presents Brit Bennett — starting at $15.00

• 8:00 PM — Jenny Offill and R.O. Kwon for WEATHER — starting at $1.00

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For Writers - Paid

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Facing Down Our Fears: Writing What Haunts Us — starting at $25.00

• 7:00 PM — Ten Things Fiction Writing Class — starting at $10.00

• 7:00 PM — Novel 101: Getting Off to a Good Start — starting at $35.00

• 7:00 PM — Poetry 101: Poetic Form and Content — starting at $35.00

• 7:30 PM — Character Driven and Intricately Plotted Mysteries with Sherry Thomas — starting at $109.00

Thursday, February 4, 2021

• 7:00 PM — Personal Essay 1: The Essay as Self Help — starting at $160.00

Friday, February 5, 2021

• 8:00 PM — After Hours with Authors, featuring Charlotte Gullick, Stacey Swann, and James Wade — starting at $100.00

Saturday, February 6, 2021

• 10:00 AM — Elements of Playwriting: Exposition — starting at $50.00

• 10:00 AM — How to Write a Lot — starting at $50.00

• 10:00 AM — Let Me Count the Ways: Writing the List Poem — starting at $59.00

• 10:00 AM — Sense of Adventure: Capture a Journey — starting at $52.50

• 10:30 AM — Writing Like a Parent, Parenting Like a Writer — starting at $75.00

• 11:00 AM — The Novel Hatchery: Moving from Idea to the Page with Stacey Swann — starting at $109.00

• 12:30 PM — Jump Start Your Writing with Short Forms — starting at $20.00

• 12:30 PM — Order and Disorder, Pattern and Variation, Centripetal and Centrifugal with Patrick Donnelly — starting at $124.00

• 12:30 PM — Dunking the Reader in the Details: Toolsets for Creating Immersive Worlds with Cat Rambo — starting at $99.00

• 1:00 PM — Your True Voice — starting at $50.00

• 2:00 PM — LGBTQ+ Writers' Workshop — starting at $70.00

• 4:00 PM — Neurotica Erotica: Love Poems for the Nervous & Highly Strung — starting at $22.00

• 6:00 PM — Just Begin: A Workshop to Boost Creativity — starting at $25.00

Sunday, February 7, 2021

• 12:30 PM — Giving Voice: Creative Nonfiction / Memoir Intensive with Mindy Lewis — starting at $124.00

• 12:30 PM — Pitches and Synopses Workshop with Jennifer Brozek — starting at $99.00

• 1:00 PM — The Mystery of Line Breaks — starting at $50.00

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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.