Virtual Bookish Events for February 27 - March 5, 2023
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 The Shape of a Star Podcast.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, February 27, 2023
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Rebecca Makkai & Julia Whelan
7:00 PM — International Reading Series: Accessing the Unknowable with Emmanuel Iduma
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
7:00 PM — An Evening with Michael Tomasky, Jacki Lyden, and Jo-Ann Mort: Can the Republican Majority Govern?
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
12:00 PM — Deepti Kapoor: Age of Vice
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Friday, March 3, 2023
12:00 PM — Strong Women - Strange Worlds Virtual Author Group Reading - a 'tasting menu' of SF, F, & Horror
7:00 PM — Poet Ama Codjoe
7:30 PM — Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Sunday, March 5, 2023
1:00 PM — Cristina Rivera Garza — Liliana's Invincible Summer - wtih Merve Emre
1:00 PM — Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Virtual Afternoon with Cristina Rivera Garza
3:30 PM — Free Association Reading Series: Marcel Walker, Heather Aronson, Anouar Rahmani, & Deborah Bogen
For Writers - Free
Monday, February 27, 2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge | Author Newsletters: Why? How? Which one?
7:00 PM — Curated Conversation(s): Maia Elsner & Janel Pineda
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
7:30 PM — Marketing for Storytellers
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Fisk
Sunday, March 5, 2023
1:00 PM — Writing Action & Fight Scenes
For Writers - Paid
Monday, February 27, 2023
1:00 PM — Writing Memoir Without Fear: Avoiding Legal Issues, Trauma, and Your Mom’s Hurt Feelings — starting at $25.00
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
6:00 PM — Switching It Up: Writing in Multiple Genres — starting at $17.00
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
2:00 PM — Literary Citizenship for Introverts & Extroverts Alike — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — How to Tell Your Story — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — Jump Start Your Novel with Sara Kocek — starting at $119.00
Thursday, March 2, 2023
6:00 PM — Public Speaking Fundamentals — starting at $50.00
7:15 PM — It's Closing Time: Opening and Closing Chapters with Sheree Greer — starting at $39.00
Friday, March 3, 2023
10:30 AM — Invigorate Your Nonfiction — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Unlock Your Story's Inciting Incident — starting at $85.00
6:00 PM — Crafting the 5-Minute Memoir — starting at $85.00
6:00 PM — Mapping the Self: Writing Your Bio — starting at $85.00
Saturday, March 4, 2023
9:30 AM — Life Stories Intensive — starting at $50.00
10:00 AM — How to Create Compelling Scenes — starting at $50.00
10:30 AM — Erasures, Fragments, and Fractures: Exploring Silence in Poetry — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Novel Revision Series: Finding Your Literary Voice — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Writing About and With Music: An All-Genre Generative Workshop — starting at $70.00
11:00 AM — The Art of Suspense: How to Write Twists and Build Tension with Gabino Iglesias — starting at $119.00
12:00 PM — Sex Scene Writing Workshop — starting at $65.00
12:30 PM — Your Love Letter to the World: the Epistolary Poem with Jennifer Martelli — starting at $124.00
3:00 PM — How to Choose Ideas that Best Resonate with Readers — starting at $10.00
Sunday, March 5, 2023
10:00 AM — Living the Poet’s Life: A Generative Poetry Workshop, and More with Suzanne Cleary — starting at $124.00
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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.