Virtual Bookish Events for February 14-20, 2022
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, February 14, 2022
12:00 PM — Mark L. Clifford: Today Hong Kong
7:00 PM — Write America: Tyehimba Jess, Molly Gaudry and Marie Howe
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
1:00 PM — Heal from Within: An Afternoon with Katie Beecher and Sherianna Boyle
6:00 PM — Launch Event for RECLAIM THE STARS edited by Zoraida Cordova
7:00 PM — In Translation: Sjón on Red Milk with Sam Anderson
7:00 PM — The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, with Allison Pataki
8:00 PM — Heather Clark | Lemon Drop Falls
9:30 PM — Skylit: The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian, with Sarah Enni
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
1:00 PM — Laura Thompson--HEIRESSES: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies (A Conversation with Renee Rosen)
5:30 PM — In Conversation: Rebecca Solnit, Eyal Press & Gary Younge
6:00 PM — Judd Winick with Jeff Kinney
7:00 PM — Kimberlee Yolanda Williams with Debby Irving, Dear White Woman, Please Come Home
7:00 PM — Kristin Henning & Paul Butler Discuss The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
7:00 PM — Lola Akinmade Åkerström on In Every Mirror She’s Black with Zakiya Dalila Harris
7:00 PM — NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES with Crystal Maldonado and Anna Gracia
7:00 PM — Smashing Statues: An Evening with Erin L. Thompson and Ariel Sabar
8:00 PM — Virtual Storytime with Joanna Ho | Eyes That Speak to the Stars
9:00 PM — WeHo Reads: Justice and Resilience | A Journey in Poetry
9:30 PM — True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us by Danielle J. Lindemann, with Brian Moylan
10:00 PM — Wednesday Night Candlewick on Instagram
10:00 PM — Donyae Coles and Gordon B. White
Thursday, February 17, 2022
1:30 PM — Ayşegül Savaş and Elif Shafak on Love and Disaster
6:00 PM — Adam Rubin with Jeff Kinney
7:00 PM — Celebrate Galentine's season with Mona Shroff, Mia Sosa, Tracey Livesay and Sophia Sasson
7:00 PM — Catch the Sparrow: An Evening with Rachel Rear and Jonathan Dee
7:30 PM — Dharma Matters: Women, Race, and Tantra--Jan Willis in conversation with Tina Pippin
Friday, February 18, 2022
7:00 AM — The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War
1:00 PM — Heiresses: An Afternoon with Laura Thompson and Anne Sebba
6:00 PM — Date Night w/ Alyssa Cole
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Sunday, February 20, 2022
1:00 PM — Literary Modiin's February Author Event with Hannah Lillith Assadi, Dan Grunfeld, and Geula Geurts
1:00 PM — The White Card: An Afternoon with Claudia Rankine and Bari Newport
For Writers - Free
Monday, February 14, 2022
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
10:30 AM — Press Releases: An Essential Publicity Tool for Authors
7:00 PM — #Bookstagram Best Practices
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, February 17, 2022
9:00 PM — Worldbuilding in Fiction
Friday, February 18, 2022
Saturday, February 19, 2022
1:00 PM — Politics as a Narrative Element
4:00 PM — Straddling Literary and Speculative Markets with Emma Törzs
Sunday, February 20, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Thursday, February 17, 2022
8:00 PM — Destiny O. Birdsong and Naima Coster for NOBODY'S MAGIC — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Thursday, February 17, 2022
1:00 PM — Standalone or Series? — starting at $25.00
Friday, February 18, 2022
10:30 AM — Writing the Queer Body for Queer Writers — starting at $75.00
Saturday, February 19, 2022
10:00 AM — Inspired By Images: Ekphrastic Writing — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Workshop: Revising with Focus: The Thesis of the Novel — starting at $50.00
10:00 AM — Research Tools for Authentic Historical Nonfiction and Fiction — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Writing and Freelancing 101 — starting at $52.50
10:30 AM — Beyond the 3-Act Structure — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — So You Want to be a Writer in 2022? — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Story Opening Overhaul — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Creating Authentic Characters in Fiction with John Pipkin — starting at $109.00
2:00 PM — Introduction to Writing Romance Novels — starting at $60.00
Sunday, February 20, 2022
12:30 PM — It’s All in the Details: a Prose Intensive with Melanie S. Hatter — starting at $124.00
3:00 PM — More Than A Single Story: Place — starting at $10.00
4:00 PM — Befriending the Ghosts in Your Stories: A Generative Fiction Workshop — 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.