Virtual Bookish Events for February 28-March 6, 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 28, 2022
4:00 PM — Happy Half Hour with Therese Anne Fowler
7:00 PM — "Cost of Living" Presented by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law
7:00 PM — Kari Percival with Jannie Ho, How to Say Hello to a Worm
7:00 PM — When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East: An Evening with Quan Barry
7:00 PM — Write America: Grace Schulman, Samyak Shertok and Jennifer Haigh
8:00 PM — Let's Talk About Grief
8:15 PM — No Filter and Other Lies | Crystal Maldonado in conversation with Yesika Salgado
9:00 PM — Our Brilliant Friends 2022: Hosted by HBO, Europa Editions, Harper's and McNally Jackson
9:00 PM — Vroman’s Local Author Day featuring Barbara Mossberg, Felicia Taylor E., and Robert Vincent
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
2:00 PM — Daniel Abraham & Joe Abercrombie - Q&A and Conversation
6:00 PM — Paul Muldoon -- Howdie-Skelp: Poems
7:00 PM — Edgewood: An Evening with Kristen Ciccarelli and Joana Hathaway
7:00 PM — FUNNY FARM: MY UNEXPECTED LIFE WITH 600 RESCUE ANIMALS with Laurie Zaleski and Renee DiNino
7:00 PM — Red Lip Theology | Candice Marie Benbow in conversation with Toni Wilson
7:00 PM — WORD Presents Sara Boccaccini Meadows & Riz Reyes, GROW
7:30 PM — Allison Pataki with Martha Hall Kelly: The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
8:00 PM — One Book Steamboat Author Event: Kim Stanley Robinson
8:00 PM — Sara Zarr | A Song Called Home
9:00 PM — Solmaz Sharif with Monica Sok
9:00 PM — Tiffanie Drayton, in conversation with Stephanie Land, discusses Black American Refugee
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
7:00 PM — Cole Arthur Riley: "This Here Flesh"
8:00 PM — Alex McElroy for "The Atmospherians" in conversation with Chris Stedman
8:00 PM — Dr. Nicole Williams, author of THIS IS HOW YOU VAGINA!
10:00 PM — Hybrid Event - Peter Clines discussing The Broken Room
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Michelle Belanger and Eugenia Triantafyllou
Thursday, March 3, 2022
1:00 PM — Checkout 19: An Afternoon with Claire-Louise Bennett and Claire Vaye Watkins
6:00 PM — Julian Randall and Jason Reynolds for PILAR RAMIREZ AND THE ESCAPE FROM ZAFA
6:00 PM — LAUNCH for One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University
7:00 PM — Author Visit: Pat Zietlow Miller with Eliza Wheeler
7:00 PM — Dr. Annie Brewster and Rachel Zimmerman, The Healing Power of Storytelling
7:00 PM — Launch: Jefa in Training
7:00 PM — Live & In Conversation: V.E. Schwab
7:00 PM — SHOP TALK w/ Aaron H. Aceves and Elizabeth Acevedo
9:00 PM — Beyond & Within: On Spiritual Practices & Narrative Forms
Friday, March 4, 2022
7:00 PM — Book Launch: The Quarter Storm - Veronica G. Henry and Cadwell Turnbull
7:00 PM — Turning Book Launch
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Sunday, March 6, 2022
11:00 AM — Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey for SOMEWHERE IN THE BAYOU
5:00 PM — Afternoon Tea-Light with Lisa See
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge: Is Your Platform Working For You? Author Platform Reviews
5:00 PM — Writing Family Stories Against Silence
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Thursday, March 3, 2022
1:30 PM — Creating a Social Media Plan for Your Author Brand
7:00 PM — The Four Act Story Structure
Saturday, March 5, 2022
12:00 PM — Your Writing Career: Past-Present-Future
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
7:00 PM — Story/Teller: Andrea Yaryura Clark on On a Night of a Thousand Stars with Jennifer Egan — starting at $1.00
8:00 PM — Margaret Atwood, BURNING QUESTIONS, with Judy Blume — starting at $34.00
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
7:00 PM — Lan Samantha Chang on The Family Chao with Yaa Gyasi — starting at $1.00
Thursday, March 3, 2022
7:00 PM — Crime/Scene: Crafting Suspense with Alafair Burke, Kellye Garrett, and Alison Gaylin — starting at $1.00
Sunday, March 6, 2022
7:30 PM — Dolly Parton and James Patterson, Run Rose Run — starting at $34.00
For Writers - Paid
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
7:00 PM — Musically Inspired Writing--prompt-based writing & feedback — starting at $5.00
Thursday, March 3, 2022
1:00 PM — Draw Your Way Out with Julie E. Czerneda — starting at $75.00
1:00 PM — Finding and Working with the Right Literary Agent — starting at $25.00
7:15 PM — Alchemy and the Heart of Revision with Henry Neff — starting at $39.00
Friday, March 4, 2022
10:30 AM — Novel Essentials: Introducing Characters — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Hermit Crab Essay — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing about Mental Health: Nonfiction Intensive — starting at $75.00
12:30 PM — Murderous March virtual (live) mystery writers conference sponsored by the Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime — starting at $20.00
10:00 PM — Building an Isekai World with Dean Francis Alfar — starting at $75.00
Saturday, March 5, 2022
10:00 AM — The Themes That Call You: Listening to What Your Heart Longs to Write — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Beyond Placeholders: Titling Poems in Ways that Work — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Experimenting with Form: The Hermit Crab Essay — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Influencer 101: How to Leverage Social Media and Cultivate Your Author Brand — starting at $52.50
10:30 AM — Fictional Characters I: Creating Unforgettable Characters — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Fingerprints: How to Use Form, Structure, and Syntax in Poetry — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Reimagining The First Ten Pages — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Publishable Prose — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Your Words, Your Voice: How Language Builds Character and Story to Breathe Life into Your Book with Samantha M. Clark — starting at $109.00
12:30 PM — Reading to Revise: How to Re-invent the Work of Revision with Chaya Bhuvaneswar — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Cruising through Forms: There’s More Than Sonnets with Douglas Manuel — starting at $65.00
2:00 PM — What Authors Need to Know about Business and Taxes — starting at $60.00
Sunday, March 6, 2022
12:30 PM — The Wide World: An Introduction to Translating Poetry with Sarah Arvio — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — Writing in Hybrid Forms: A Generative Workshop with Leah Umansky — starting at $124.00
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.