Virtual Bookish Events for February 15-21, 2021

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.

This newsletter is sponsored by Free Expressions Seminars, WP expert Nate Hoffelder, and Lodestar.

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For Readers - Free

Monday, February 15, 2021

• Coastal Magic Convention: Celebrating the Magic of Stories & Storytellers (7 days)

• 5:00 PM — Uncle Bobbie's Presents: Marc Lamont Hill & Mitchell Plitnick "Except For Palestine" Book Launch

• 6:00 PM — Laurence Rees with Michael Neiberg: Hitler and Stalin

• 7:00 PM — Legal thrillers, the environment, and Joel Burcat's new legal thriller, AMID RAGE

• 7:00 PM — The Gilded Ones: A Slumber Party with Namina Forna, Kim Johnson, Dhonielle Clayton, and Christina Hammonds Reed (YA)

• 7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 3: Award-Winning Novelists Russell Banks, Major Jackson, and Alice McDermott

• 8:00 PM — Launch Party for Allison Epstein's Historical Fiction Novel A TIP FOR THE HANGMAN (In Conversation with Alyssa Palombo)

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: Speculative Los Angeles with editor Denise Hamilton, Alex Espinoza and Aimee Bender

• 10:00 PM — Virtual Event - Corey Ann Haydu in conversation with Brandy Colbert

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

• 12:30 PM — MAGPIE | Eve Ainsworth in conversation with Katherine Woodfine

• 6:00 PM — Karen Booth and Reese Ryan present their new romance releases

• 6:00 PM — Meena Harris with Busy Philipps

• 7:00 PM — Book launch for business guide THE EMPATHETIC WORKPLACE by Katharine Manning

• 7:00 PM — Jen Petro-Roy in conversation with Katherine Applegate

• 7:00 PM — Listening is Reading with author Ladee Hubbard and narrators Korey Jackson and Adenrele Ojo

• 7:00 PM — Nancy Johnson, Author of The Kindest Lie: In Virtual Conversation

• 7:00 PM — We Run the Tides: A Virtual Evening with Vendela Vida and Sarah Ladipo Manyika

• 7:30 PM — Love Is an Ex-Country: Randa Jarrar in conversation with Megha Majumdar

• 8:00 PM — Gina Apostol and Sabina Murray for THE REVOLUTION OF RAYMUNDO MATA

• 8:00 PM — The Glass Hotel: Emily St. John Mandel with Chloe Benjamin

• 8:00 PM — NBF Presents: Secrets of the South

• 8:30 PM — Book Release Party for "Spin With Me" with Ami Polonsky (Middle Grade)

• 9:00 PM — J.A. Jance discusses MISSING AND ENDANGERED

• 9:00 PM — Katherine Seligman and Hillary Jordan discuss "At the Edge of the Haight"

• 9:00 PM — Sylvain Neuvel, in conversation with James Rollins, discusses A History of What Comes Next: A Take Them to the Stars Novel

• UCR Creative Writing – 44th Annual Writers Week Festival 2021 (through 2/19)

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

• 9:00 AM — Guest author Kathryn Le Veque takes over Erica Ridley's Historical Romance Book Club

• 3:00 PM — A Reading & Conversation with Kristen Millares Young & Donna Miscolta

• 6:00 PM — Susan Conley in conversation with Karen Dukess

• 6:00 PM — The Listening Path: An Evening with Julia Cameron

• 7:00 PM — Reuben Jonathan Miller with Elizabeth Hinton: Halfway Home

• 7:00 PM — Ann Napolitano in conversation with Whitney Frick & Julie Barer

• 7:00 PM — Elizabeth Kolbert in conversation with WAMC's Joe Donahue: UNDER A WHITE SKY

• 8:00 PM — Gabriel Bump and Deesha Philyaw for EVERYWHERE YOU DON'T BELONG

• 8:00 PM — Pam Mandel for "The Same River Twice" in conversation with Doug Mack

• 8:00 PM — The Rib King & Milk Blood Heat: Ladee Hubbard & Dantiel Moniz

• 9:00 PM — Skylit: The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gailey, with Gillian Flynn

• 10:00 PM — Virtual Event - Ashley Schumacher In Conversation With Ashley Poston

• 10:30 PM — Cultivating a Purpose Mindset with Dr. Akhtar Badsah

Thursday, February 18, 2021

• 7:00 PM — Author Talk: Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity

• 7:00 PM — Be the Refuge: An Evening with Chenxing Han and Ann Gleig

• 7:00 PM — Book + Author: Margarita Montimore

• 7:00 PM — Creativity and Collaboration In and Out of Bounds: Poet and Comic Writer Yona Harvey and Comic Artist and Writer Marcel Walker

• 7:00 PM — Lily Menon with Casey McQuiston, Make Up Break Up

• 9:00 PM — Julia Kaye, in conversation with Shena Wolf, discusses My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection

• 9:00 PM — Neon Hemlock Live with Danny Lore, Sharang Biswas, & Jordan Shively

Friday, February 19, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Laura Lam & K.B. Wagers: Q&A and Conversation

• 9:00 PM — Michael Koryta and Michael Connelly discuss "Never Far Away"

• 9:30 PM — UCR Department of Creative Writing Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees, US Poet Laureates

Saturday, February 20, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Jan Batiste Adkins, African Americans of San Francisco

• 6:00 PM — #YearofAfroFuturism: How Long til Black Future Month- N.K. Jemisin

• 7:00 PM — David Allen Sibley: What It's Like to Be a Bird

Sunday, February 21, 2021

• 9:00 AM — Guest author Elizabeth Bright takes over Erica Ridley's Historical Romance Book Club

• 4:00 PM — Joanne Fluke discusses Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder

• 6:00 PM — FRENCH DIVE and FINNA: Authors Eric Freeze and Nate Marshall On What It Means to Be a Neighbor, a Member of a Community, and a Global Citizen

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For Writers - Free

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

• 1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A | Do-Overs: Revisiting Posts that Didn't Work (But Should Have!)

• 7:00 PM — Writing Workshop: Avoid the Sophomore Slump

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

• 1:00 PM — Romantic Suspense: Turning Up the Heat

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

• 6:30 PM — Telling True Tales: Writing About Family

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

Thursday, February 18, 2021

• 1:30 PM — Instagram for Authors: Beginner Level

• 9:00 PM — Me, Myself, and I: Writing the Personal

Friday, February 19, 2021

• 6:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with Eman Quotah

Saturday, February 20, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Successful Non-Fiction Book Proposals

• 3:00 PM — Creative Nonfiction Class: The Braided Essay

• 3:00 PM — Writer in Residence Online Workshop: Making 2021 Your Writing Year with YA author Amy K. Nichols

• 4:00 PM — Creating a Series with Matt Coyle

• 4:00 PM — What Should I Put in My Newsletter?

Sunday, February 21, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Putting the Sci in Sci-Fi

• 2:00 PM — How to Write Great Beginnings with Hank Phillippi Ryan

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For Readers - Paid

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

• 8:00 PM — Gina Apostol and Sabina Murray for THE REVOLUTION OF RAYMUNDO MATA — starting at $1.00

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

• 9:30 PM — Readings & Conversations with James McBride — starting at $25.00

Sunday, February 21, 2021

• 3:00 PM — More Than A Single Story: Crossing Generational & Racial Lines — starting at $10.00

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For Writers - Paid

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

• 9:00 AM — Loft Writer's Hour: Morning with Carolyn Holbrook — starting at $5.00

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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

• 7:00 PM — Poetry 101: Poetic Endings — starting at $35.00

Friday, February 19, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Weaving a Stronger Web: Expanding the Impact of Your Personal Story with Research — starting at $15.00

• 5:30 PM — Loft Writer's Hour: Afternoon with Carolyn Holbrook — starting at $5.00

Saturday, February 20, 2021

• 7:30 AM — Historical Fiction: Don't Forget the Story with Natasha Lester — starting at 49 AUD

• 10:00 AM — Building Poignant Worlds in Your Creative Nonfiction — starting at $70.00

• 10:00 AM — New Forms, New Poems — starting at $70.00

• 10:00 AM — Tools of the Screenwriter — starting at $70.00

• 10:00 AM — Writing with the Mind and Body: Unlocking Creative Flow — starting at $52.00

• 10:30 AM — How Characters Drive Stories — starting at $60.00

• 10:30 AM — What Not to Do: Learning From Bad Writing — starting at $75.00

• 11:00 AM — Novel Writing Strategies and Structure: Getting from the First Page to a Full Draft — starting at $49.00

• 11:00 AM — Pacing the Plot of Your Novel or Short Story with John Pipkin — starting at $109.00

• 12:00 PM — Hidden Emotion & Subtext: Making Dialogue Crackle with What Isn’t Said — starting at $20.00

• 12:30 PM — Mapping the Labyrinth: Plotting Your Novel with Kay Kenyon — starting at $99.00

• 4:00 PM — Make Yourself More Discoverable Online: SEO Basics for Creative People with Cat Rambo — starting at $99.00

Sunday, February 21, 2021

• 12:30 PM — The 36 Chambers—Writing a “Mix-Tape” Poem with Kofi Antwi — starting at $124.00

• 2:00 PM — Wrangling Research with Christina Baker Kline — starting at $75.00

• 2:00 PM — Grief Writing with Diane Zinna — starting at $10.00

• 4:00 PM — Writing Fight Scenes with Marie Brennan — starting at $99.00

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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.