Virtual Bookish Events for February 17-23, 2025
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, Coastal Magic Convention, and Author & Editor Dave Reed.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Jenna Hanchey and Leslie What
Thursday, February 20, 2025
1:00 PM — Imagining After Capitalism - Book Launch and Author Q&A
7:00 PM — Author Talks presents Evan James
Friday, February 21, 2025
For Writers - Free
Monday, February 17, 2025
7:00 PM — A New Perspective on Viewpoint: Why POV Is Confusing, and How We Can Think Clearly About It
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
7:00 PM — Among the Robots: Our Relationship With the Nonhuman
8:00 PM — Query Letter Basics
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
7:00 PM — Craft Chat with Poet Karen Rigby
8:00 PM — The Ties That Bind Us: Writing Complicated Relationships
For Readers - Paid
Thursday, February 20, 2025
7:00 PM — The Metropolitan Opera's MOBY-DICK: A Panel Discussion with Gene Scheer, Leonard Foglia, and Sheridan Hay — starting at $5.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
4:00 PM — Write Your Way In 2-hour workshop with Deepam for AWA's Write Around the World — starting at $14.00
7:00 PM — Storytelling from Scratch — starting at $60.00
Thursday, February 20, 2025
7:15 PM — Selling Your Story: Loglines, Blurbs, Pitches and Queries with Damon Suede — starting at $39.00
Saturday, February 22, 2025
10:00 AM — Creating Perspective (POV) — starting at $60.00
10:00 AM — Poetry Form: Sonnets! — starting at $55.50
10:15 AM — Writing Workouts: Dialogue focused exercises — starting at $8.00
10:30 AM — How to Develop a Writing Habit — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Roadmap to Yes: Plotting your Path to Publication — starting at $99.00
11:00 AM — Before the Agent Search with Abby Walters — starting at $45.00
12:00 PM — Speculative Memoir Magic: Reclaiming Your Memoir’s Power Through Speculative Elements with Laraine Herring — starting at $99.00
12:00 PM — Tackling Revisions with Focus, Clarity and a Plan with Allison K WIlliams & Amy Collins — starting at $99.00
12:00 PM — Write Your Way In with Deepam for AWA's Write Around the World — starting at $14.00
2:00 PM — Go Rococo: Bring the Benefits of Maximalism to Your Work — starting at $55.50
Sunday, February 23, 2025
11:00 AM — Persona Poem Crash Course — starting at $60.00
12:30 PM — Writing and Blending Genre Fiction with Terrence McCauley — starting at $150.00
5:00 PM — Write Where You Are: A Heart-Centered Journey Through Grief and Transformation with Nina Love — starting at $25.00
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 event
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