Virtual Bookish Events for February 21-27, 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
All week: Coastal Magic Convention, a convention for fans of romance and urban fantasy books! If you are a romance reader, please participate in the Family Feud game survey.
Monday, February 21, 2022
7:00 PM — Jason Reynolds & Mahogany Browne Discuss Ain’t Burned All the Bright and Vinyl Moon
7:00 PM — Poets at the Library: Madhur Anand and Philip Holmes
7:00 PM — Taste Makers: An Evening with Mayukh Sen and Ellen Kanner
7:00 PM — Write America: Arthur Sze, Alice McDermott and Henry Louis Gates
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
3:00 PM — Book Launch: Kings of a Dead World
4:00 PM — Ben Okri | A Rain Taxi Event
6:00 PM — AWP in Conversation: Celebrating Black Poetry with Cave Canem
7:00 PM — Kosoko Jackson in conversation with Christina Lauren
7:00 PM — Jonathan Gottschall: "The Story Paradox"
8:15 PM — This Here Flesh | Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Ashley C. Ford
9:00 PM — Sara Goudarzi, in conversation with Brian Platzer, discusses The Almond in the Apricot
10:00 PM — Vanessa Len in conversation with Naomi Novik
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
7:00 AM — Eugene Smith in Conversation with Christopher Fisher : "Back to the World: A Life after Jonestown"
11:00 AM — The Discovery of Love
2:00 PM — OverDrive's In the Know! — Middle Grade Literature with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
3:00 PM — Mystery and Thriller Book Club: 'The Wife Between Us'
7:00 PM — An Evening with Douglas Kearney, Omotara James, and Cindy Veach
7:00 PM — Brujas | Lorraine Monteagut in conversation with Nathalie Farfan
7:00 PM — Dan Charnas: Dilla Time
7:00 PM — WNBA Author Talk: Ruth Coker Burks
8:00 PM — An Evening with Joy Harjo
8:00 PM — Poetry: Minnie Bruce Pratt & Diane Seuss
8:00 PM — The Big Texas Read with Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth McCracken
9:00 PM — Daniel Olivas, in conversation with Professor Alvaro Huerta, discusses How to Date a Flying Mexican
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Meg Elison and R.J. Joseph
Thursday, February 24, 2022
12:00 PM — Marlon James: Moon Witch, Spider King
4:00 PM — Judith Margolis and C.S. Giscombe
7:00 PM — A CAT’S TALE: Paul Koudounaris on the history of cats in America
7:00 PM — A Troublesome Word: An Evening with Randall Kennedy and Chris Finan
7:00 PM — Anna Pitoniak: Our American Friend
7:00 PM — Carolyn Tara O'Neil and Amanda McCrina for DAUGHTERS OF A DEAD EMPIRE
7:00 PM — In Conversation with Author Fatima Shaik about Economy Hall
7:00 PM — Translation in Theory and Imagination with Emily Apter and Katie Kitamura
7:30 PM — "The Black Experience in Design" with Jennifer Rittner and Kelly Walters
9:00 PM — Jing Tsu, in conversation with Dan Russell, discusses Kingdom of Characters
9:00 PM — Patt Morrison discusses Rio L.A.: Tales from the Los Angeles River
9:30 PM — Skylit: All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran, with Hieu Minh Nguyen and Fatimah Asghar
10:00 PM — BOOK LAUNCH • Yvonne Blomer's The Last Show on Earth: Poems
Friday, February 25, 2022
3:00 PM — Adam Nicolson and Nathaniel Rich - Life Between the Tides
7:30 PM — #LBYRExtraCredit Presents: It's a Thin Line Between Y & A!
7:30 PM — Conversations with Angela Davis: Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones in conversation with Dr. Jervette R. Ward
9:00 PM — Carol Wallace & Rick Hamlin present Our Kind of People and Even Silence is Praise
Saturday, February 26, 2022
1:00 PM — Golden Girl: Reem Faruqi in conversation with Gayatri Sethi
9:00 PM — Skylit: How to Date a Flying Mexican by Daniel A. Olivas, with Lorinda Toledo
Sunday, February 27, 2022
2:00 PM — TREEHOUSE: Mina by Matthew Forsythe
4:00 PM — Bobbie Jean Huff with Amy Jo Burns
5:00 PM — Virtual Reading & Meditation with Octavia Raheem, author of PAUSE, REST, BE
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
1:30 PM — Practical Budgeting for Indie Authors: Essential Prep for Smart Investment
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
9:00 PM — Reading & Conversation with Obed Silva and Sara Borjas
Friday, February 25, 2022
Saturday, February 26, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Monday, February 21, 2022
6:00 PM — Kosoko Jackson and Ashley Herring Blake for I'M SO (NOT) OVER YOU and DELILAH GREEN DOESN'T CARE — starting at $1.00
7:00 PM — On America: The Front Lines of the Abortion Divide with Jennifer Haigh and Shannon Rose Selden — starting at $1.00
8:00 PM — Jane Pek and Liberty Hardy for THE VERIFIERS — starting at $1.00
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
1:00 PM — Ben Okri on Every Leaf a Hallelujah and Astonishing the Gods with Amy Andrieux — starting at $1.00
7:00 PM — A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History — starting at $5.00
Thursday, February 24, 2022
6:00 PM — Andrea Elliott & Matthew Desmond -- Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City — starting at $5.00
6:00 PM — Mona Shroff and Xio Axelrod for THE FIVE-DAY REUNION — starting at $1.00
Friday, February 25, 2022
8:00 PM — Jennifer Huang, Jeni De La O, and Akosua Zimba Afiriyie-Hwedie for RETURN FLIGHT — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
6:00 PM — Using Fewer Words for Bigger Impact — starting at $17.00
7:30 PM — Transforming Trauma — starting at $210.00
Thursday, February 24, 2022
1:00 PM — Writing About Trauma — starting at $25.00
7:15 PM — Setting as Journey for Writer and Reader with Sheree Greer — starting at $39.00
Friday, February 25, 2022
10:00 AM — How to Write a Lot — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — Freelance Writing 101 — starting at $75.00
Saturday, February 26, 2022
10:30 AM — Character Intensive — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Cinefiction: Using Film Technique in Your Fiction — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Novel Revision Series: Symphonic Endings — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Transversal Poetry: A Bilingual Workshop — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing with Pinterest — starting at $60.00
11:00 AM — Exploring the “Hermit Crab” essay with Essayist Brenda Miller — starting at $49.00
11:00 AM — Memoir in Miniature: The Art of the Personal Essay with M. M. Adjarian — starting at $109.00
11:30 AM — Plotting Seminars, Part 1: Brainstorming — starting at $20.00
12:00 PM — Instagram for Authors — starting at $10.00
12:30 PM — Closure: Revising The End, a Prose Workshop with Kofi Antwi — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — Memoir Into Make-Believe: Turning Your Life Into Children’s Fiction with Tina Tocco — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — The Body and the Essay — starting at $60.00
7:00 PM — African Story Forms: Ngano & Black Fabulism with Yvette Lisa Ndlovu — starting at $75.00
Sunday, February 27, 2022
12:30 PM — Craft Class on Allusion with Rachel Hadas — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Something to Crow About: Poetry Writing with Paula J. Lambert — starting at $59.00
2:00 PM — Building Emotional Endurance as a Writer with Bonnie Friedman — starting at $75.00
4:00 PM — Author Websites: A Hands On, How To — 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.