Virtual Bookish Events for January 13-19, 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.
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For Readers - Free
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
6:00 PM — Northshire Online: A Panel of Mystery Authors
7:00 PM — Author Hour in Massachusetts: Pulitzer Finalist Adam Haslett
10:00 PM — Story Hour: M.L. Krishnan and Dawn Vogel
Saturday, January 18, 2025
2:00 PM — Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2024
Sunday, January 19, 2025
For Writers - Free
Monday, January 13, 2025
7:30 PM — Starting a Writing Project
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
5:00 PM — Rights Reversion & Self-Publishing
7:00 PM — How To Pitch Your Graphic Novel
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Friday, January 17, 2025
Saturday, January 18, 2025
11:15 AM — New Tool in Solving Cold Cases
Sunday, January 19, 2025
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
7:00 PM — Pen Parentis Annual Winter Poetry Salon — starting at $10.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, January 13, 2025
6:00 PM — Getting Your Foot in the Door: Publishing in Literary Magazines — starting at $75.00
7:00 PM — Self-Editing Your Novel — starting at $30.00
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
11:00 AM — Sampler Class: Creative Nonfiction with Anna Molenaar — starting at $8.00
6:30 PM — Starting a Memoir — starting at $60.00
7:00 PM — Sampler Class: Digital Storytelling with Anne Aronson — starting at $8.00
7:00 PM — Sampler Class: Poetry with Chelsea DesAutels — starting at $8.00
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1:00 PM — Organize Your Writing Life: How to Balance Structure & Creativity — starting at $25.00
1:00 PM — Sampler Class: Creative Nonfiction with Kelly Sundberg — starting at $8.00
7:00 PM — Ellen's WritingEssentials - Self-Editing for Fiction Writers — starting at $49.00
Thursday, January 16, 2025
1:00 PM — How to Get Published with Jane Friedman — starting at $99.99
4:00 PM — Sampler Class: Poetry with Jamila Osman — starting at $8.00
7:15 PM — What the Heck is Agency? with Lorin Oberweger — starting at $39.00
Friday, January 17, 2025
10:30 AM — How to Draft a Novel Query Letter — starting at $85.00
Saturday, January 18, 2025
10:00 AM — Show and Tell Intensive — starting at $60.00
10:30 AM — How to Write a Memoir — starting at $85.00
11:00 AM — Writer’s Reset: Mapping Your Writing Goals for 2025 with Julie Poole — starting at $119.00
12:00 PM — Poetry for the End of the World (and other hard times) — starting at $60.00
2:00 PM — Nonfiction Toolkit: Beyond the Memoir — starting at $74.00
2:00 PM — Poemscaping: Trim. Write. Repeat. with Matthew Feinstein — starting at $1.00
4:00 PM — Word Courage: Affirmation Poetry with Alex Petunia — starting at $1.00
Sunday, January 19, 2025
12:30 PM — How to Grapple with Trauma in Poems with Eve Grubin — starting at $130.00
12:30 PM — The Secrets to Finding the Right Path to Publication for Your Book — starting at $225.00
2:00 PM — How To Stop Holding Your Tongue: Writing Bilingual Poetry — starting at $1.00
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