Virtual Bookish Events for July 19-25, 2021
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, WP expert Nate Hoffelder, and The Shape of a Star Podcast.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, July 19, 2021
7:00 PM — Live & In Conversation: Paul McKendrick & Reg Sherren
9:00 PM — Scott Shepherd, in conversation with Julie Clark, discusses The Last Commandment
9:30 PM — Skylit: Not Yo' Butterfly by Nobuko Miyamoto with special guests!
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
2:00 PM — Lana Bastašić in conversation with Aleksandar Hemon
6:00 PM — Parenting 4 Social Justice at the Odyssey Bookshop
7:00 PM — Center for Cartoon Studies and Still North Present: Seek You with Kristen Radtke
7:00 PM — FALSE WITNESS U.S. Launch Event: Karin Slaughter with Alafair Burke
7:30 PM — Lilly Dancyger: Negative Space
9:30 PM — Skylit: Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, with Angela Garbes, Chelsea Bieker & Jessamine Chan
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
12:00 PM — Megan Nolan: Acts of Desperation
6:30 PM — An Evening with Manuel Iris
7:00 PM — Chapbook Reading with Katie Farris, Emily Lee Luan, and Isabella DeSendi
7:00 PM — Dantiel W. Moniz on Milk Blood Heat with Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
7:00 PM — Fox & I: An Evening with Catherine Raven and Bethanne Patrick
7:00 PM — Kate White in Conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan
7:30 PM — Kate Moore, "The Woman They Could Not Silence," with Gabrielle Glaser
7:30 PM — Re-Envisioning Long Division: Kiese Laymon in conversation with Regina N. Bradley
8:00 PM — Skylit: Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung, with Megha Majumdar
9:00 PM — Zakiya Dalila Harris, in conversation with Glory Edim, discusses The Other Black Girl
Thursday, July 22, 2021
10:35 AM — The Book Worm Bookstore Virtual Book Fest
4:00 PM — Summer Starts at EPL: Indigenous Storytelling with Josh Languedoc
6:00 PM — Helen Macdonald presents VESPER FLIGHTS, with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
7:00 PM — Give My Love to the Savages: An Evening with Chris Stuck and Danielle Evans
7:00 PM — It Is Wood, It Is Stone with Gabriella Burnham and guest Torrey Peters
7:00 PM — THE MAN WHO HATED WOMEN: Amy Sohn in conversation with Susan Campbell
7:00 PM — The Sacrifice Zone: A Film Screening Followed by Poetry & Conversation about Environmental Justice
8:00 PM — Brian Freeman "Robert Ludlum's Bourne Treachery" - Interview by Joshua Hood
10:00 PM — Lisa Wells and Stephen Sparks - Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World
Friday, July 23, 2021
3:00 PM — Christina Conklin and Jeremy Lent - Atlas of Disappearing Places
7:00 PM — Hudson Valley YA Society: Summer Fantasy Reads: Kalynn Bayron, H.E. Edgmon, and Bethany C. Morrow
7:30 PM — Celebrating The Final Girl Support Group with Grady Hendrix
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Sunday, July 25, 2021
12:00 PM — Silver Tears: A Virtual Event with Camilla Läckberg and Lisa Unger
1:00 PM — Literary Modiin's July Author Event with Joshua Cohen, Sari Rosenfeld & Tzippi Moss
3:00 PM — Joshua Henkin: Morningside Heights--a conversation with Judy Levin
For Writers - Free
Monday, July 19, 2021
6:00 AM — Inkubator: Online Writing Conference
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
8:15 PM — Editing 101 with Bonnie McKnight
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
1:30 PM — Facebook Advertising 201
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Friday, July 23, 2021
For Readers - Paid
Monday, July 19, 2021
6:00 PM — RADHA & JAI's RECIPE FOR ROMANCE with Nisha Sharma + Loan Le — starting at $5.00
8:00 PM — Busting Up Camelot: A Sword Stone Table Launch Celebration — starting at $1.00
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
8:00 PM — Chris Stuck and Chanelle Benz for GIVE MY LOVE TO THE SAVAGES — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, July 19, 2021
6:00 PM — Submission Roulette II — starting at $10.00
8:00 PM — Wordsmith Seminar: Worldbuilding Workshop with Rin Chupeco — starting at $10.00
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
6:00 PM — How to Pitch and Edit an Anthology — starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — Be The Change: Crafting Your Social Justice Essay — starting at $100.00
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
6:00 PM — How to Get a Literary Agent — starting at $10.00
6:00 PM — Scrivener 101 — starting at $52.50
Thursday, July 22, 2021
6:30 PM — So you have a stack of poems. Now what? Next steps for your poetry manuscript with poet and editor Mary Biddinger — starting at $59.00
7:15 PM — Anchoring the Unreal, Elevating the Real with Donal Maass — starting at $39.00
Friday, July 23, 2021
10:30 AM — Building Your Book's Buzz — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Making the Personal Universal in Nonfiction — starting at $75.00
8:30 PM — Literary Fiction: Theme, Imagery, & Symbolism — starting at 49 AUD
Saturday, July 24, 2021
10:00 AM — Boundless Poetry: Writing Our Own Rules — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Dreams and Creative Writing — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Grounding Yourself in Setting — starting at $70.00
10:30 AM — Story Structure and The Monomyth — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Upending Form: Queer Poets Shifting Expectations — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing for Advocacy: Op-Eds — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Worldbuilding: Creating and Populating Worlds on the Page — starting at $52.50
2:00 PM — Writing Violence — starting at $100.00
Sunday, July 25, 2021
2:00 PM — How to Read Like a Writer — starting at $100.00
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.