Virtual Bookish Events for June 12-18, 2023
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, The Shape of a Star Podcast and Gathr: Host Bookish Events.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, June 12, 2023
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Stephanie McNeal & Grace Atwood
7:00 PM — Setting the Table: Juneteenth
7:00 PM — Weaving the Threads of Lesbian Love with Amelia Possanza
Thursday, June 15, 2023
9:00 AM — A Digital Event with Jerry Craft, Award-Winning Graphic Novelist
7:00 PM — Author Talk with Lina Chern; author of Play the Fool
Friday, June 16, 2023
3:00 PM — Author Talk with Simon James Green
7:30 PM — Searching for Self: A Reading on Identity and Freedom
Sunday, June 18, 2023
7:00 PM — Strong Women - Strange Worlds Virtual Group Author Reading by Women and Nonbinary Spec Fic Writers
For Writers - Free
Monday, June 12, 2023
9:00 AM — Morning Write-Ins
7:30 PM — Starting a Writing Project
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
7:00 PM — Literary Agents and the Querying Process
8:00 PM — Authoring 101
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
2:30 PM — Fact or Fiction? Writing Historical Crime with Anna Mazzola and DV Bishop
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Fisk
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Ai Jiang and Wen-yi Lee
Thursday, June 15, 2023
8:00 AM — Advice for Authors by Kayelle Allen
7:00 PM — Random House Workshops: Writing Queer Stories with Camille Kellogg
9:00 PM — The Author/Editor Relationship
Friday, June 16, 2023
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
6:00 PM — B&N Virtually Presents: Ali Hazelwood celebrates LOVE, THEORETICALLY — starting at $25.03
For Writers - Paid
Monday, June 12, 2023
7:00 AM — Journaling Jumpstart--5 day Journaling workshop — starting at $1.00
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
3:00 PM — Tarot Tuesday Creative Writing Workshop — starting at $10.00
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
12:00 PM — The One About Money for Writers — starting at $25.00
1:00 PM — Bring Your Story World to Life: An iterative approach to world-building — starting at $15.00
2:00 PM — Crafting the Memoir in Pieces: Building a Coherent Book from Fragments W/Beth Kephart — starting at $39.00
Thursday, June 15, 2023
7:15 PM — Make the Most of Your Point of View with Janice Hardy — starting at $25.00
Friday, June 16, 2023
6:00 PM — The Mindful Creative: A Writing Workshop — starting at $45.00
Saturday, June 17, 2023
10:30 AM — Creating a Sustainable Writing Practice — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Elevate Your Supporting Characters — starting at $15.00
11:00 AM — Loft Sampler Class: Screenwriting — starting at $39.00
11:00 AM — The Art of Revision: Seeing Our Work Anew” with Charlotte Gullick — starting at $15.00
12:30 PM — “Remake It, Don’t Break It”: Prose Poems with Ruben Quesada — starting at $39.00
12:30 PM — Diving Deep / Explorations in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction a Master Class with Mindy Lewis — starting at $39.00
2:00 PM — Loft Sampler Class: How to Earn a Living as a Writer — starting at $39.00
3:00 PM — Erotica Writing 101 Zoom Class — starting at $39.00
5:00 PM — Seven Writing Productivity Myths Workshop with Author Becca Syme — starting at $39.00
Sunday, June 18, 2023
11:00 AM — Social Media and Authors... What the HECK do we do NOW?? — starting at $39.00
12:30 PM — Hybrid Poetry as Witness and Reclamation Workshop with Shira Dentz — starting at $39.00
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.