Virtual Bookish Events for June 20-26, 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, The Shape of a Star Podcast, and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, June 20, 2022
7:00 PM — Caleb Gayle — We Refuse to Forget — with Kiese Laymon
7:00 PM — We Refuse to Forget: An Evening with Caleb Gayle and Kiese Laymon
8:00 PM — Jordan Calhoun in conversation with Britteney Kapri
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
10:00 AM — Costantia Manoli & Magdalena Mora — Tomatoes in My Lunchbox
7:00 PM — Sylvia Liu — Hana Hsu and The Ghost of Crab Nation - with Donna Barba Higuera
8:00 PM — Ali Brady & Gillian Libby Virtual Event
8:00 PM — Kaitlyn Tiffany for "Everything I Need I Get from You" with Chris Stedman
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
12:00 PM — Ed Yong: An Immense World
3:30 PM — Mysteries and Thrillers Book Club: 'The Kind Worth Killing'
7:30 PM — Good Morning, Love with Ashley M. Coleman & Pauleanna Reid
10:00 PM — Amy Brady and Tajja Isen - The World as We Knew It
Thursday, June 23, 2022
3:00 PM — Orbit Pride: M.A. Carrick & Tara Sim
4:00 PM — Joyce Carol Oates & Colm Tóibín: Poets in Conversation at A Mighty Blaze
8:00 PM — Imogen Binnie & Sarah Schulman
9:00 PM — What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land & Reclaim Our Health with David R. Montgomery & Anne Biklé
10:30 PM — Author Voices with Da'Shaun Harrison
Friday, June 24, 2022
2:00 PM — Orbit Pride: Alex White & K.B. Wagers
6:00 PM — Tọlá Okogwu and Kwame Mbalia for ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN
7:00 PM — AfroFuturist Pastoral Speculative Poetry Reading Akua Lezli Hope with Eugen Bacon
Saturday, June 25, 2022
12:00 PM — Rakestraw Books "Live at Home!" with Clare Pooley & Mary Laura Philpott2:00 PM — An Afternoon with Author Clayton Thomas-Müller
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with PRX/Radiotopia's executive producer of podcasts Audrey Mardavich
8:00 PM — Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Fisk
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Friday, June 24, 2022
Sunday, June 26, 2022
2:00 PM — From Sub to Pub
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
6:00 PM — Saara El-Arifi w/ Tasha Suri and Samantha Shannon for THE FINAL STRIFE — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
7:00 PM — Tame the Submission Process with Chibbi Orduña — starting at $100.00
7:00 PM — The Modern Author’s Press Kit with Agent Sarah Fisk — starting at $30.00
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
9:00 PM — Personal Essays Gone Wild! — starting at $5.00
Thursday, June 23, 2022
1:00 PM — Why Is My Book Getting Rejected? — starting at $25.00
5:00 PM — Found in Translation: Writing Across Borders — starting at $75.00
6:00 PM — You + The World: Expanding the Scope of Your Memoir with E.B. Bartels — starting at $69.00
Friday, June 24, 2022
10:00 AM — Nuts and Bolts of Novel Planning: Story Beats — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — So You're Stuck: Now What? — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — What Literary Journals Want You to Know — starting at $75.00
6:00 PM — Crafting the 5-Minute Memoir — starting at $75.00
Saturday, June 25, 2022
10:00 AM — Free Your Creativity By Writing With Constraints — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Writing the Queer Body for Queer Writers — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — Reading Like a Writer — starting at $70.00
10:30 AM — Speculative Series: Writing Short & Flash Fiction — starting at $75.00
12:30 PM — Outstanding Openings with Tina Tocco — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — The Imperfect is Our Paradise: A generative poetry workshop with H.R. Webster — starting at $99.00
2:30 PM — Find A Writing Class That's Right for You — starting at $75.00
Sunday, June 26, 2022
12:30 PM — Poetry Revision Workshop with Michael Patrick Collins — starting at $124.00
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.