Virtual Bookish Events for June 21-27, 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 Lodestar.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, June 21, 2021
2:00 PM — Treehouse and the LA Public Library Present: Shing Yin Khor, author of The Legend of Auntie Po
7:00 PM — An evening with author Joshua Whitehead
9:00 PM — Kathy Freston & Gene Stone discuss 72 Reasons to Be Vegan: Why Plant-Based. Why Now.
10:00 PM — John Shirley in Conversation with Greg Bear
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
12:00 PM — Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
3:00 PM — Writers Live: J.A. Jance author of Unfinished Business
6:00 PM — Jonathan Hoefer
6:30 PM — In Conversation with Madeleine Henry, Author of THE LOVE PROOF
7:00 PM — The Lost Apothecary: A conversation with New York Times bestselling author Sarah Penner
7:00 PM — Bethany C. Morrow and Roseanne Brown for A CHORUS RISES
7:00 PM — Ottessa Moshfegh with Blake Butler, Death in Her Hands
7:30 PM — A Girl is a Body of Water: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in conversation with Novuyo Tshuma
8:00 PM — Helene Wecker: The Hidden Palace
8:30 PM — Skylit: Misogynoir Transformed by Moya Bailey, with Mariame Kaba
10:00 PM — Rosecrans Baldwin and Geoff Manaugh - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-Sate of Los Angeles
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
7:00 PM — An evening with Sumita Chakraborty, Cortney Lamar Charleston, & Carey Salerno
7:00 PM — Uncle Bobbie's Presents: Marlon Peterson's "Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song"
8:00 PM — Lori M. Lee with Axie Oh (YA)
9:00 PM — Nana Nkweti, in conversation with Yaa Gyasi, discusses Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories
9:30 PM — Skylit: Cultish by Amanda Montell, with Owin Pierson
Thursday, June 24, 2021
12:00 PM — Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry this Place
1:00 PM — What You Can See From Here: A Conversation w/ M. Leky, T. Lewis & R. Cohen
3:00 PM — Carnegie Author Series with Lisa Wingate
6:00 PM — Rio Cortez and Lauren Semmer for THE ABC'S OF BLACK HISTORY
6:00 PM — Virtual Author Reading: SKYE PAPERS by Jamika Ajalon
7:00 PM — Book + Author: Aggie Blum Thompson
7:00 PM — Writers on the Rise: Nana Nkweti
9:00 PM — Writers Live: David B. Williams in conversation with Liz Stenning
Friday, June 25, 2021
7:00 PM — Lit Hub x Wine Access: Victoria James
7:00 PM — NYT Bestselling Author Kate Moore discusses The Woman They Could Not Silence
Saturday, June 26, 2021
11:00 AM — Dogs at Work: A Virtual Event with Margaret Cardillo
2:00 PM — Meet the Authors of EVERY BODY SHINES
3:00 PM — Space Coast Book Lovers Book Signing
8:00 PM — The Green Room LIVE with Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil
9:00 PM — PubTalk Live 6-26-21 with Stephanie Cooke and Whitney Gardner
Sunday, June 27, 2021
For Writers - Free
Monday, June 21, 2021
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A | Write, Publish, Promote, Platform: How Do You Get It All DONE?
1:30 PM — Making the Most of Amazon Author Central
7:00 PM — Writer to Writer: Maudelle Driskell & Abigail Wender
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
6:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with Clay Risen
8:00 PM — Great Beginnings: A Craft Talk with Pamela N. Harris, Racquel Henry, & Marquita Hockaday
8:00 PM — Virtual Write-In With Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, June 24, 2021
1:30 PM — How to Create a Great Podcast
9:00 PM — Not Just for Dancing: How to Use TikTok to Connect with Readers with Alexandria Juarez
Friday, June 25, 2021
Saturday, June 26, 2021
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
12:00 PM — Alex Michaelides in Conversation with Brad Thor — starting at $32.00
4:00 PM — RWR Presents Jennifer Weiner and THAT SUMMER! — starting at $35.00
7:00 PM — An Evening with Stacey Abrams, with Cari Champion — starting at $5.00
7:00 PM — The BLACKOUT Block Party — starting at $20.00
8:00 PM — Salman Rushdie 'Languages of Truth' — starting at $15.00
9:00 PM — Andrew Bacevich & Philip Maldari: America’s Role in a World Transformed — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
8:00 PM — Ocean Vuong and Alok Vaid-Menon for ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS — starting at $5.00
8:30 PM — Virtual Ideas Exchange with Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman w/Tracy K. Smith — starting at $25.00
Thursday, June 24, 2021
10:00 PM — A Conversation with Suzanne Simard and Laura Pustarfi: On Finding the Mother Tree — starting at $5.00
Saturday, June 26, 2021
2:00 PM — Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Tish Camp, Jack Cooper, Moe Seager — starting at $5.00
3:00 PM — Jane Igharo and Jamise Harper for TIES THAT TETHER — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, June 21, 2021
8:00 PM — Wordsmith Seminar: Graphic Design and Branding with Ashley Poston — starting at $10.00
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
7:00 PM — Cultivating Fields: An Introduction to Writing Poetry with jo reyes-boitel (4 weeks) — starting at $125.00
Thursday, June 24, 2021
6:00 PM — Points of Departure: Drafting New Poems with Octavio Quintanilla — starting at $85.00
7:15 PM — I Want What I Want with Sheree Greer — starting at $39.00
Friday, June 25, 2021
10:30 AM — Mythic Story Structures Series: Soul Triptychs — starting at $75.00
6:00 PM — Found in Translation: Writing Across Borders — starting at $75.00
Saturday, June 26, 2021
10:00 AM — A Little Practice: Creating and Sustaining a Writing Habit — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Pitch to Publish: Getting Editors to Engage with Your Work with novelist Melissa Scholes Young — starting at $49.00
10:00 AM — The Business of Writing: Edit, Polish, Query, Submit — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — The Intimacy of Metaphor in Poetry — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — The One-Set Story: Writing Fiction With A Sense of Space — starting at $70.00
10:30 AM — Act Like A Writer, Think Like An Editor: Getting Your Manuscript Ready — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Flash Essays: Inventive and Playful Forms — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing for Advocacy: Letter Writing — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Building Vivid Worlds in Your Creative Nonfiction — starting at $70.00
1:00 PM — Falling In Love With Series — starting at $35.00
1:00 PM — The Art & Poetry of Memoir with Mary Karr & Albert Flynn DeSilver — starting at $149.00
2:00 PM — Brand U: How to Promote and Maximize Your Investment in Yourself — starting at $15.00
2:00 PM — Liz Pelletier on Growth Hacking a Bestseller — starting at $30.00
2:00 PM — Mags to Riches — starting at $70.00
2:30 PM — Act Like A Writer, Think Like An Editor: The Road to Publication — starting at $75.00
2:30 PM — The Mystery Market, Today and Tomorrow — starting at $20.00
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.