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Virtual Bookish Events for June 7-13, 2021

Sarah Nicolas
Jun 6, 2021
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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.

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For Readers - Free

Monday, June 7, 2021

  • 10:30 AM — Instagram Live with Zibby Owens and Elyssa Friedland

  • 4:00 PM — Happy Half Hour with Alice Feeney

  • 7:00 PM — An evening with author Cathy Marie Buchanan

  • 7:00 PM — Carole Boston Weatherford on Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre with Laura Pegram

  • 7:00 PM — Don Bentley discussing Tom Clancy Target Acquired with #1 NYT bestselling author Jack Carr

  • 7:00 PM — In Conversation with Angeline Boulley and Eric Gansworth

  • 7:00 PM — Lauren Sandler with Joanna Rakoff, This Is All I Got

  • 7:00 PM — The Window Seat: A Virtual Evening with Aminatta Forna and John Freeman

  • 7:30 PM — Café Muse presents poets Tara Campbell and Meg Kearney

  • 7:30 PM — Nadia Owusu: Aftershocks

  • 10:00 PM — Dianne Dotson in conversation with Jonathan Maberry

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

  • 10:00 AM — The Centre for Space Place and Society presents Severine Autesserre's THE FRONTLINES OF PEACE

  • 11:00 AM — Instagram Live with Zibby Owens, Christina Hillsberg, and Ryan Hillsberg

  • 1:00 PM — The Current Presents: Humanity on Trial

  • 2:00 PM — Narrating THE JASMINE THRONE! Tasha Suri in conversation with Shiromi Arserio

  • 7:00 PM — A Complex Liberation from Two Vantage Points: a survivor and liberator of Bergen-Belsen

  • 7:00 PM — Belmont Books Presents Suzanne Park in Conversation with Loan Le

  • 7:00 PM — Book + Author: Raven Leilani

  • 7:00 PM — James Romm THE SACRED BAND, in conversation with Daniel Mendelsohn

  • 7:00 PM — The Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Presents Michael Kleber-Diggs

  • 7:30 PM — My Constellation of 8: Conversations with Brilliant Literary Minds, featuring Elizabeth McCracken

  • 7:30 PM — The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism--Dr. Jen Gunter in conversation with Michele Cohen Marill

  • 8:00 PM — Addie Woolridge, Jennifer Probst and Sariah Wilson at The Ripped Bodice

  • 8:00 PM — AUTHOR EVENT: Debra H. Goldstein in Conversation with V. M. Burns

  • 9:00 PM — Sasha Issenberg, in conversation with Adam Nagourney, discusses The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage

  • 9:30 PM — Skylit: Exposition Review Vol. VI. "Hunger" Reading

  • 10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Laurie R. King | CASTLE SHADE

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

  • 11:00 AM — Instagram Live with Zibby Owens and Lauryn Bosstick

  • 12:00 PM — Gabriela Garcia: Of Women and Salt

  • 3:00 PM — Book Chat with Pratt: Poetry Rx with Dr. Norman Rosenthal

  • 6:30 PM — Finding the Mother Tree: A Virtual Evening with Suzanne Simard and Hamilton Cain

  • 7:00 PM — Jessica Anya Blau, Author of Mary Jane: In Virtual Conversation

  • 7:00 PM — Live & In Conversation: Malcolm Gladwell

  • 7:30 PM — Nicole Bokat, "The Happiness Thief"

  • 8:00 PM — Authors on Tap: Nana Nkweti and Alexia Arthurs

  • 8:00 PM — TWICE A DAUGHTER: Julie Ryan McGue in conversation with Susan Conner

  • 9:00 PM — John N. Maclean in Conversation with Andy Weiner | Home Waters

  • 9:30 PM — Skylit: Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth with Esmé Weijun Wang

  • 9:30 PM — Water in the Mojave, The Intersection of Trauma & Healing: A Reading by Jennifer Battisti & Heather Lang-Cassera

  • 9:30 PM — J.A. Jance Virtual Author Appearance

  • 10:00 PM — Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson, and Don Bentley in Conversation

  • 10:00 PM — Maia Kobabe Author Talk

  • 10:00 PM — Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn’t Happen

Thursday, June 10, 2021

  • 10:00 AM — LlewellynCon2021 (10 days)

  • 2:00 PM — Book Launch: Kings of a Dead World

  • 3:00 PM — To Write As If Already Dead: Kate Zambreno with Bhanu Kapil

  • 6:00 PM — Akwaeke Emezi, "Dear Senthuran"

  • 7:00 PM — Author Talk: Maryanne O'Hara (memoir)

  • 7:00 PM — FAST FUNNY WOMEN: Bonnie Jean Feldkamp in Conversation with Gina Barreca

  • 7:00 PM — Gina Yashere Discusses Cack-Handed: A Memoir

  • 7:00 PM — Michael Farris Smith in Virtual Conversation with Erin Templeton

  • 7:30 PM — A COZY BOOK CHAT: Debra Goldstein, V. M. Burns, Ellen Byron

  • 7:30 PM — Arisa White: Who’s Your Daddy

  • 7:30 PM — Ed Achorn: Every Drop of Blood--A Book Stall Program

  • 8:00 PM — Devon A. Mihesuah in conversation with Carrie Cornelius

  • 8:00 PM — Virtual event with Julie Ryan McGue, author of TWICE A DAUGHTER

  • 9:00 PM — Elizabeth Hinton, Michael Tubbs, and DeVone Boggan - America on Fire

  • 9:00 PM — Read Books with Pride: A Night of LGBTQ+ Literature

Friday, June 11, 2021

  • 12:00 PM — Big Tech, Monopolies and Imagining Alternatives

  • 2:00 PM — Divya Victor & Aaron Cohick on Collaborative Making & Publishing

  • 6:00 PM — Alessandra Lynch: Poems from Pretty Tripwire

  • 6:00 PM — Veronica Henry presents BACCHANAL, with Sheree Renée Thomas

  • 7:00 PM — Sujata Massey "The Bombay Prince"

  • 9:00 PM — Ben Rhodes, in conversation with Alex Wagner, discusses After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made

  • 10:00 PM — Jessica Patrick in conversation with Katy Upperman

Saturday, June 12, 2021

  • 7:00 PM — After the Fall: A Virtual Evening with Ben Rhodes and Jon Meacham

Sunday, June 13, 2021

  • 1:00 PM — Hamnet: A Virtual Afternoon with Maggie O'Farrell and Colette Bancroft

  • 4:00 PM — Lacie Waldon and Rosie Danan at The Ripped Bodice

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For Writers - Free

Monday, June 7, 2021

  • 7:00 PM — The Self Through Reduction and Exclusion

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

  • 1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A | How to Launch a Bestselling Memoir

  • 7:00 PM — Writing Authentic Queer Lives

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

  • 1:00 PM — Inside Writing: From Page to Screen with Warner Brothers development executive Phil Cohen and author Ken Liu.

  • 1:30 PM — Build Your Author Brand, Build Your Following

  • 8:00 PM — Virtual Write-In With Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan

Thursday, June 10, 2021

  • 1:30 PM — Finish that Book - Even When Life Gets in the Way

  • 6:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with poet Chet’la Sebree

  • 7:00 PM — AgentChat Live with Cortney Radocaj of Belcastro Agency

  • Queries, Qualms, & Quirks podcast with Mystery Author Mia P. Manansala

Friday, June 11, 2021

  • 2:00 PM — Divya Victor & Aaron Cohick on Collaborative Making & Publishing

  • 2:00 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

  • 6:30 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

Saturday, June 12, 2021

  • 11:00 AM — Unleash Creatives: Let's Write!

  • 1:30 PM — The Inside Outline ~ Keys to Exceptional Story Development that “Pantsers” and “Plotters” Love

  • 3:00 PM — Let's Start at the Beginning: Writing Strong Narrative Openings, a generative writing class hosted by Writers' Studio

  • 4:00 PM — Writing Cultural Fantasy for Beginner

  • 9:00 PM — PubTalk Live: Author Journeys with Debra H. Goldstein

Sunday, June 13, 2021

  • 2:00 PM — Being a Debut Author, with Mia Manansala

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For Readers - Paid

Monday, June 7, 2021

  • 6:00 PM — Adam Rothman, Elsa Barraza Mendoza & Lauret Savoy for FACING GEORGETOWN'S HISTORY — starting at $1.00

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

  • 5:00 PM — Live with Kate DiCamillo & Chris Van Dusen — starting at $24.00

  • 7:00 PM — Kin: A Memoir, with author Shawna Kay Rodenberg — starting at $5.00

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

  • 6:00 PM — Awkaeke Emezi with Senthuran Varatharajah and Ann Daramola for DEAR SENTHURAN — starting at $1.00

  • 7:30 PM — Somebody's Daughter: Ashley C. Ford in conversation with Oprah Winfrey — starting at $40.25

Thursday, June 10, 2021

  • 8:00 PM — Meredith Talusan w/ Jose Antonio Vargas and Anthony Ocampo for FAIREST — starting at $1.00

Friday, June 11, 2021

  • 8:00 PM — Kristen Arnett and Laura van den Berg for WITH TEETH — starting at $1.00

  • 9:00 PM — Word Works | Jericho Brown: Nonsense and Senselessness — starting at $15.00

Saturday, June 12, 2021

  • 4:00 PM — Writers Who Knit: Ann Hood, Elinor Lipman and Caroline Leavitt — starting at $20.00


For Writers - Paid

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

  • 10:00 AM — 8-Webinar Series: Summer Springboard for Kidlit Writers with Meg Eden — starting at $100.00

  • 7:00 PM — Poetry 101: Poetic Endings through Louise Glück — starting at $35.00

Thursday, June 10, 2021

  • 1:00 PM — Create an Author Website in 24 Hours or Less — starting at $99.99

  • 7:15 PM — The Art of Villainy with David Corbett — starting at $39.00

Saturday, June 12, 2021

  • 10:00 AM — Perfectly Irresistible: Creating Sympathetic Characters (2 days) — starting at $150.00

  • 10:30 AM — Storytelling Through Film: Delivering Exposition — starting at $75.00

  • 10:30 AM — Writing Outside of Your Lane Series: Language, Slurs, and Word Choice — starting at $75.00

  • 11:00 AM — On Writing Grief with Diane Zinna — starting at $109.00

  • 12:00 PM — Craft Seminar: Here Be Dragons: True Stories About Pain with Anna Clark — starting at $100.00

  • 12:00 PM — Start Here! Quick Intro to Creative Writing, Section 2 — starting at $10.00

  • 12:00 PM — The Art of Theme and Voice in Fiction and Memoir — starting at $105.00

  • 12:30 PM — Poetry and Spiritual Reflection with Suzanne Ironbiter — starting at $124.00

  • 12:30 PM — Who Am I Now: Owning the Role of Narrator in Creative Nonfiction with Susana Paola — starting at $124.00

  • 1:00 PM — A New Angle: Playing with Point of View — starting at $35.00

  • 2:00 PM — Journaling through Difficult Times — starting at $60.00

  • 2:30 PM — Mystery Genres & Subgenres — starting at $20.00

  • 3:00 PM — Craft Seminar: Flexing Your Muscles with Patricia Smith (2 days) — starting at $200.00

Sunday, June 13, 2021

  • 1:00 PM — Craft Seminar: What Sex Can Do with Garth Greenwell (2 days) — starting at $100.00


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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.

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