Virtual Bookish Events for June 7-13, 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 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 — 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
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
9:30 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 — 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 — 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 — 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
2:00 PM — Divya Victor & Aaron Cohick on Collaborative Making & Publishing
6:00 PM — Veronica Henry presents BACCHANAL, with Sheree Renée Thomas
7:00 PM — Sujata Massey "The Bombay Prince"
10:00 PM — Jessica Patrick in conversation with Katy Upperman
Saturday, June 12, 2021
Sunday, June 13, 2021
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
Thursday, June 10, 2021
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
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
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
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
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.