Virtual Bookish Events for March 28-April 3, 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 and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, March 28, 2022
12:00 PM — The Trouble Begins on THE WOMAN THEY COULD NOT SILENCE with Kate Moore
1:00 PM — Most Anticipated Audiobooks Spring 2022 with AudioFile and Libro.fm
7:00 PM — Like A Sister | Kellye Garrett in conversation with Rachel Howzell Hall
7:00 PM — THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV with Dawnie Walton and Naima Coster
8:00 PM — Meghan P. Browne & Brooke Smart | Dorothy the Brave
9:00 PM — Vroman’s Local Author Day – Kids Edition featuring Eshele Williams and Brian Carmody
9:00 PM — Write America: Jillian LaRussa and Roger Rosenblatt
9:30 PM — Skylit: Desgraciado (the collected letters) by Angel Dominguez, with Sesshu Foster
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
4:00 PM — Gregory Maguire and David Litchfield | A Rain Taxi Event
6:00 PM — Atlas: Skin/Bone/Blood – Bodymaps in Brown and Black (Poetry Reading and Panel Discussion)
6:00 PM — Eric Gapstur with Jeff Kinney
6:00 PM — Amanda Oliver | OVERDUE with Meg Metcalf
6:00 PM — Lina AlHathloul, Uma Mishra-Newbery & Rebecca Green—Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers
6:00 PM — SECRET IDENTITY: Alex Segura with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
7:00 PM — Sherry Harris and Libby Klein in Conversation about cozy mysteries
7:00 PM — Dana De Greff - Words and Wonder
7:00 PM — Lisa Scottoline, Author of What Happened to the Bennetts: Publication Day Celebration!
8:00 PM — All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner
9:00 PM — A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
9:00 PM — Joe R. Lansdale in conversation with Gabino Iglesias
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM — Book Launch of "She Calls Herself Betsey Stockton" by Constance K. Escher
7:00 PM — ANCESTOR TROUBLE: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation
7:00 PM — N. Griffin with A. S. King, TRIGGER
8:00 PM — Rachel Ricketts, in conversation with Kiese Laymon, discusses Do Better
8:00 PM — YOU GROW GURL! | @Plantkween's Christopher Griffin in conversation with Alex Elle
10:00 PM — Adrian Shirk and Brenda Hillman - Heaven is a Place on Earth
10:00 PM — Jacqueline Winspear: A Sunlit Weapon
10:30 PM — F.T. Lukens in discussion with Ryan La Sala
Thursday, March 31, 2022
12:00 PM — Marlon James: Moon Witch, Spider King
6:00 PM — Melissa Fu, Author of "Peach Blossom Spring," in Conversation with Georgia Hunter
6:30 PM — Daughters of Aataentsic: Life Stories from Seven Generations
7:00 PM — Kate Folk: OUT THERE
7:00 PM — Kate Quinn: THE DIAMOND EYE
7:00 PM — L.M. Elliott—Loiusa June and the Nazis in the Waves-with Sharon Cameron
7:30 PM — A Million Quiet Revolutions: Robin Gow in conversation with Tobly McSmith
8:00 PM — AuthorFest with Janet Evanovich and Nelson DeMille
10:00 PM — Tobias Madden & Sophie Gonzales
Friday, April 1, 2022
12:00 PM — The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum
6:00 PM — Greg Bluestein — Flipped - in conversation with Johnathan Allen
9:00 PM — Skylit: Conversations with People Who Hate Me by Dylan Marron, with Franchesca Ramsey
Saturday, April 2, 2022
10:00 AM — BookMania! Re-Imagined with Michael Tougias
11:00 AM — BookMania! Re-Imagined with Wanda M. Morris and Spencer Quinn
12:00 PM — BookMania! Re-Imagined with John Searles
1:00 PM — BookMania! Re-Imagined with Kristin Harmel and Sheila Williams
Sunday, April 3, 2022
1:00 PM — April Picture Book Launch Bonanza
3:00 PM — Double Launch with ROSHANI CHOKSHI!
4:00 PM — Susan Kusel Shares THE PASSOVER GUEST (Picture Book)
6:00 PM — Launch Event for A DUET FOR HOME by Karina Yan Glaser
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM — Frack this Book! Writing About the Environment in Fiction w/ Joel Burcat
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with picture book author Fred Koehler
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, March 31, 2022
9:00 PM — Workshop: Where Stories Come From with Writer in Residence Amy K. Nichols
Friday, April 1, 2022
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Sunday, April 3, 2022
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
2:00 PM — Tarot Tuesday Workshop-prompt based generative writing w/feedback — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
5:00 PM — Found in Translation: Writing Across Borders — starting at $75.00
Friday, April 1, 2022
10:00 AM — Introduction to Writing to Heal — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Moments in Love or Otherwise: Capturing Relationships — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Novel Essentials: Narrative Style — starting at $75.00
12:00 PM — Tweet This Way! month long workshop with Cassandra Carr — starting at $30.00
6:00 PM — So You Want to Write a Memoir? — starting at $75.00
Saturday, April 2, 2022
10:00 AM — Building Vivid Worlds in Your Creative Nonfiction — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Characterization in Fiction: Flatness and Intuitive Depth — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — From Vision to Revision: Poetry Focus — starting at $150.00
10:00 AM — Writing for the Web — starting at $70.00
10:30 AM — Writing The Dream Sequence in Any Genre — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Memoir 101: Everything You Need to Know to (Finally) Start Your Memoir with Jessica Wilbanks — starting at $109.00
11:30 AM — Writing Parenthood — starting at $30.00
11:30 AM — Writing Parenthood with Kimberly Lee — starting at $30.00
12:30 PM — The Poem Under the Poem: A Poetry Revision Workshop with January Gill O’Neil — starting at $124.00
Sunday, April 3, 2022
12:30 PM — The Line Loves the Sentence: A Poetry Craft Class with Rebecca Morgan Frank — 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.