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.

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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 — Holding a Mirror up to Nature: An Evening with James Gilligan & David A.J. Richards with Marcia Pally

• 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

• 6:30 PM — Heartbreak Tree: An Evening with Pauletta Hansel

• 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 — Adoption in America - Virtual Author Roundtable

• 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

• 7:00 PM — SECRET IDENTITY: Alex Segura with Aida Reluzco

• 8:00 PM — Launch: DEAR SOPHIE, LOVE SOPHIE: A Graphic Memoir in Diaries, Letters, and Lists by Sophie Lucido Johnson

• 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 — Jennifer Natalya Fink — All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship - with David Jackson Ambrose

• 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

• 7:00 PM — THE MISSING PIECE: John Lescroart and Chris Hauty

• 7:00 PM — To Turn The World Around: poetry reading and discussion with Indira Allegra, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

• 7:30 PM — A Million Quiet Revolutions: Robin Gow in conversation with Tobly McSmith

• 7:30 PM — TEDxAmoskeagMillyardSalon with Sy Montgomery

• 8:00 PM — AuthorFest with Janet Evanovich and Nelson DeMille

• 9:00 PM — Sarah Fay, in conversation with Porochista Khakpour, discusses Pathological: the True Story of Six Misdiagnoses

• 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 — BingeBooks.com Live author chat with EL James

• 3:00 PM — Double Launch with ROSHANI CHOKSHI!

• 4:00 PM — Susan Kusel Shares THE PASSOVER GUEST (Picture Book)

• 5:00 PM — Afternoon Tea-Light with author Allison Epstein

• 6:00 PM — Launch Event for A DUET FOR HOME by Karina Yan Glaser

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For Writers - Free

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

• 1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge | Quick ‘n Dirty Video Power: Making & Sharing Reels, TikToks & Stories Across Platforms (For $$!)

• 1:30 PM — My New Book: The Upcoming Message That Will Change the World

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

• 6:00 PM — Monica Huerta with Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez Tao Leigh Goffe: Magical Habits #5 -- A Conversation about Personal Writing

• 8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas

• Thursday, March 31, 2022

• 7:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with Novelist Matt Bell

• 9:00 PM — Workshop: Where Stories Come From with Writer in Residence Amy K. Nichols

Friday, April 1, 2022

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

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

Saturday, April 2, 2022

• 11:00 AM — Workshops for Writers: Inspiration Through Everyday Objects

Sunday, April 3, 2022

• 2:00 PM — Tea & Poetry with J.C. Todd and Jarel Harél

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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

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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.