Virtual Bookish Events for March 21-27, 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 21, 2022
6:00 PM — P&P Live! Rachel Kushner — The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020
7:00 PM — Dr. Maha Hilal, author of INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN MUSLIM, in conversation with Kavin Senapathy!
7:00 PM — Katherine Applegate Educator's Night
7:00 PM — Mark Mordue - Boy On Fire: The Young Nick Cave with David Fricke
7:00 PM — Wil Haygood & Emmai Alaquiva
8:00 PM — Ashley Farmer | Dear Damage
8:00 PM — Three Midwest Indie Bookstores Present Novelist Stewart O'Nan in conversation with Nickolas Butler
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
6:30 PM — Dear Queer Self: An Evening with Jonathan Alexander
7:00 PM — AVIVA VS. THE DYBBUK with Mari Lowe and Leah Horowitz
7:00 PM — How Creativity Rules the World: An Evening with Maria Brito and Carlos Betancourt
8:00 PM — Adib Khorram In Conversation With Tessa Gratton for Adib's New Hardcover Kiss & Tell
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
12:00 PM — Marikana: A People's History
3:00 PM — “Dark Fantasy ... But Make it Queer” with Francesca May & Tara Sim
6:00 PM — Lee Kravetz (THE LAST CONFESSIONS OF SYLVIA P.) in conversation with Karen Dukess
6:00 PM — P&P Live! An Evening with Frances Park and Ginger Park
6:00 PM — Susannah Pratt & Nathan Stucky: More or Less -- Essays from a Year of No Buying
7:00 PM — Haleh Liza Gafori, "Gold", new translations of Rumi
7:00 PM — Sarah Krasnostein: The Believer
7:00 PM — The Beauty of Dusk: An Evening with Frank Bruni and Lizette Alvarez
8:00 PM — A. J. Sass Launch Event: ELLEN OUTSIDE THE LINES with Nicole Melleby and Lin Thompson (Middle Grade)
8:00 PM — Ocean State: A Conversation with Stewart O'Nan and Nickolas Butler
8:00 PM — P&P Live! Andre Henry — All The White Friends I Couldn't Keep - with Jemar Tisby
10:00 PM — Alex Segura in conversation with Rob Hart
10:00 PM — Stephen Case and Premee Mohamed
Thursday, March 24, 2022
2:00 PM — P&P Live! Mac Barnett—John's Turn
6:00 PM — P&P Live! Tracey Gendron — Ageism Unmasked - with Paula Span
7:30 PM — Samuel R. Delany | A Rain Taxi Event
8:00 PM — Tony Hiss | Recovering Our Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth
10:00 PM — Sara A. Mueller discussing The Bone Orchard
Friday, March 25, 2022
1:30 PM — The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
5:00 PM — Eloghosa Osunde: VAGABONDS!
7:00 PM — Julissa Natzely Arce Raya and America Ferrera for YOU SOUND LIKE A WHITE GIRL
Saturday, March 26, 2022
1:00 PM — 2022 Caldecott Celebration
3:00 PM — 2022 Newbery Celebration
4:00 PM — Soviet-American Authors Talk Russia-Ukraine War: How to Write History While You're Living It
6:00 PM — Imaginable: An Evening with Jane McGonigal and Charles Duhigg
Sunday, March 27, 2022
6:00 PM — T. Jefferson Parker at Sisters in Crime Orange County
7:00 PM — An Evening of Spiritual Wisdom with Alice McDowell
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
10:30 AM — Creating a Social Media Plan for Your Author Brand
2:00 PM — Blogging to Build Platform: Yes or No?
7:00 PM — Gotham Writers Open House: One-hour classes in Fiction, Songwriting, Memoir and more
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
2:00 PM — Gotham Writers Open House: One-hour classes in Creative Nonfiction, Screenwriting, and Memoir
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with Helios Arts Chief Creative Officer Ryan McKinny
7:00 PM — Gotham Writers Open House: One-hour classes in Playwriting, TV Writing, Fiction, and more
7:00 PM — Learning Craft Tips from Theater Artists
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Friday, March 25, 2022
12:30 PM — Write Down the Street: Setting as Character
8:00 PM — #AskAgent Agent Office Hours with Sarah N. Fisk of the Tobias Literary Agency
For Readers - Paid
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
8:00 PM — David Wright Faladé and Audrey Petty for BLACK CLOUD RISING — starting at $1.00
Thursday, March 24, 2022
7:00 PM — Author Dave Wedge, Riding with Evil — starting at $5.00
Friday, March 25, 2022
8:00 PM — Kellye Garrett and Alyssa Cole for LIKE A SISTER — starting at $1.00
Saturday, March 26, 2022
1:00 PM — Concord Garden Club & Ellen Ecker Ogden, discussing heirloom food gardens — starting at $28.98
1:00 PM — Lester D. Friedman: Citizen Spielberg — starting at $20.00
6:00 PM — Author Jane McGonigal, Imaginable, with Charles Duhigg — starting at $5.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
2:00 PM — Tarot Tuesday Writing Workshop-prompt based generative writing w/ feedback — starting at $5.00
7:00 PM — Naomi Shihab Nye Online Workshop: I’m Packed! From Oman to Michigan — starting at $38.00
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
7:00 PM — 90-Minute Midweek Writing Retreat — starting at $20.00
7:30 PM — What Authors Need to Know: Marketing and Publicizing Your Book with Katharine Duckett — starting at $109.00
Thursday, March 24, 2022
7:15 PM — The Art of Intuition - How to Use What You Don't Know You Know with Geodie Baxter — starting at $39.00
Friday, March 25, 2022
10:30 AM — Compassionate Nonfiction: Writing about Parents — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Marketing for Writers: Audience & Platform — starting at $75.00
1:00 PM — How to Pitch Your Book to Scholarly Publishers — starting at $30.00
6:00 PM — Revolutionary Poetics — starting at $75.00
Saturday, March 26, 2022
10:30 AM — bell hooks Study Hall: When Angels Speak of Love — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Beyond Dialogue — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Creating a Cast of Characters in your YA Novel — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Interview Like a Journalist — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Noir Now — starting at $100.00
11:00 AM — Plotting Seminars, Part 2: Building Scenes — starting at $20.00
1:00 PM — Writing for Young Readers with Nora Raleigh Baskin — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Antagonists: Why Fiction Needs Troublemakers — starting at $60.00
2:00 PM — How to Write the Perfect Book Blurb — starting at $20.00
Sunday, March 27, 2022
4:00 PM — Author Email List Building — starting at $60.00
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.