Virtual Bookish Events for March 14-20, 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 14, 2022
4:00 PM — Remi K. England | IG Live celebration for THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU
7:00 PM — Angela Davis: In Conversation
7:00 PM — Write America: Jamaal May, Michelle Whittaker and Lindsay Adkins
9:30 PM — Our Brilliant Friends 2022: Hosted by HBO, Europa Editions, Harper's and McNally Jackson
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
2:00 PM — March Fireside Chat With Michael Bungay Stanier
3:00 PM — When I Sing, Mountains Dance with Mara Faye Lethem & C Pam Zhang
6:00 PM — Danielle Lindemann & Shamus Khan: True Story -- What Reality TV Says about Us
7:00 PM — Ann Fraistat Shares What We Harvest
7:00 PM — Seriously Entertaining - Long, Strange Trip
7:00 PM — The Lost Son Book Launch
8:00 PM — In Conversation: Rachel Krantz (OPEN) & Jessica Fern (POLYSECURE)
8:00 PM — Rachel McMillan & Anna Lee Huber Virtual Event
8:45 PM — Tortuga Gallery Online Open Poetry Reading
9:00 PM — John W. Reid and Jonathan C. Slaght - Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Earth
10:30 PM — Author Voices: Sonora Jha
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
2:30 PM — Gulbahar Haitiwaji and Elisha Wiesel for HOW I SURVIVED A CHINESE "REEDUCATION" CAMP
6:00 PM — Joe Moshenka, Jeff Dolven & Michael Wood: Making Darkness Light -- a Life of John Milton
6:00 PM — Launch Event for NINE LIVES by Peter Swanson, with Lynne Constantine
6:00 PM — Teen Romance Launch for RIGHT WHERE I LEFT YOU with Julian Winters and Dustin Thao
7:00 PM — S.A. Cosby and Nikki Dolson
8:00 PM — Poetry Reading: Karl Gartung and Peter Burzyński
9:00 PM — Reyna Grande with Francisco Cantú / A Ballad of Love and Glory
9:00 PM — Skylit: Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, with Emmanuel Sigauke!
9:00 PM — WeHo Reads: How We Gather | A Celebration of Women Who Submit’s New Anthology GATHERING
Thursday, March 17, 2022
6:00 PM — High School, High Stakes: Thrills and Chills in YA with Karen McManus, K. Ancrum and Sarah Glenn Marsh
9:30 PM — Skylit: In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs, with Kiese Laymon
Friday, March 18, 2022
2:00 PM — Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox: PASD Fitz and Cleo Virtual Visit
4:00 PM — Skylit: Sundial by Catriona Ward, with Caroline Kepnes
7:00 PM — Soul Sister Revue w/ Cornelius Eady, Samiya Bashir, Wendy Xu, and More!
8:00 PM — Anna Journey & David St. John Reading at Beyond Baroque
Sunday, March 20, 2022
5:00 PM — The Future Lives in Our Bodies: A Poetry Reading and Open Mic
6:30 PM — OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture
For Writers - Free
Monday, March 14, 2022
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge | Creating Diverse Spaces: Platform-Building For and With BIPOC Authors
1:30 PM — Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact
8:15 PM — The Do’s and Don’ts of Queries with Becky LeJeune
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
1:30 PM — Practical Budgeting for Indie Authors: Essential Prep for Smart Investment
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with debut novelist (Post-Traumatic) Chantal V. Johnson
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, March 17, 2022
3:00 PM — Start Writing Now & Get Your First Byline
7:00 PM — Craft Chat with Poet Dan Brady
9:00 PM — Writing and Drawing Memoir: Telling Your Story with More than Words
Friday, March 18, 2022
2:00 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers
6:30 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers
For Readers - Paid
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
7:00 PM — Story/Teller Arts: Playwright Sarah Ruhl and Composer Matthew Aucoin in Conversation — starting at $1.00
Thursday, March 17, 2022
7:00 PM — The Art of the Short Story: Small Odysseys with Jai Chakrabarti, A. M. Homes, Hannah Tinti, and Weike Wang — starting at $1.00
Saturday, March 19, 2022
7:00 PM — Author Azar Nafisi, in conversation with Jacki Lyden — starting at $31.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
2:00 PM — Tarot Tuesdays--Generative Prompt-based workshop — starting at $5.00
Thursday, March 17, 2022
1:00 PM — Instagram Smarts for Writers — starting at $25.00
7:15 PM — The Ticking Clock: Making Any Novel A Nail-Biter with Jonathan Maberry — starting at $39.00
8:00 PM — Write Worlds Your Readers Won’t Forget with Stant Litore — starting at $75.00
9:30 PM — Free Your Creativity by Writing With Constraints — starting at $42.00
Friday, March 18, 2022
10:30 AM — Finding Your Ending — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Urgent Poem: Cultivating Immediacy — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Unlock Your Story's Inciting Incident — starting at $75.00
Saturday, March 19, 2022
9:30 AM — Querypalooza - Query Letter Master Class plus One-on-One Meetings — starting at $85.00
10:00 AM — Writing Parenthood — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Tarot Tells the Story — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — The Art of Grant Writing — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — The Basics of Romantic Suspense — starting at $10.00
10:30 AM — Befriend Your Inner Critic: Skills for a Productive Writing Practice — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Scratching the Surface: Writing into Poetic Abstraction — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Speculative Series: Unlocking a Logic of Magic — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Idea Lab: Finding Inspiration for Your Children's Book Writing — starting at $35.00
11:00 AM — Refuse to Be Done with Matt Bell — starting at $25.00
12:30 PM — Illuminating the Line: an Introduction to Prose Poetry with Philip F. Clark — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Introduction to Writing Erotica — starting at $60.00
Sunday, March 20, 2022
4:00 PM — Writing the Humorous Essay — 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.