Virtual Bookish Events for May 12-18, 2025
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, Coastal Magic Convention, and Author & Editor Dave Reed.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7:00 PM — Author Talk: John Blake
8:00 PM — Denali Sai Nalamalapu for HOLLER: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Sam Rebelein and Angela Sylvaine
Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:00 PM — Strong Women Strange Worlds QuickRead
For Writers - Free
Monday, May 12, 2025
3:30 PM — What I Wish I’d Known Before Publishing
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
1:00 PM — Translation Contracts 101
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Sarah Fisk and Bess Carnan
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
12:00 PM — Path to Publication: Literary Translation
Saturday, May 17, 2025
11:15 AM — Women in the Sherlock Holmes Stories
For Writers - Paid
Monday, May 12, 2025
6:30 PM — Novel Revision Between the Sheets—Spreadsheets, That Is! — starting at $65.00
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7:00 PM — Writers with kids CAN get published! — starting at $10.00
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
3:00 PM — Structure Your Story: How to Keep Readers Hooked From Start to Finish with Heather Sellers — starting at $25.00
6:30 PM — Literary Submissions: What Editors and Publishers Look For — starting at $65.00
7:30 PM — Self-Representation in Memoir: Tools to Create Yourself with Madeline Vosch — starting at $119.00
Thursday, May 15, 2025
9:30 AM — Book Marketing on a Budget — starting at $115.00
Friday, May 16, 2025
10:30 AM — No Sophomore Slump: Tackling Your Second Book — starting at $65.00
Saturday, May 17, 2025
10:00 AM — 10 Prompts to Kickstart Your Summer Writing — starting at $60.00
10:00 AM — A Writing Voice that Sells and Compels — starting at $60.00
10:00 AM — How to Translate History and Your Family’s Origin Story Into a Compelling Narrative That Catches Readers’ Imaginations — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Self-Publishing For Genre Writers: What to Know! — starting at $65.00
11:00 AM — Opening Pages in Fiction with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho — starting at $119.00
12:30 PM — Political Love Poems with Richie Hofmann — starting at $150.00
1:00 PM — Community Class: Writing the Local Weird with Andy Duncan — starting at $25.00
1:00 PM — How to Use Social Media Today — starting at $15.00
Sunday, May 18, 2025
12:00 PM — Writing as Resistance with Nancy Agabian — starting at $40.00
2:00 PM — Writing about Mental Illness — starting at $115.00
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.