Virtual Bookish Events for May 15-21, 2023
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, The Shape of a Star Podcast and Gathr: Host Bookish Events.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
5:00 PM — Moving More: A Novel Approach for Book Lovers—A conversation with Katy Bowman and Sarah Selecky
7:00 PM — Sushi and Sea Lions Virtual Launch Party
7:00 PM — Meet the 2023 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner: Manuel Muñoz
7:00 PM — Nicole Chung: A Living Remedy
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
9:00 AM — Author Afternoons - Veronica Henry Thirty Days in Paris
7:00 PM — If It Makes You Happy: the science and philosophy of The Good Life
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Lora Gray and B. Zelkovich
Thursday, May 18, 2023
7:00 PM — Strong Women - Strange Worlds Virtual Group Author Reading By Women and Nonbinary Spec Fic Authors
7:00 PM — Nicole Chung, author of A Living Remedy, in conversation with Nicole Cliffe
Friday, May 19, 2023
7:00 PM — Paul Harding: This Other Eden
Saturday, May 20, 2023
4:45 PM — Crip Up The Kitchen Cookbook Launch
Sunday, May 21, 2023
3:00 PM — Debut Authors Tamika Burgess, Meg Eden Kuyatt, Sydney Dunlap, and Karen S. Chow
4:30 PM — An Afternoon with Timothy Donnelly, Shanta Lee Gander, & Dean Rader
For Writers - Free
Monday, May 15, 2023
8:00 PM — Playing With Plot
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
7:00 PM — TikTok for Authors
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
5:00 PM — Literary Magazines Are Dead, Long Live Literary Magazines
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan & Sarah Fisk
Thursday, May 18, 2023
7:00 PM — Craft Chat with Novelist Aaron Hamburger
8:00 PM — Myth + Memory: Staking Out New Territory in the Memoir Form with Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
Saturday, May 20, 2023
2:00 PM — The Writer’s Rituals with Amy Hirayama
For Readers - Paid
Monday, May 15, 2023
8:00 PM — The Troublemaker Tour with Luvvie Ajayi Jones (in convo with Tabitha Brown) — starting at $35.00
9:00 PM — An Evening with Rainn Wilson — starting at $40.00
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
9:00 PM — Dave Barry with Paul Levine — starting at $40.00
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
8:00 PM — Bethanne Patrick and James Tate Hill for LIFE B: Overcoming Double Depression — starting at $1.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
3:00 PM — Q&A with debut authors Tamika Burgess, Meg Eden Kuyatt, Sydney Dunlap, and Karen S. Chow — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
2:00 PM — Finding Your Voice: Flex Who You Are & Enliven Your Prose — starting at $15.00
2:00 PM — Making Time, Making Art: Navigating the Writer/Author Divide — starting at $15.00
Thursday, May 18, 2023
7:15 PM — Mining Character: The Art & Science Behind Great Protagonists with Henry Neff — starting at $39.00
Saturday, May 20, 2023
11:00 AM — Between Signing & Submission: The Agent/Author Relationship with Seth Fishman — starting at $25.00
11:00 AM — Spot Revision with Mary Helen Stefaniak — starting at $100.00
12:30 PM — The Living Voice: Building a Poem’s Unique Speaker with Yerra Sugarman — starting at $124.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
11:30 AM — The Fab Five: Writing With the Senses — starting at $10.00
4:00 PM — Marketing Minus the Self-Loathing — starting at $70.00
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.
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