Virtual Bookish Events for May 16-22, 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, The Shape of a Star Podcast, and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, May 16, 2022
6:00 PM — Launch Event for TWIN CROWNS by Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber
8:00 PM — Britt Wray — Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis - with Sarah Jaquette Ray
8:00 PM — FIGHT LIKE HELL: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF AMERICAN LABOR Kim Kelly Q&A with Peter Cole
8:00 PM — You Have a Friend in 10A: An Evening with Maggie Shipstead and Elin Hilderbrand
10:00 PM — RM Romero and Aden Polydoros in conversation for The Ghosts of Rose Hill
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
6:00 PM — Join the Club, Maggie Diaz: An Evening with Nina Moreno & Courtney Lovett
7:00 PM — Eliza Knight and Evie Hawtrey in conversation on their new historical fiction novels
7:00 PM — An Evening with Ivan Coyote
7:00 PM — LET ME BE FRANK: Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do S**t They Weren’t Supposed to Do
7:00 PM — The Last Mona Lisa: An Evening with Jonathan Santlofer
7:00 PM — Uzma Aslam Khan with Pam Thompson, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
7:30 PM — My Constellation of 8: Conversations with Brilliant Minds, featuring Cara Blue Adams
8:00 PM — Uncertain Ground: An Evening with Phil Klay and Kori Schake
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
6:00 PM — Toni Bentley — Serenade - with Christopher D'Amboise
7:00 PM — Dana Suskind, M.D.—Parent Nation - in conversation with Katherine Goldstein
8:00 PM — Jennifer A. Nielsen | Lines of Courage
8:00 PM — Siren Queen: An Evening with Nghi Vo and Rebecca Roanhorse
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Ruth Joffre and Aimee Ogden
Thursday, May 19, 2022
7:00 PM — Oral Storytelling: From Magic Lamps to Evil Stepmothers with Vaishnavi Patel and Chelsea Abdullah
7:00 PM — The Garden of Broken Things: A Virtual Evening with Francesca Momplaisir & Edwidge Danticat
7:00 PM — The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School | Sonora Reyes in conversation with Aiden Thomas
Friday, May 20, 2022
1:00 PM — Elise Broach - Duet
10:00 PM — Kelly Barnhill in discussion with G.R. Macallister
10:00 PM — Richard Nevle & Steven Nightingale - The Paradise Notebooks
Saturday, May 21, 2022
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with memoirist and Burnt Roti founding editor Sharan Dhaliwal
6:00 PM — Write Down the Street: The Art of Memory in Our Writing
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, May 19, 2022
7:00 PM — Writing Workshop: Make it Worse
9:00 PM — Workshop: Perfecting Your Pitch with Writer in Residence Amy K. Nichols
9:00 PM — Writing a Book Series
Friday, May 20, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
7:00 PM — Book Talk: Free Speech with Ian Rosenberg — starting at $20.00
Thursday, May 19, 2022
1:00 PM — Declaring a Revolution: Bernardine Evaristo — starting at 8 Euros
Friday, May 20, 2022
3:00 PM — Compelled to Remember: Abdulrazak Gurnah — starting at 8 Euros
Sunday, May 22, 2022
1:00 PM — Our Place in the World: Emilie Pine — starting at 8 Euros
For Writers - Paid
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
1:00 PM — Memoir Beginnings — starting at $25.00
6:00 PM — You Can Be a Winning Writer with Joan Gelfand — starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — Half-Way to Halloween Horror Writing Workshop-Prompt-based writing and feedback — starting at $5.00
7:30 PM — Introduction to Screenwriting: From Idea to Script with Bev Chukwu — starting at $109.00
Thursday, May 19, 2022
7:15 PM — Tension and Desire: How Your Characters' Deepest Longings Make for Page-Turning Fiction with Lorin Oberweger — starting at $39.00
9:00 PM — Phoenix Writers Network: An Evening with Lee Martin — starting at $20.00
Friday, May 20, 2022
10:30 AM — Finding Your Ending — starting at $75.00
Saturday, May 21, 2022
10:00 AM — Memory & Omission: A Multi-Genre Workshop — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — Scene, Summary, & Dialogue in Fiction — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing the Dream Narrative: A Speculative Fiction Intensive — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — On Novel Revision: Finding What Works Best for You and Your Novel with Adam Soto — starting at $109.00
12:30 PM — Body Phoenix: Our Stories, Embodiment, Choice & Freedom with Karen Finley — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — Writing Someone Else: A Persona Poem Workshop with Gretchen Primack — starting at $99.00
1:00 PM — A Little Weird Can Go a Long Way: Generating New Stories with Tara Campbell — starting at $75.00
1:00 PM — Beg, Borrow, Write! Workshop with Brittany Ackerman — starting at $65.00
1:00 PM — VONA Presents- Mining Poetry Techniques with Devi Laskar — starting at $25.00
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.