Virtual Bookish Events for May 23-29, 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 23, 2022
6:00 PM — Launch Event for space opera UNDER FORTUNATE STARS: Ren Hutchings in conversation with Karen Osborne
6:00 PM — Panel discussion - Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands
7:00 PM — Jacinda Townsend — Mother Country - with Melissa Scholes Young
7:00 PM — Jazz Poetry Month: Lucian Ban: Ways of Disappearing
7:00 PM — Write America: Edward Zwick and Patricia McCormick
9:00 PM — Beverley Whitaker Rodgers and Shawn Brown-Brumfield
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
3:00 PM — This Woman's Work: Sinéad Gleeson, Margo Jefferson & Zakia Sewell
6:00 PM — A Conversation with Esmeralda Santiago and Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
6:00 PM — Launch Event for Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda
6:00 PM — Maggie Shipstead presents YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN 10A, with Stephanie Danler
7:00 PM — ALL THE THINGS WE DON’T TALK ABOUT with Amy Feltman and Dana Isokawa
7:00 PM — Jazz Poetry Month: Mara Rosenbloom Bone Labyrinth Trio
7:00 PM — Sayantani Dasgupta — Debating Darcy - with Chelsea Clinton
7:00 PM — Tsering Yangzom Lama — We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies - with Maaza Mengiste
7:00 PM — We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies: An Evening with Tsering Yangzom Lama and Maaza Mengiste
7:30 PM — The Cherry Robbers: Sarai Walker in conversation with Shalyn Claggett
8:00 PM — ESSENTIAL LABOR: MOTHERING AS SOCIAL CHANGE by Angela Garbes
8:00 PM — Lillie Vale Beauty and the Besharam Virtual Launch Event
10:00 PM — Kiersten White discussing HIDE
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
11:00 AM — Alex Boersma & Nick Pyenson - The Whale Who Swam Through Time
5:00 PM — Pamela Erens and Robin Black: MIDDLEMARCH AND THE IMPERFECT LIFE and BOOKMARKED: MRS. DALLOWAY. (memoir)
7:00 PM — The Answer is You With Author Alex Amouyel in Conversation With Sona Shah
8:00 PM — Our Last Days in Barcelona: An Evening with Chanel Cleeton
9:00 PM — Korean American Authors Talk YA For AANHPI Heritage Month
Thursday, May 26, 2022
6:00 PM — The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza! Event
7:00 PM — Author Talk: OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN
7:00 PM — Marie Myung-Ok Lee — The Evening Hero - with John Darnielle
7:00 PM — The Evening Hero: An Evening with Marie Myung-Ok Lee and John Darnielle
8:30 PM — Video Games as Literature 101 Panel at Momocon Presented by Blogger/Author Kirsten Rodning
Friday, May 27, 2022
4:00 PM — Under Pressure: The Science of Stress
Saturday, May 28, 2022
7:00 PM — In Conversation With Tamika Scott
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A | Do-Overs: Fixing Posts & Pitches that *Should* Have Done Better
8:00 PM — Can I Hook You on My Book? Tips for Writing Effective Query Letters to Agents
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
7:00 PM — Craft Workshop-Developing POV in Fiction: Posing the Emotional Question, hosted by Writers' Studio
7:30 PM — Resources for Storytellers
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
Thursday, May 26, 2022
7:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with Poet Adam Tavel
8:00 PM — Writing a Book Series
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
7:00 PM — Understanding Publishing Contracts
For Readers - Paid
Saturday, May 28, 2022
2:00 PM — Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Megha Sood, Juan Pablo Mobili, Carolyne Wright — starting at $5.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
7:00 PM — The Role of Local Journalism in a Healthy Democracy — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
6:30 PM — Journal to the Self: A 6-Week Journey — starting at $225 with code JOURNAL22
7:00 PM — Half-Way to Halloween Horror Writing Workshop-Prompt-based writing and feedback — starting at $5.00
Thursday, May 26, 2022
12:00 PM — Journal to the Self: A 6-Week Journey — starting at $225 with code JOURNAL22
1:00 PM — Launch Your Book Successfully — starting at $25.00
7:15 PM — Novel from Okay to "Oh, Wow!" with Lorin Oberweger — starting at $39.00
Friday, May 27, 2022
10:30 AM — Accepted: Getting Your Stories Published — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Strange Realms — starting at $75.00
Saturday, May 28, 2022
10:30 AM — Conversations with the Work: Reading as a Writer — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Retelling the Classics — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Speculative Series: Building an Arc — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — The Author’s Escape Plan: The Personal, Emotional, and Financial Logistics of Becoming a Full-time Author with Laekan Zea Kemp — starting at $109.00
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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