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.

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For Readers - Free

Monday, May 23, 2022

• 1:00 PM — 2022 DUBLIN Literary Award Winner In Conversation

• 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

• 10:00 PM — Claudia Gray discusses THE MURDER OF MR. WICKHAM

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

• 2:00 PM — Tracey Lien, author of ALL THAT'S LEFT UNSAID

• 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)

• 6:00 PM — Nell Zink — Avalon - with Jonathan Franzen

• 7:00 PM — Folklore and Fantasy in Jewish Fiction with Rebecca Podos, Katie Locke, Ava Reid, Aden Polydoros, and Allison Saft

• 7:00 PM — Jazz Poetry Month: James Brandon Lewis Trio

• 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

• 8:00 PM — Sarai Walker & Gina Frangello: THE CHERRY ROBBERS

• 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

• 8:00 PM — Five Years of Salaam Reads w/ S.K. Ali, Hanna Alkaf, Hena Khan, Linda Sarsour & Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

• 8:30 PM — Video Games as Literature 101 Panel at Momocon Presented by Blogger/Author Kirsten Rodning

• 10:00 PM — Jonathan Maberry in discussion with Ray Porter

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

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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

• 6:00 PM — Writing Sessions with Rebecca A. Demarest

• 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

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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

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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

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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.