Virtual Bookish Events for May 26-June 1, 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 27, 2025
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
7:00 PM — Lavender Literary Society: Jon Key x Kimberly Drew
7:00 PM — LitLIVE! Extra: A Virtual Conversation with Author Alex Segura
Friday, May 30, 2025
Sunday, June 1, 2025
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
4:00 PM — Handling Rejection and Avoiding Stress with Sheyla Knigge
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Sarah Fisk and Bess Carnan
Thursday, May 29, 2025
1:00 PM — 5 Things Indie Authors Should Know
4:00 PM — Subsidiary Rights with Saribel Pages and Paula Weiman
Saturday, May 31, 2025
2:30 PM — Writing For Change: On Artistic Resilience with Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Hank Phillippi Ryan
3:00 PM — From Here to There: Simple Marketing Strategies for Writers Who Feel Stuck with Stephen Knezovich
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
6:30 PM — More Than Just the Book Cover: How to Be Your Authentic Self on Instagram — starting at $65.00
6:30 PM — Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch: Mad-Libs Style! — starting at $65.00
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
1:00 PM — Writing the Unknown: Imagination, Invention, and the Ethics of Filling in the Blanks with Allison K Williams — starting at $35.00
1:00 PM — The Art of Reflection in Memoir — starting at $25.00
6:30 PM — What Agents Want From Your Query — starting at $65.00
7:30 PM — Taming the Fire: Mapping Out Your Revision with Charlotte Gullick — starting at $119.00
Thursday, May 29, 2025
1:00 PM — Will Your Nonfiction Book Sell? How to Evaluate the Strength of Your Project — starting at $89.99
Saturday, May 31, 2025
10:00 AM — Your First (or Next) Novel — starting at $60.00
11:00 AM — Comparison Titles with Marin Takikawa — starting at $45.00
11:00 AM — Divinatory Poetics: Using Tarot and Images to Generate Poems Intuitively–A Class for Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers — starting at $40.00
2:00 PM — Distillation and Transplantation: A Guide to Processing Trauma through Fiction — starting at $67.00
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.