Virtual Bookish Events for May 2-8, 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 and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, May 2, 2022
6:00 PM — Launch for MR. LEMONCELLO'S VERY FIRST GAME by Christ Grabenstein
7:00 PM — Grubbie Debuts: Steve Almond with Jane Roper, All the Secrets of the World
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
5:00 PM — A.F. Steadman & B.B. Alston: Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
6:00 PM — Launch Event for IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND by Robby Weber
6:30 PM — Inheritance l Elizabeth Acevedo in conversation with Kalima DeSuze
7:00 PM — At Home with Literati: Jacinda Townsend & Peter Ho Davies
8:00 PM — Mieko Kawakami — All the Lovers in the Night - with Kali Fajardo-Anstine & Meri Joyce
9:00 PM — Tracy Badua discusses FREDDIE VS. THE FAMILY CURSE
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
6:00 PM — Jonathan Galassi — School Days
6:00 PM — Tracy Badua, Payal Doshi, Van Hoang, and Jessica Kim for FREDDIE VS. THE FAMILY CURSE
7:00 PM — Grubbie Debuts: Karen Winn with Shelley Berg, Our Little World
7:00 PM — Things Past Telling With Author Sheila Williams in Conversation With Gwen Osborne Part 2
8:00 PM — Joanne Greenberg & Esmé Weijun Wang
8:00 PM — TJ Alexander Chef's Kiss Virtual Event
8:00 PM — Writing Through Trauma
9:00 PM — Kyung-Sook Shim, in conversation with Crystal Hana Kim, discusses Violets
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Lora Gray and Richie Narvaez
Thursday, May 5, 2022
8:00 PM — GROWING PANGS! A Virtual Book Launch with Graphic Novel Creators Kathryn Ormsbee & Molly Brooks
8:30 PM — Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: A Conversation with Alice Walker
9:00 PM — Rediscovered Books presents Laurie Buchanan in conversation
Friday, May 6, 2022
7:00 PM — Maggie Stiefvater
10:00 PM — Penguin Random House Middle Grade Panel
Saturday, May 7, 2022
For Writers - Free
Monday, May 2, 2022
2:00 PM — The Perfectionist's Half-Assed Writing Challenge - Free 5 Day Event
7:30 PM — Café Muse featuring poets Barbara Ras and Maggie Smith
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
1:30 PM — The POEM Method of Book Marketing
3:00 PM — Killer Suspense
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
1:30 AM — Strategies for Overcoming Writer's Block
Thursday, May 5, 2022
7:00 PM — Picking a Point of View
9:00 PM — Workshop: Finding Your “Sauce” as a Writer with Writer in Residence Amy K. Nichols
Friday, May 6, 2022
Saturday, May 7, 2022
11:00 AM — Writing About Mental Health
3:00 PM — Playing Well With Others with Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms (M.A. Carrick)
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
7:00 PM — Susie Dumond and Cameron Esposito for QUEERLY BELOVED — starting at $1.00
Saturday, May 7, 2022
3:30 PM — The Fierce Voice of Nature: Three Astonishing New Novels from Around the World — starting at $5.00
8:00 PM — Big Gay Fundraiser: Kristen Arnett, Alyssa Cole, Sarah Gailey, Anna-Marie McLemore, Mark Oshiro, Aiden Thomas, and more — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, May 2, 2022
1:00 PM — Write Around the World (AWA) writing workshop — starting at $10.00
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
1:00 PM — Master the Flashback — starting at $25.00
6:00 PM — Using the Body to Write — starting at $10.00
7:30 PM — Spiritual Memoir — starting at $210.00
Thursday, May 5, 2022
7:15 PM — Challenge Your Readers/Change the World with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00
Friday, May 6, 2022
10:00 AM — Nuts and Bolts of Novel Planning: Oh, What a Character! — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Leaping Forward, Slowing Down: Time in Prose — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Nonfiction Generator Bootcamp — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing is Re-Writing: Revising Your Fiction with Courage — starting at $75.00
Saturday, May 7, 2022
10:00 AM — Octavia Butler and Samuel Delaney Study Hall: A Speculative Fiction Workshop — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — Child's Play: How To Write Characters Under 18 — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Speculative Series: Voice and Language — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Outside of Your Lane — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — How to Practice Successful Editing: A Craft Lecture with Johnnie Bernhard — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Opening Pages in Fiction with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho — starting at $109.00
12:30 PM — How Line Break Works with Erin Hoover — starting at $124.00
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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