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Virtual Bookish Events for May 2-8, 2022

Sarah Nicolas
May 1
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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.

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For Readers - Free

Monday, May 2, 2022

  • 6:00 PM — Gregory D. Smithers — Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America - with Kyle T. Mays

  • 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

  • 7:00 PM — CHEF'S KISS with TJ Alexander and Anita Kelly

  • 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 — A Reading and Conversation with Reyna Grande

  • 6:00 PM — Donna Murch & Naomi Murakawa: Assata Taught Me -- State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives

  • 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 — JENNA YOON - Lia Park and the Missing Jewel

  • 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

  • 7:30 PM — Visiting Writers: Michael Zapata (Fiction)

  • 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

  • 7:00 PM — Poet Dan Rosenberg & Fiction Writer Michael Don

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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

  • 5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with novelist (Dele Weds Destiny) and BuzzFeed News deputy culture editor Tomi Obaro

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

  • 2:00 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

  • 6:30 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

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)

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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

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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.

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