Virtual Bookish Events for May 3-9, 2021
The Weekly 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.
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For Readers - Free
Monday, May 3, 2021
12:30 PM — The Frontlines of Peace' Panel Discussion, University of Notre Dame
4:00 PM — Happy Half Hour with Gregg Hurwitz
6:00 PM — Jhumpa Lahiri & Alessandro Giammei in Conversation: Whereabouts -- a Novel
6:30 PM — WORD Presents: Kristen O'Neal with Abraham Riesman
7:00 PM — Catherine McKenzie in conversation with J.T. Ellison and Barbara Claypole White
7:00 PM — Katherine Sherbrooke with Marjan Kamali, Leaving Coy's Hill
7:30 PM — Antitrust: A Virtual Evening with Amy Klobuchar & Alberto Ibargüen
7:30 PM — Café Muse featuring poets David Baker and Carl Phillips
9:00 PM — Laura Dave, in conversation with Lauren Levy Newstadter, discusses The Last Thing He Told Me
10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Jonny Sun | GOODBYE, AGAIN
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
10:00 AM — Amanda Davis: 30,000 STITCHES
6:00 PM — Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen for LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR
6:30 PM — Pages Bookshop Virtually Presents Stephen Mack Jones
7:00 PM — R.L. Stine with Jeff Kinney
7:00 PM — The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba: An Evening with Chanel Cleeton and Cristina Nosti
7:30 PM — Callum Angus — Author of A Natural History of Transition at the Odyssey Bookshop
7:30 PM — The Renunciations: Donika Kelly in conversation with Nikky Finney
8:00 PM — Tochi Onyebuchi In Conversation with Jason Reynolds
9:00 PM — Noah Isenberg, in conversation with Sam Wasson, discusses Billy Wilder on Assignment
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
6:00 PM — Erin Entrada Kelly with Jeff Kinney (Middle Grade)
7:00 PM — A FIRE IN THE WILDERNESS: John Reeves in Conversation with Steve Courtney
7:00 PM — Book Launch: Olympus, Texas: Stacey Swann & Becka Oliver in Conversation
7:30 PM — Reading Series: Natalie Diaz and Kirstin Valdez Quade
8:00 PM — "Rocked by the Waters" reading with Margaret Hasse and Athena Kildegaard
8:00 PM — Alex George, Emma Straub and Danny Caine in Conversation
Thursday, May 6, 2021
10:00 AM — Cat Min + Kristen Giang — Shy Willow and Ginger and Chrysanthemum
5:00 PM — Newspaper Confessions Book Launch
5:00 PM — West x Midwest present Alison Bechdel in conversation with Cheryl Strayed
6:30 PM — Rikki Ducornet | A Rain Taxi Event
7:00 PM — Empire of Pain: An Evening with Patrick Radden Keefe and Robert Kolker
7:00 PM — Fat Chance, Charlie Vega : An Evening with Crystal Maldonado
7:00 PM — Grubbie Debut: Amanda Davis with Valerie Bolling, 30,000 Stitches
7:00 PM — Hope, Interrupted: America Lost and Found In Letters
7:00 PM — Hudson Valley YA Society: Goldy Moldavsky & Joan He
7:00 PM — Jonny Sun with Tracy Clayton
7:30 PM — Mom's Cocktail Hour, with Emma Straub, J. Courtney Sullivan, and Jessica Grose!
7:30 PM — Patrice Gopo: All the Colors We Will See
8:00 PM — Larry Millett and John Sandford
8:00 PM — Persist: Elizabeth Warren
9:30 PM — Skylit: White Magic by Elissa Washuta, with Randa Jarrar
10:00 PM — CLA Presents: Ottessa Moshfegh
10:30 PM — Author Voices: Thrity Umrigar (The Secrets Between Us)
Friday, May 7, 2021
3:00 PM — Suzanne Simard and David Haskell - Finding the Mother Tree
7:00 PM — Danielle Dreilinger with Ann Hood, The Secret History of Home Economics
7:00 PM — Soul Sister Revue w/ Yona Harvey, Tarfia Faizullah, Dante Micheaux & More
7:00 PM — Tashie Bhuiyan, Chloe Gong, Christina Li, and Zoe Hana Mikuta for COUNTING DOWN WITH YOU
9:30 PM — Skylit: James Sie and friends in conversation about All Kinds of Other
Saturday, May 8, 2021
7:00 PM — Voting Rights: An Afternoon with Paul Auster and Alexander Keyssar moderated by Mitchell Kaplan
Sunday, May 9, 2021
For Writers - Free
Monday, May 3, 2021
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
6:00 PM — Publishing Roundtable
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks with mystery novelist Abby L. Vandiver
8:00 PM — Lee Child, Laurie R. King, Craig Johnson, and Rachel Howzell Hall: How To Write A Mystery
Friday, May 7, 2021
Saturday, May 8, 2021
For Readers - Paid
Monday, May 3, 2021
6:00 PM — Angela Mi Young Hur and Steph Cha for FOLKLORN — starting at $1.00
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
9:00 PM — Andy Weir in conversation with Bobak Ferdowsi — starting at $33.99
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
6:00 PM — Rivers Solomon and Sarah Gailey for SORROWLAND — starting at $1.00
Friday, May 7, 2021
8:00 PM — Elissa Washuta and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein for WHITE MAGIC — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Thursday, May 6, 2021
1:00 PM — Digital Storytelling Platforms for Genre Novelists with Kilby Blades — starting at $25.00
7:15 PM — Mystery, Suspense, Romance, Adventure, Quest with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00
Friday, May 7, 2021
10:30 AM — From Pitch to Piece — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Understanding Show, Don't Tell — starting at $75.00
Saturday, May 8, 2021
10:30 AM — In a World: How to Create Rich Settings in Memoir — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Storytelling Through Film: Developing Characters — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Action Scenes — starting at $75.00
12:00 PM — The Power of Place in Fiction with Carter Sickels — starting at $20.00
12:30 PM — All in the Family Poetry Craft Class with Kirun Kapur — starting at $124.00
Sunday, May 9, 2021
2:00 PM — Mother's Day Grief Writing with Diane Zinna, Author of THE ALL-NIGHT SUN — starting at $10.00
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.