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.

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For Readers - Free

Monday, May 31, 2021

7:00 PM — Patrick Radden Keefe: Empire of Pain
7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 18: Novelist, Poet, and Founder of Lit Pub Molly Gaudry & New York Times Bestselling Author and Editor Bruce Weber
10:00 PM — Sarina Dahlan and Ruth Mitchell in Conversation (SFF & YA)

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

11:00 AM — Severine Autesserre's THE FRONTLINES OF PEACE hosted by the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations Webinar Series
12:00 PM — How Boards Work: A Event with Dambisa Moyo and Jerusha Stewart J.D.
12:00 PM — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar: Homeland Elegies
6:00 PM — Nicola Yoon and Jasmine Guillory for INSTRUCTIONS FOR DANCING (YA)
6:00 PM — Uncle Bobbie's Presents: Zakiya Dalila Harris "The Other Black Girl" with Raven Leilani
6:00 PM — YA Debuts Panel with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Christina Hammonds Reed, and Namina Forna
7:00 PM — An Evening with Tiana Clark, Diane Seuss, and Page Hill Starzinger
7:00 PM — First Wednesday Features Heather Dobbins & Barbara Fant (poetry)
7:00 PM — WAKE: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, with Dr. Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martinez, and Kimberly Kersey
7:30 PM — John Ransom Phillips, "Sleeping Presidents," with Jonathan Alter
8:00 PM — Karelia Stetz-Waters and Thien-Kim Lam
8:00 PM — Vincent D’Onofrio discusses Mutha: Stuff & Things
10:00 PM — Mackenzi Lee in conversation with Stephanie Garber

Thursday, June 3, 2021

12:00 PM — POST MORTEM: Carlos Areces’s Collection of Post-Mortem Photography - Live from Europe
2:00 PM — Becoming Mila – Book launch with Estelle Maskame and Emma Frew (YA)
2:00 PM — Book Launch: The Race with Roy Peachey & Barbara Henderson (MG)
6:30 PM — Gregg Shapiro in conversation with Dan Vera
7:00 PM — Celebrate Pride with 5 LGBTQ mystery authors!
7:00 PM — Philanthropy and the Forging of Pittsburgh
7:00 PM — Rachel Beanland with Maisy Card: FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER
7:30 PM — Rosebud Ben-Oni: If This is the Age We End Discovery
8:00 PM — Sarah Gailey and Mark Oshiro for WHEN WE WERE MAGIC
8:00 PM — Skylit: Long Division, by Kiese Laymon with Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Brandon Taylor and Dana Johnson
9:00 PM — An evening in conversation with Boise's own Samantha Silva and Clare Beams
9:00 PM — Jonathan Taplin, in conversation with Marc Weingarten, discusses The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-And-Roll Life
9:30 PM — Susan Bernofsky and Kate Zambreno - Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser

Friday, June 4, 2021

Saturday, June 5, 2021

12:25 PM — Live at Home! with Hannah Rothschild
3:00 PM — Dara McAnulty and Helen Macdonald - Diary of a Young Naturalist (memoir)
7:00 PM — With Teeth: A Virtual Evening with Kristen Arnett & Alissa Nutting
8:00 PM — Babylon Salon: Deesha Philyaw, Meredith Talusan, Joshua Mohr, Emma Copley Eisenberg, Sunshine Becker

Sunday, June 6, 2021

1:00 PM — Tom Stoppard: A Virtual Afternoon with Hermione Lee and Stacy Schiff
2:00 PM — WORD Presents: Grisel Y. Acosta, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Ysabel Y. Gonzalez
4:00 PM — Voices of Poetry: Nicole Callihan, Tina Cane, Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr., Michael Klein
5:00 PM — Dime Grinds - Author Meet & Greet

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For Writers - Free

Monday, May 31, 2021

7:00 PM — Core Identity (generative poetry workshop)

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

12:00 PM — Iambic Penta-whaaaat?: Writing with Structure in a World Full of Chaos
7:30 PM — June Write-In with Sisters in Crime

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

1:00 PM — Inside Writing: Writers Groups with memoirist Jon Reiner and Inked Voices founder Brooke McIntyre
1:30 PM — Making the Most of Amazon Author Central

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Queries, Qualms & Quirks podcast: Romance Author Mary Ann Marlowe and the Relief of Going Hybrid
1:30 PM — How to Create a Great Podcast
9:00 PM — Writing Short Fiction

Friday, June 4, 2021

11:30 AM — Getting Your Story Ready for Production
2:00 PM — Find Your Readers with SparkToro
2:00 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers
6:30 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

Saturday, June 5, 2021

10:00 AM — Writing for Young Adults in the 21st Century
1:00 PM — Seeing the Stanza: Using Ekphrasis to Bridge Visual Art and Poetry
3:00 PM — Writing from Trauma
4:00 PM — Writer in Residence Online: Top Ten Self-Editing Tips with Tina Radcliffe

Sunday, June 6, 2021

2:00 PM — Plotting Your Way to Success
3:00 PM — Processing the Pandemic: Writing Toward Resilience
4:00 PM — Disrupting Realism Master Class with Marie-Helene Bertino
4:00 PM — Poetry Reading: Rosanna Warren

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For Writers - Paid

Monday, May 31, 2021

1:30 PM — Margaret Atwood and Max Porter: "A word after a word after a word is power" — starting at 8 EUR

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

8:00 PM — Tia Williams for SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE — starting at $1.00

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

7:00 PM — Don't Smoke in Space: A Conversation on the HIstory of E-Cigarettes and the Perils of Space Travel — starting at $5.00

Thursday, June 3, 2021

9:00 PM — JoAnn Wypijewski & Kris Welch: What We Don’t Talk About: Sex, Authority and the Mess of Life — starting at $5.00

Friday, June 4, 2021

8:00 PM — Ashley C. Ford and Jeffrey Marsh for SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER — starting at $1.00
2021 Nebula Conference (3 days) — starting at $125.00

Saturday, June 5, 2021

1:00 PM — Chella Man for CONTINUUM — starting at $1.00

Sunday, June 6, 2021

8:00 PM — Geek Out Book Club: Megan Stielstra and Lindsay Hunter discuss "Pause" by Mary Ruefle — starting at $15.00

For Writers - Paid

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

7:00 PM — How to Pitch Your Personal Essays — starting at $50.00

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

1:00 PM — Craft Believable and Compelling Characters with Tiffany Yates Martin — starting at $25.00
2:00 PM — From Reflection to Connection: Putting Your Inner Monologue on the Page — starting at $15.00
7:00 PM — Poetry 101: Poetic Form and Content through Louise Glück — starting at $35.00
7:30 PM — The Hybrid Essay: What It Is & How To Do It with Jasminne Mendez — starting at $109.00
8:00 PM — A Master Class On Sex, Lies, And Writing The Truth With Deesha Philyaw — starting at $65.00

Thursday, June 3, 2021

7:00 PM — How to Self Publish Your Book with Carol Michel — starting at $30.00
7:15 PM — Backstory is Fore-Story with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00

Saturday, June 5, 2021

10:00 AM — Getting Your Foot in the Door: Publishing in Literary Magazines — starting at $50.00
10:00 AM — How to Write a Lot — starting at $50.00
10:00 AM — Publishing in Literary Magazines — starting at $50.00
10:30 AM — Novel Revision Series: Dramatic Structure — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Retelling the Classics — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Storytelling Through Film: Screenplay Structure — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Surprising Yourself in Memoir — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — A Behind the Scenes Look at Novel Revision with Simon Han — starting at $109.00
1:00 PM — Craft Seminar: The Joys of Queer + Trans Writing with Andrea Lawlor — starting at $200.00
1:00 PM — Publishing Fitness (Choosing the Right Publisher) — starting at $35.00
2:00 PM — Renew Your Love for Writing: All-Genre Generative — starting at $60.00
2:30 PM — From the Page to the Screen: The Art of Screenwriting with Art Eisensen and Cheryl Brown — starting at $20.00

Sunday, June 6, 2021

1:00 PM — Natural Meter Crash Course — starting at $50.00
2:00 PM — How to Read Like a Writer with Rabih Alameddine + Dave Eggers — starting at $100.00
4:00 PM — Validate Your Book Idea (Before You Start Writing or Pitching) — starting at $35.00

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