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For Readers - Free

Monday, May 9, 2022

1:00 PM — Serenade: An Afternoon with Toni Bentley, Lourdes Lopez & Steven Caras
7:00 PM — Angela Mi Young Hur, author of FOLKLORN, in conversation with Anton Hur and Janet Hong!
7:00 PM — Damien Echols and Lorri Davis with Seane Corn, Ritual
7:00 PM — Stories of Gabriel | Esther Alix in conversation with Gloria Malone
7:00 PM — The Immortal King Rao: An Evening with Vauhini Vara & Laura van den Berg
8:00 PM — Marc Cameron | Cold Snap

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

7:00 PM — A SHOW FOR TWO with Tashie Bhuiyan and Emma Lord
7:00 PM — Nghi Vo, author of SIREN QUEEN, in conversation with Helene Wecker!
7:00 PM — Valerie Nieman Launches In the Lonely Backwater
8:00 PM — Amy Lea Set on You Virtual Launch Event
8:00 PM — Rachel M. Harper — The Other Mother - with Kiese Laymon
8:00 PM — The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers in conversation with Jacqueline Allen Trimble
10:00 PM — Emery Lee in discussion with Jonny Garza Villa

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

3:30 PM — Meet the Author event for Bernice Lerner's ALL THE HORRORS OF WAR, Holocaust Documentation and Education Center of South Florida
6:00 PM — David Gergen — Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made
6:00 PM — Jhumpa Lahiri & Sandra Bermann: Translating Myself and Others
6:00 PM — Meet Tashie Bhuiyan in conversation with Dustin Thao (YA)
6:30 PM — Have You Eaten Yet? Stories From Chinese Restaurants Around the World
7:00 PM — An evening with Meghan O’ Rourke and Cathy Park Hong
10:30 PM — Author Voices: Malaka Gharib

Thursday, May 12, 2022

6:00 PM — Amy Wu Author Visit & Panel Discussion
6:00 PM — Will Jawando and Michael Strautmanis for MY SEVEN BLACK FATHERS
7:00 PM — Claudia Gray Shares THE MURDER OF MR. WICKHAM
8:00 PM — Poetry Reading: Thresh & Hold by Marlanda Dekine with Ashley M. Jones

Friday, May 13, 2022

8:00 PM — Author Talk - The Bee & the Fly
9:00 PM — Daniel José Older in discussion with Tiffie Starchild

Saturday, May 14, 2022

12:00 PM — Alongside Presents a Reading and Q & A with Donika Kelly
1:00 PM — Kerri ní Dochartaigh for "Thin Places" in conversation with Kathryn Savage

Sunday, May 15, 2022

4:00 PM — Jennifer Saint in discussion with Elodie Harper
5:00 PM — Afternoon Tea-Light with Sara Ackerman
6:00 PM — Elizabeth Day, in conversation with Samantha Irby, discusses Magpie

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For Writers - Free

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A: Ask Us Anything!
1:30 PM — Make it Sing: The Why, When, and How of Working with an Editor

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

1:30 PM — Expert Tips for Revising Your Novel
5:00 PM — Inside Writing: Breaking In with debut novelist Daphne Palasi Andreades
7:30 PM — Intensive Editing Masterclass: Part One
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas

Thursday, May 12, 2022

7:00 PM — Write Time Travel Fiction
7:30 PM — Intensive Editing Masterclass: Part Two
9:00 PM — Writer in Residence Workshop with Amy K. Nichols: How to (or Not to) Use the Pandemic in Your Creative Work

Friday, May 13, 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 14, 2022

1:30 PM — Tools to Increase Suspense with Stephanie Gayle

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For Readers - Paid

Monday, May 9, 2022

8:00 PM — Marisa Renee Lee and Jess Lee for GRIEF IS LOVE — starting at $1.00

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

7:00 PM — Pen Parentis: Jacquelyn Mitchard, Sadeqa Johnson, and Marie Myung-Ok Lee — starting at $10.00

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

8:00 PM — Angela Garbes and Genevieve Villamora for ESSENTIAL LABOR — starting at $1.00

For Writers - Paid

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

1:00 PM — Writer Mind Marketing Mind — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — Half-Way to Halloween Horror Writing Workshop-Prompt based writing and supportive feedback — starting at $5.00

Thursday, May 12, 2022

7:00 PM — The Secret to Organic Storytelling — starting at $27.00
7:00 PM — How to Help Your Poems Leave the Nest with Poet Mary Biddinger — starting at $55.00
7:15 PM — Emotion & Imagery Building with Jordan Rosenfeld — starting at $39.00

Friday, May 13, 2022

10:30 AM — The Power of POV: Choosing the Best Point of View and Perspective for Your Story — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Tough Stuff: Strategies for Writing About Pain, Trauma, and Loss — starting at $75.00

Saturday, May 14, 2022

10:00 AM — Octavia Butler and Samuel Delany Study Hall: A Speculative Fiction Workshop — starting at $150.00
10:00 AM — Those Who Forget the Past: Using Backstory to Enhance Your Novel — starting at $10.00
10:30 AM — Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive in Fiction — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Propelling Your Prose with Poetry — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Sculpted Time: The Poetics of Slow Cinema — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Untangling Perfectionism from Practice — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Tackling the Problems of Memory in Memoir with Rachel Starnes — starting at $109.00
12:30 PM — Poetic Space with Karen Finley — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — What’s in a Word? A Craft Class & Workshop with Martha Collins — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Visual Metaphor: Writing that Inspires Art with Grace P. Fong and Nilah Magruder — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Writing Subtext — starting at $70.00

Sunday, May 15, 2022

5:00 PM — Poetry Workshop (fundraiser) — starting at $1.00

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Virtual Bookish Events for May 9-15, 2022