Virtual Bookish Events for November 15-21, 2021
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, WP expert Nate Hoffelder, and The Shape of a Star Podcast.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, November 15, 2021
4:00 PM — Happy Hour YA Romance Edition
7:00 PM — Amanda Montell: Cultish
7:00 PM — At Home with Literati: Peter Ho Davies & Steve Woodward
7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 36: Paul Muldoon, Paisley Rekdal and Shane McCrae
7:00 PM — Writers on the Rise: Paige Buffington
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
6:00 PM — Mary Pope Osborne with Jenna Laird & Kelly & Nicole Mathews
6:30 PM — Author Michael Elliott in conversation with David Menconi
7:00 PM — Alan Cumming Presents Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life
7:00 PM — H.W. Brands, Author of Our First Civil War: In Virtual Conversation
7:00 PM — MATT TAIBBI on THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING with Benjamin Grippo
7:00 PM — Tamara Winfrey Harris & Khalisa Rae Discuss The Sisters Are Alright
8:00 PM — ADMIT THIS TO NO ONE - Leslie Pietrzyk in conversation with Rachel Hall
8:00 PM — Michael Tubbs and Oprah Winfrey for THE DEEPER THE ROOTS
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
6:30 PM — Women You Should Know: An Evening with Pulitzer Prize Winner Marcia Chatelain & Kimberly Hamlin
7:00 PM — Profusely Illustrated- An Evening with Cartoonist Edward Sorel
7:00 PM — An Evening with Max Eisen
7:00 PM — BAKELITE, Leo Baekeland & THE LEGACY OF PLASTICS - A Panel Conversation
7:00 PM — Catherynne M. Valente with Maria Dahvana Headley, Comfort Me With Apples
7:00 PM — Freya Marske: A Marvellous Light
7:00 PM — Wallet Activism With Author Tanja Hester
8:00 PM — Blair Braverman and Quince Mountain, authors of DOGS ON THE TRAIL!
8:00 PM — What's New in Historical Fiction - Featuring historical novelists with new and upcoming titles
Thursday, November 18, 2021
7:00 PM — AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BOOKS: David Damrosch with Julia Pistell
7:00 PM — Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing: In Virtual Conversation
7:00 PM — The Power of Energy Medicine, with author Hilary Crowley
9:00 PM — Despierta — Awake: Poetry for Our Revolution: Rafael Jesús González
9:30 PM — Dogs on the Trail: Blair Braverman and Quince Mountain
10:30 PM — Author Voices: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Friday, November 19, 2021
7:00 PM — Daniel José Older with Alyssa Wong, Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, Vol. 1
7:00 PM — Randy Boyagoda: Dante’s Indiana
9:00 PM — Novel Nights: How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha
Saturday, November 20, 2021
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
1:30 PM — The Art of Editing: The Journey from First Draft to Final Draft
7:00 PM — Tor EDU: The Business of Books 101
8:15 PM — The Long & Short of Short Stories with Rachel Delaney Craft
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
1:30 PM — Writing Your About the Author to Sell More Books and Book More Business
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, November 18, 2021
6:30 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with memoirist Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
7:00 PM — Networking for Authors: How to Conference Successfully
8:00 PM — Planting Clues That Are Just Right with Catriona McPherson
Friday, November 19, 2021
7:30 PM — Rabbit Hole Writing Challenge
Saturday, November 20, 2021
4:00 PM — Write-In with NaNoWriMo
Sunday, November 21, 2021
1:00 PM — Word Women: Radical Revision
1:00 PM — Write-In with NaNoWriMo
For Readers - Paid
Monday, November 15, 2021
7:00 PM — Our National Forests, with author Greg M Peters — starting at $5.00
7:30 PM — WORD Presents: Tom Roston with Matthew Mellina & Suzanne McConnell — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
8:00 PM — Derecka Purnell and Clint Smith for BECOMING ABOLITIONISTS — starting at $1.00
10:00 PM — The New Short Fiction Series: PALM SPRINGS NOIR — starting at $10.00
Thursday, November 18, 2021
8:00 PM — Glennon Doyle with Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle for GET UNTAMED: THE JOURNAL — starting at $19.99
For Writers - Paid
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
1:00 PM — Find the Memoir Structure That Works for You — starting at $25.00
7:30 PM — Writing About Family with Sindya Bhanoo — starting at $109.00
Friday, November 19, 2021
10:30 AM — Poetry As a Form of Attention — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — What Literary Journals Want You to Know — starting at $75.00
Saturday, November 20, 2021
10:00 AM — Found in Translation: Writing Across Borders — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — Getting Your Word Out: Polishing, Submitting, and Marketing Your Writing — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Lean Writing — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Poetry Basics — starting at $70.00
10:30 AM — Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Story Structure and The Monomyth — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — The Longest Mile: Finishing, Polishing, and Publishing Your Novel with Gabino Iglesias — starting at $109.00
12:30 PM — Masterclass on Poetic Forms: Overt and Oblique with David Baker — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Ekphrastic Writing — starting at $60.00
2:00 PM — Fundamentals of Fiction Writing (A Writer's Toolbox) with Laurie Horowitz — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Well-Seasoned Words — starting at $52.50
Sunday, November 21, 2021
12:30 PM — Finding Your Master Narrative with Kim Barnes — starting at $124.00
4:00 PM — Phoenix Fire — starting at $60.00
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.