Virtual Bookish Events for November 9-15, 2020
The Weekly Virtual Bookish Events Newsletter is sent on Sundays and includes the events taking place the following Monday through Sunday. Events are separated into four categories:
For Readers - Free
For Writers - Free
For Readers - Paid
For Writers - Paid
Don’t see your event? I do my best to find as many events as I can, but I always miss some! I don’t add events after the list is posted but please feel free to add links to events in the comments of the post and submit future events via the link below.
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For Readers - Free
Monday, November 9, 2020
12:00 PM — The Cost of Inclusion
7:00 PM — Author Talk- Connor Towne O'Neill
9:00 PM — Merrill Markoe discusses "We Saw Scenery" with Susan Orlean
9:00 PM — Scott O’Connor, in conversation with Maria Hummel, discusses Zero Zone
9:30 PM — Skylit: A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky by Lynell George, with Louise Steinman
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
2:00 PM — Ryan La Sala Spills the Tea on Reverie
6:00 PM — Elena Ferrante's 'The Lying Life of Adults': translator conversation
7:00 PM — Virtual Book Launch: HOW TO PACK FOR THE END OF THE WORLD by Michelle Falkoff with Rachel DeWoskin
8:00 PM — Kao Kalia Yang for "Somewhere in the Unknown World"
9:00 PM — An evening of discussion and music with journalist and author Richard Manning
10:00 PM — Chris Hedges: The Culture of Despair
10:00 PM — Virtual Event - Kiersten White discussing The Camelot Betrayal
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
3:30 PM — Alta Asks Live: Eddie Muller
5:00 PM — Best-Selling Thriller Author Brad Thor in Conversation with Author Isabella Maldonado
6:00 PM — The Bronx is Reading Presents: Claudia Rankine in Conversation w/ Laurie Lambert
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Fred Guttenberg and Glenn Kirschner
7:00 PM — Jill Bialosky & Toi Derricotte Reading & Conversation
7:30 PM — STUDIO: A reading & conversation with Kazim Ali & Kaveh Akbar
8:00 PM — Holiday Romance Celebration! Michelle Major, Lee Tobin McClain, and Annie Rains
8:00 PM — World of Wonders: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
9:00 PM — Michael Grecco discusses Punk, Post Punk, New Wave: Onstage, Backstage, In Your Face, 1978–1991
10:00 PM — Kristin Cast discussing The Key to Fear with Pintip Dunn
Thursday, November 12, 2020
12:00 PM — Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
1:00 PM — The Missing Soldiers of the Vietnam War: Conversations with Sarah Wagner
2:00 PM — SAS: Band of Brothers by Damien Lewis
5:00 PM — Inanna Fall Book Launch: Jean Eng, Candice James, and Gianna Patriarca
5:00 PM — Meet Charlene Costanzo - Twelve Gifts from the Garden: Life Lessons for Peace and Well-Being
7:00 PM — Launch Party for Gloria Chao's YA Rom Com RENT A BOYFRIEND with Rachel Lynn Solomon
7:00 PM — Ally Condie with Shannon Hale, Matched: A 10th Anniversary Celebration
7:00 PM — Mexican-American Writers: Imagination and Social Justice
7:00 PM — P&P Live! Bryan Washington — MEMORIAL - with Kristen Arnett
7:30 PM — Levine Querido Launch Celebration!
9:00 PM — Kiese Laymon and Minda Honey discuss "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America"
9:30 PM — Skylit: Getting to Center by marlee grace, with Erica Chidi
10:00 PM — Center for Literary Arts presents author Ling Ma in conversation with Jiayang Fan
Friday, November 13, 2020
3:00 PM — Conversations Across the Diaspora with Claudia Rankine
7:00 PM — PSB Presents: Micah Nemerever with Sam J. Miller, These Violent Delights
7:00 PM — Visiting Writer Reading: Terese Mailhot
8:00 PM — Black Talk, Black Feeling
8:00 PM — NYU MFA Alumni Reading with Jameson Fitzpatrick, Raven Leilani, Maura Roosevelt, and Sarah M. Sala
9:00 PM — Riva Lehrer, In Conversation With Joey Solloway, Discusses Golem Girl: A Memoir
Saturday, November 14, 2020
11:00 AM — Where Is Our Library? Storytime Event
11:30 AM — Virtual Author Visit: Lisl H. Detlefsen
3:00 PM — Book Talk for Gloria Chao's YA Rom Com RENT A BOYFRIEND
4:00 PM — Kiersten White and Stephanie Perkins for THE CAMELOT BETRAYAL
Sunday, November 15, 2020
4:00 PM — A Novel of Faith and Family, a Talk with Charity Shumway
7:00 PM — Poets in Pajamas 105: Karolina Zapal
For Writers - Free
Monday, November 9, 2020
8:30 AM — Pace Yourself: Timed Sprints
6:00 PM — Write-In With NaNoWriMo
8:00 PM — P&P Live! Celebrating Eudora Welty: A Writers Panel
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas & Bess Carnan
10:00 PM — YOU TALKIN’ TO ME? Dialogue Webinar with Stephen Cleary
Thursday, November 12, 2020
10:30 AM — Converting Readers into Long-term Fans
6:00 PM — Dana Davis, Claire Legrand, and Anica Mrose Rissi: Writers on Writing -- A Conversation about Craft
7:00 PM — Write-In With NaNoWriMo
Sunday, November 15, 2020
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
7:00 PM — Modern Fireside Poets with Erica Bauermeister and Karen Karbo — starting at $10.00
9:30 PM — Readings & Conversations with Madeline Miller — starting at $25.00
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
7:00 PM — Savannah Book Festival presents Dave Barry — starting at $15.00
Thursday, November 12, 2020
3:00 PM — Refugee Stories: Kao Kalia Yang in Conversation with Jessica Goudeau — starting at $10.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
11:00 AM — How to Write a Novel — starting at $50.00
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
2:00 PM — How to Write About Your Sex Life — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — Flash Fiction Night — starting at $10.00
7:30 PM — "It's All in the Details: Tapping into Visceral Imagery" ONLINE with Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton — starting at $109.00
Thursday, November 12, 2020
7:00 PM — Submission Tools with Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam — starting at $55.00
7:15 PM — Demystifying Voice: A Practical Approach to Distinctive Storytelling with Henry Neff — starting at $39.00
Friday, November 13, 2020
10:30 AM — Hybrid Writing: Blending Genres & the Space Between — starting at $75.00
Saturday, November 14, 2020
9:00 AM — Murder and Mayhem Online — starting at $20.00
10:00 AM — From Novice to Novelist (2 days) — starting at $115.00
10:00 AM — Red Clay Writers (Virtual) Conference (2 days) — starting at $80.00
10:30 AM — Act Like A Writer, Think Like An Editor: Getting Your Manuscript Ready — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Social Justice Writing — starting at $60.00
11:00 AM — "Stepping Off the Soap Box: Writing Characters Who Persuade Not Preach" ONLINE with Trent Hudley — starting at $109.00
12:30 PM — Improvise Your Story with Sloane Miller — starting at $124.00
1:00 PM — Editing Insights, Editing Wisdom with Albert Flynn DeSilver — starting at $47.00
1:00 PM — Interactive Fiction with E. Lily Yu — starting at $105.00
2:00 PM — First Impressions: Pitch Your Writing to Magazines and Newspapers — starting at $70.00
2:00 PM — Travel Writing: Capture a Journey — starting at $52.50
3:00 PM — Fix It, Jesus!: Repurposing the Self, Clichés, Tropes, and Unexamined Bias for New Story with LP Kindred — starting at $55.00
Sunday, November 15, 2020
12:00 PM — Words, Women, and Friendship — starting at $50.00
3:00 PM — Intro to Freelance Video Game Writing with Whitney "Strix" Beltrán — starting at $69.00
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.