Virtual Bookish Events for November 6-12, 2023

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, Gathr: Host Bookish Events, and Coastal Magic Convention.

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For Readers - Free

Monday, November 6, 2023

• 7:15 PM — Café Muse featuring poets David Keplinger & Dorianne Laux

• 7:30 PM — Willie Lin, Conversation Among Stones

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

• 7:00 PM — Magic and Mistletoe- A Romance Author Event

• 8:00 PM — Mitchell Kaplan and Rachel DeWoskin — Baumgartner

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

• 10:00 PM — Story Hour: Karl Dandenell and Effie Seiberg

Thursday, November 9, 2023

• 6:00 PM — "We're Not Broken" - Understanding Autism with Eric Garcia

Friday, November 10, 2023

• 2:00 PM — Poetry Lit! - Online Reading Series

• 7:00 PM — SHP’s 18th Annual War & Peace Reading with D. Nurske, Claudia Serea, & Hajar Hussaini

Saturday, November 11, 2023

• 6:00 PM — Unghosted! A Virtual Reading Room Celebrating Asian Diasporic Trans, Nonbinary & Gender-Expansive Writers

Sunday, November 12, 2023

• 7:00 PM — The Back Room: Jon Clinch, Stephen Mack Jones, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Peggy Townsend

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For Writers - Free

Monday, November 6, 2023

• 7:00 PM — Ellen's WritingEssentials - Timed Writing Sprints

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

• 7:00 PM — Craft Chat with Memoirist Athena Dixon

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

• 3:00 PM — Disadvantage as Advantage: Voice and Style with Jacqueline Crooks

• 7:00 PM — 2023 Write-in November 8

• 8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Fisk and Bess Carnan

Thursday, November 9, 2023

• 7:30 PM — How to Write for Magazines

• 8:00 PM — Writer's Atelier Presents: NaNoWriMo Virtual Write-in with Megan Fuentes

• 9:00 PM — So You Want to Be a Children's Book Author

Friday, November 10, 2023

• 1:00 PM — Writing Paths: Media Training 101 for Authors and Illustrators

Saturday, November 11, 2023

• 12:30 PM — Five Keys to Achieving Your Author Dreams

• 2:00 PM — Conflict: More Than An Argument

• 3:00 PM — 2023 Write-in November 11

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For Writers - Paid

Monday, November 6, 2023

• 7:00 PM — Bad at Sex: Writing Awkward, Messy, and Comedic Desire — starting at $150.00

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

• 7:00 PM — Introduction to Writing for Film & TV — starting at $115.00

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

• 2:00 PM — Writing Through the Lens: Think Like a Photographer to Craft Compelling Scenes w/Grace Hwang Lynch — starting at $25.00

• 7:30 PM — Researching Your Novel: How to Do It and When to Stop with James Wade — starting at $119.00

Thursday, November 9, 2023

• 7:30 PM — Channeling Cultural Storytelling to Reach Spec Fic’s Revolutionary Potential with Naseem Jamnia — starting at $102.00

Saturday, November 11, 2023

• 10:00 AM — Recharge Your Wellness and Inspiration With a Writer's Wellness Vision — starting at $55.50

• 10:00 AM — Using Setting for Structure and Impact — starting at $60.00

• 10:00 AM — Your First (or Next) Novel — starting at $60.00

• 11:00 AM — New Fictions: Hybrid and Experimental Narrative Forms — starting at $115.00

• 12:30 PM — Passion and Precision in the Love Poem: Craft Class with Richie Hofmann — starting at $130.00

Sunday, November 12, 2023

• 11:00 AM — Persona Poem Crash Course — starting at $60.00

• 12:00 PM — Writing Speculative Fiction from Real History — starting at $70.00

• 1:00 PM — Creative Recovery and Self-Care for Writers — starting at $60.00

• 1:00 PM — Poetry and Memoir — starting at $150.00

• 1:00 PM — Syntax as Strategy - The Writer's Center — starting at $60.00

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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.