Virtual Bookish Events for October 5-11, 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, October 5, 2020
6:00 PM — Future Brunch, Episode 8 with Sara Hendren - Engineering For An Inclusive World
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager
9:00 PM — Nathan Marsak discusses "Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir"
11:00 PM — Skylit: The Pink Line by Mark Gevisser, with Sarah Schulman
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
3:00 PM — In Conversation: Trickster
3:00 PM — MacLib Chats with Patrisse Khan-Cullors
6:30 PM — Lisa Unger Book Launch | 'Confessions on the 7:45'
6:30 PM — Shannon and Dean Hale Launch: THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE GIANT PROBLEM
7:00 PM — A Super Cozy Release FB Party
7:00 PM — Author Sarah McCraw Crow, with The Wrong Kind of Woman
7:00 PM — Kwame Mbalia Discusses Tristan Strong Destroys the World at MahoganyBooks
7:00 PM — Rumaan Alam: Leave The World Behind w/ Emma Straub
8:00 PM — Virtual Book Launch: The Silver Box
10:30 PM — Author Voices: Nancy Pearl (The Writer's Library)
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
4:00 PM — Story Time: I Am Every Good Thing with Derrick Barnes and Gordon James
6:00 PM — A Climate Change Q&A with Kim Stanley Robinson & Michael E. Mann
6:00 PM — Kelly Yang in conversation with Jeff Kinney for THREE KEYS
6:00 PM — Reading Like a Writer: Protest with Asha Lemmie, Anna Solomon, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden
7:00 PM — Cozy Mysteries + Coffee Author Panel with Nicola's Books
7:00 PM — Celebrating 25 Years of Writing Romance: a Conversation with Brenda Jackson
7:00 PM — Lisa Unger with Lisa Gardner
7:00 PM — Phil Klay: Missionaries w/ Marlon James
7:00 PM — Poetry Reading with Pulitzer Prize Winner, Jericho Brown
7:00 PM — Ross Gay book launch: Be Holding
7:30 PM — Yaa Gyasi presents "Transcendent Kingdom," with Megha Majumdar
8:00 PM — Virtual Author Visit: Rebecca Behrens
9:30 PM — Skylit: City of Angles by William Loving, with Ivy Pochoda
Thursday, October 8, 2020
3:00 PM — Nomadland: Resiliency on the Road
6:00 PM — Uncle Bobbie's Presents: Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam "Punching The Air"
7:00 PM — Murder & Margaritas with Rachel Howzell Hall & Hank Phillippi Ryan
7:00 PM — Sean B. Carroll discusses "A Series of Fortunate Events"
7:30 PM — Madeline Miller with Dr. Kevin Kalish
8:00 PM — Bud Werner Library Author Series: Christina Baker Kline
9:00 PM — Bruce Van Dusen and Art Bell discuss 60 Stories About 30 Seconds and Constant Comedy
9:30 PM — Seth Greenland in conversation with Tom Teicholz discusses and signs "A Kingdom of Tender Colors"
Friday, October 9, 2020
12:00 PM — Virtual Lunchtime Chat with novelist Anissa M. Bouziane
2:30 PM — Louise O'Neill In Conversation
3:00 PM — Llewellyn's Virtual Author Forum: Ancestor Work & Veneration
6:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Peace Adzo Medie and Kiley Reid
6:00 PM — The Gastronomy of Memory with John Birdsall and Fanny Singer
9:00 PM — Authors Carrie Vaughn and Kevin Hearne In Conversation
9:00 PM — Virtual Event - Julie C. Dao in conversation with Dhonielle Clayton
Saturday, October 10, 2020
2:00 PM — Bluffton Book Festival: Children’s Lit w/ James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
3:00 PM — Virtual Read-aloud with Mathieu Cailler
8:30 PM — How My Friends Failed at Flirting: Denise Williams with Sarah Smith
Sunday, October 11, 2020
6:00 AM — John Murray Proof Party: Danielle McLaughlin, Lisa McInerney and Fiona Mozley
9:00 AM — Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
4:00 PM — Haunted Louisiana: Fact or Fiction
4:00 PM — The Popper Penguin Rescue Launch Event with Eliot Schrefer and Coyote Peterson
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
8:00 PM — Slay NaNoWriMo: Two Converts Share Their Secrets with Gigi Pandian & Rachael Herron
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan
Friday, October 9, 2020
8:00 PM — Fundamentals of Writing with Jim Butcher
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
8:00 PM — Rakestraw Books "Live at Home!" presents Cocktails with Elin Hilderbrand — starting at $30.50
8:00 PM — Ruby Hamad and Randa Jarrar for WHITE TEARS/BROWN SCARS — starting at $1.00
10:00 PM — Launch Party for Abigail Johnson's YA Thriller GIRL ON THE RUN and Kara McDowell's YA Romance ONE WAY OR ANOTHER — starting at $18.80
Thursday, October 8, 2020
7:00 PM — Mystery Authors Panel with Boulder Bookstore — starting at $5.00
7:30 PM — Leigh and Claribel Tell the Truth — starting at $22.49
8:00 PM — Rakestraw Books "Live at Home!" - A Family Event with Lev Grossman — starting at $18.50
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
7:00 PM — Reimagining Revision — starting at $270.00
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00 PM — Blogging Strategies That Work in 2020 with Jane Friedman — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — Short Stories 101: The Middle — starting at $35.00
7:00 PM — Your True Voice — starting at $25.00
8:00 PM — Write Weird or Go Gothic: All You Ever Wanted to Know about Horror Subgenres (But were afraid to ask) with Siobhan Carroll — starting at $55.00
Thursday, October 8, 2020
11:00 AM — Memoir 101: Finding Your Theme — starting at $35.00
7:15 PM — Emotional Tipping Points with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00
Friday, October 9, 2020
10:00 AM — The Character-Driven Novel Plot — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — POV Essentials: Choose the Best Point of View and Perspective for Your Story — starting at $75.00
6:00 PM — Workshop for Democracy: Define Your Hero and Find Your Plot — starting at $25.00
Saturday, October 10, 2020
10:00 AM — Book Promo Strategies No One Tells You About — starting at $50.00
10:00 AM — Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing & Image Systems — starting at $150.00
10:00 AM — Your First (or Next) Novel — starting at $50.00
10:30 AM — Reading Like a Writer — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — What I Want You to Know: Writing Legacy Letters in a Time of Pandemic — starting at $60.00
12:00 PM — Making a Scene: How Research Enlivens Prose with Jessica Handler — starting at $20.00
12:30 PM — Poetry of Resistance with JP Howard — starting at $124.00
1:00 PM — Publishing in Literary Magazines — starting at $50.00
2:00 PM — Writing Horror Fiction with Jeffrey Ford — starting at $55.00
Sunday, October 11, 2020
12:30 PM — Allowing Character to Build Narrative with Christina Chiu — starting at $124.00
11:00 PM — Stealing Bones with Usman Malik — starting at $55.00
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.