Virtual Bookish Events for October 25-31, 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, October 25, 2021
1:00 PM — Zakiya Dalila Harris and Nana Nkweti
7:00 PM — Anthony Doerr: Cloud Cuckoo Land
7:00 PM — Horror Panel with Stephen Graham Jones, Rachel Harrison & Paul Tremblay
7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 33: Nick Flynn, Pablo Medina and Gail Mazur
8:00 PM — Rektok Ross | Ski Weekend: a Novel
9:00 PM — Local Author Day feat. Jared Seide and José L. Recio
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
12:00 PM — THE GILDED EDGE: Catherine Prendergast with Lindsey Fitzharris
3:00 PM — Authors In Conversation with Paul Rees and Greg McNamee
7:00 PM — Choosing Grace | Regina Jamison in conversation with Anne Shade
7:30 PM — My Constellation of 8: Conversations with Brilliant Minds, featuring Kirstin Valdez Quade
7:30 PM — The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America
8:00 PM — Beth Gilstrap, DeMisty D. Bellinger, and Ursula Villareal-Moura!
8:00 PM — Curated Conversation(s): Liliana Valenzuela with John Olivares Espinoza
8:00 PM — Jorge L. Contreras | The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA
8:00 PM — Rebekah Weatherspoon A Thorn in the Saddle Launch Event
8:00 PM — Vanessa Zoltan for "Praying with Jane Eyre" with Chris Stedman
9:00 PM — Antonio Damasio discusses Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious
10:00 PM — SWERVE: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance: Ellery Akers, Gerald Fleming and Julia Levine
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
12:00 PM — Breaking the Victorian Glass Ceiling
2:00 PM — Lucy Holland & Alix E. Harrow: Q&A and Conversation
7:00 PM — An Evening with Author Craig Davidson
7:00 PM — An Evening with Liz Ahl, Spree MacDonald, Lillo Way, and Jianqing Zheng
7:00 PM — Kate McGovern with Rajani LaRocca: Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen
7:00 PM — MY FAVORITE POISON with Deborah Blum and Dean Jobb
7:30 PM — Guerrilla Lit Reading Series: Alice Kaltman, James Wade, Sari Rosenblatt
7:30 PM — On Translating Dante: A Conversation with Mary Jo Bang '98
8:00 PM — Brittney Cooper, Chanel Craft Tanner, and Susana Morris for FEMINIST AF
8:00 PM — Rektok Ross in conversation with Margaret Stohl discusses and signs "Ski Weekend"
8:00 PM — Sarah Kuhn Hollywood Heroine Book Launch
10:00 PM — Author Voices: Pam Jenoff and Kelly Rimmer
Thursday, October 28, 2021
2:00 PM — Book Launch: Hag Storm with Victoria Williamson & Sarah Broadley
7:00 PM — Writers on the Rise: Nehassaiu deGannes
8:00 PM — Erica Ridley The Perks of Loving a Wallflower Virtual Event
8:00 PM — Michael Bazzett for "The Echo Chamber" with Maggie Smith & Matthew Olzmann
8:00 PM — Rebecca Rode | Tides of Mutiny
9:00 PM — Ravi Shankar, in conversation with Sholeh Wolpé, discusses Correctional
10:00 PM — Colette Lafia: The Divine Heart with Jenée Johnson
Friday, October 29, 2021
1:30 PM — Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver: Alien Superstar Adventures
7:00 PM — Counterfactual Love Stories and Other Experiments: Jackson Bliss in conversation with Julie Buntin
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Sunday, October 31, 2021
For Writers - Free
Monday, October 25, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A | Words on Film: Easy Video Content from Your Writing
1:30 PM — 7 Things that Make Hollywood Lose Interest in Your Book
2:00 PM — Finding Your Agent: 7 Steps to a Successful Query Letter and Mistakes to Avoid
8:30 PM — Writing Fantasy: Joyce Hertzoff, Bruce Kingsolver, David Lee Summers, Vicky Murata, Kirt Hickman
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
1:00 PM — Inside Writing with author and EscapePod editor S.B. Divya
1:00 PM — Inside Writing with Nebula-nominated author and Escape Pod co-host S.B. Divya
1:30 PM — Publishing and Marketing Strategies for Indie Author Success
8:00 PM — Live Logline Pitch Workshop with Hollywood Book-To-Film Producers
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, October 28, 2021
1:00 PM — Inside Writing: Sensitivity Readers with writers Angie Chatman, Nicole Coles, and Sahrish Hadia
7:00 PM — Creating the Space for New Poems to Emerge: Is It Possible to Make the Ordinary Extraordinary?
7:00 PM — Writing on the Dark Side: Create Stories That Thrill
Friday, October 29, 2021
5:30 PM — October Friday Night Writes
Saturday, October 30, 2021
2:00 PM — Fantastic Intersections: The Speculative in Prose, Poetry & Film
2:00 PM — Characters and Conflict with Nancy J. Cohen (Author of The Bad Hair Day Mysteries)
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
7:30 PM — WORD Presents Brandon Gray, Daniel Pandolph, Daniel Thompson & Alonso Duralde + Kristoffer Polaha — starting at $5.00
8:00 PM — Jocelyn Nicole Johnson and Carolyn Ferrell for MY MONTICELLO — starting at $1.00
Thursday, October 28, 2021
8:00 PM — Story of the Book: The Farmer's Lawyer — starting at $10.00
8:00 PM — Venita Blackburn and Rion Amilcar Scott for HOW TO WRESTLE A GIRL — starting at $1.00
10:00 PM — Nikki Giovanni & Sabrina Jacobs: Make Me Rain — starting at $5.00
Friday, October 29, 2021
7:00 PM — Comfort Me with Apples, with author Catherynne M. Valente — starting at $5.00
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
2:00 PM — Halloween Horror Writing Workshop--two hour prompt based generative workshop — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
7:00 PM — Halloween Horror Writing Workshop--two hour prompt based generative workshop — starting at $5.00
Friday, October 29, 2021
10:30 AM — Apocalypse: How? Writing Endings (and Beginnings) — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Exploring Magical Realism — starting at $75.00
Saturday, October 30, 2021
10:00 AM — Aspects of Craft in Poetry: Negative Space — starting at $52.50
10:30 AM — Finding Your Literary Voice — starting at $75.0010:30 AM — Nature Writing — starting at $180.00
10:30 AM — Organizing Your Short Story Collection — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Messy Queer Characters — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — It’s All in the Details: Tapping into Visceral Imagery with Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton — starting at $109.00
11:00 AM — Halloween Horror Writing Workshop--two hour prompt based generative workshop — starting at $5.00
12:30 PM — It’s all in the Details: A Prose Master Class with Christina Chiu — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — Subversion and Subconscious: Generative Verse Through Meditative Practice with Julie E. Bloemeke — starting at $99.00
2:00 PM — Freed by the Arbitrary: The Paradox of Literary Form with James Cushing — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Scary Stories: How to Create Creepiness — starting at $70.00
2:00 PM — Tarot Tells the Story — starting at $70.00
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.