Virtual Bookish Events for October 26 - November 1, 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 26, 2020
4:00 PM — Happy Half Hour with Ann Cleeves
4:30 PM — Dispossession and Discovery: Aboriginal Novelist Tara June Winch
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Martin J. Sherwin and Kai Bird
7:00 PM — Naima Coster on What's Mine and Yours with Annabella Correa-Maynard
7:00 PM — Women's Health Taboo Topics: Straight Talk about Vagina Problems with Author Lara Parker
9:00 PM — Bud Werner Library Author Series: Pam Houston & Amy Irvine
9:00 PM — Local Author Day feat. Gayle Brandeis, Katharine Coldiron, & Jennifer Calkins
9:00 PM — Virtual Event - Isaac Butler, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, & Beth Meacham discussing The Dragon Waiting
10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Kim Stanley Robinson | THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE
10:00 PM — Sandor Ellix Katz: Fermentation as Metaphor
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
12:00 PM — Lunch with John Grisham, A Time For Mercy!
6:00 PM — October Witch Extravaganza with Alix E. Harrow, Constance Sayers, & Louisa Morgan
6:00 PM — Turning Page Bookshop and Hub City Press present: A Measure of Belonging - the South Carolina Launch
6:30 PM — Uncle Bobbie's Presents: Alicia Garza " The Purpose Of Power"
7:00 PM — An Online Evening with Martín Espada - Poet of the Political Imagination
7:00 PM — Cathy Marie Buchanan in conversation with Pam Jenoff
7:00 PM — Virtual Book Launch! Rajani LaRocca: SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS
8:30 PM — How My Friends Failed at Flirting: Denise Williams with Meryl Wilsner
9:00 PM — Hank Lentfer in Conversation with Kathleen Dean Moore
9:00 PM — MEASURING UP Book Launch: Lily LaMotte in conversationwith Gene Luen Yang
10:00 PM — Discuss Heroes' Feast The Official D&D Cookbook with the Authors!
10:00 PM — Gretchen Sorin: Driving While Black: African American Travel & Civil Rights
10:00 PM — One City, Many Stories: Author Night with Sherri L. Smith and Danzy Senna
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
3:30 PM — Alta Asks Live: Obi Kaufmann
6:00 PM — Al Sharpton & Van Jones Discuss Rise Up at MahoganyBooks
6:00 PM — Best-Selling Author Casey Cep in Conversation with Author Gary Stuart
6:00 PM — Zoombie Night with Max Brooks
6:30 PM — Pandemic Stories: Richard Preston, Peng Shepherd, Laura van den Berg, Mike Chen
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Valeria Luiselli
7:00 PM — Emma Donoghue: Pull of the Stars
7:00 PM — Poetry Reading featuring Maxine Susman and Juditha Dowd
7:00 PM — Shruti Swamy in conversation with Chaya Bhuvaneswar
7:30 PM — Deesha Philyaw + Kiese Laymon
7:30 PM — STUDIO: A reading & conversation with Ilya Kaminsky
10:00 PM — Own Your Magic Young Adult Panel: Sara B. Larson, Lauren Shippen, Mark Oshiero, Bethany C. Morrow
Thursday, October 29, 2020
4:00 PM — Charles Stross & Luke Arnold In Conversation with RJ Barker
6:00 PM — Justin Gifford on Eldridge Cleaver, with Robyn C. Spencer
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Scott Eyman and Nat Chediak
7:00 PM — Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
7:00 PM — The Spirit of Botany: Jill McKeever
8:00 PM — Unique and Unified: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the NOMMO Literary Society
8:00 PM — YA Fantasy Panel: Shannon Dittemore, CJ Redwine, Nadine Brandes, Sara Ella
8:00 PM — Thriller author Tori Eldridge discussing THE NINJA'S BLADE in conversation with Meg Gardiner
9:00 PM — Pamela Sneed, with editor Amy Scholder, presents Funeral Diva
9:30 PM — Ilan Stavans in conversation with Frederick Luis Aldama discusses "Popol Vuh"
10:30 PM — Skylit: Dark Archives by Megan Rosenbloom, with Caitlin Doughty
Friday, October 30, 2020
7:00 PM — Books Noted Live: with Kazim Ali and Joshua Bennett
9:30 PM — Skylit: Blue Light of the Screen by Claire Cronin, with Colin Dickey
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
For Writers - Free
Monday, October 26, 2020
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
1:30 PM — Amazon Algorithms 101
9:00 PM — From Process to Publishing - Memoir: A TIME TO SEEK with Susan Pohlman
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
1:00 PM — Inside Writing: Across Mediums with Chuck Wendig and Delilah S. Dawson
1:30 PM — How to Dominate Social Media in Less Than 1 Hour Per Week
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan
Thursday, October 29, 2020
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A Ask-Us-Anything Halloween Party!
5:00 PM — Virtual Craft Happy Hour with novelist Kelli Jo Ford
Friday, October 30, 2020
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
6:00 PM — Ibram X. Kendi and Blair Imani for BE ANTIRACIST — starting at $1.00
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
7:00 PM — Spot the Fake Memoir, A Game of Two Truths and a Lie — starting at $10.00
Thursday, October 29, 2020
6:00 PM — Martha S. Jones and Dolen Perkins-Valdez for VANGUARD — starting at $1.00
Friday, October 30, 2020
7:00 PM — Hudson Valley Writers Center 2020 Gala with Jericho Brown, Susan Choi, Toi Derricotte, Katharine Holabird, and Leslie Jamison — starting at $150.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, October 26, 2020
6:00 PM — Magical Feminism, an editorial discussion — starting at $10.00
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
7:30 PM — Character Development in Memoir: How to Deepen the Story with Charlotte Gullick — starting at $109.00
Thursday, October 29, 2020
7:00 PM — Up Your Wordcount Workshop — starting at $35.00
7:00 PM — Poetry 101: Line Breaks — starting at $35.00
7:15 PM — Inner Versus Outer: Mastering Immersive Point of View with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00
8:00 PM — Writing Horror for Children with Crystal Connor — starting at $55.00
Friday, October 30, 2020
10:00 AM — Ace the Opening — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — Writing Parenthood — starting at $75.00
Saturday, October 31, 2020
10:30 AM — Genre Essentials: The Anatomy of Horror — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Poetry and the Body — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Getting Started or Restarted: A Writer's Guide to Moving Forward with Faylita Hicks — starting at $109.00
1:00 PM — How to Find Your Subject — starting at $50.00
2:00 PM — Getting Your Poetry Published — starting at $50.00
Sunday, November 1, 2020
4:00 PM — Building Blocks for a Strong Memoir — starting at $180.00
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.