Virtual Bookish Events for October 31-November 6, 2022
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, The Shape of a Star Podcast, and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, October 31, 2022
4:00 PM — An Afternoon with Ann Cleeves
4:00 PM — Happy (Half) Hour Vampire Edition
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
2:00 PM — No Plan B | A Virtual Afternoon with Lee Child & Andrew Child!
4:00 PM — Author Talk with Robin Morgan-Bentley
6:00 PM — David Downie — Roman Roulette: A Daria Vinci Investigation - with E.A. Aymar
6:00 PM — Freya Marske and Everina Maxwell - a fantastic fantasy author fete!
7:00 PM — Patricia Cornwell's LIVID
7:00 PM — The Pain We Carry | A conversation with Natalie Gutierrez and Tasha Hunter
9:00 PM — Amina Cain & Sofia Samatar
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
4:00 PM — Barbara Kingsolver and Beth Macy
6:00 PM — Book Discussion with Author: Gentrification is Inevitable & Other Lies
6:00 PM — Digital Lethargy: An Evening with Tung-Hui Hu and Kate Crawford
7:00 PM — An Evening with Cyrus Cassells, Julia Guez, Rajiv Mohabir, & Phillip B. Williams
7:00 PM — Susan Azim Boyer - Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win - with Naseem Jamnia
9:00 PM — A Restless Truth: Freya Marske in conversation with Olivia Waite
Thursday, November 3, 2022
10:00 AM — Heroes of the Holocaust
6:00 PM — Robert Pinsky with Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet
7:00 PM — Reading & Conversation w/ WVU Press: Rachel King, Kristine Langley Mahler
7:00 PM — Women Discovering and Owning Their Power
7:30 PM — Jake Maia Arlow, How to Excavate a Heart, with Margot Wood
9:00 PM — Jamie Pacton, discussing THE VERMILION EMPORIUM with Allison Saft
9:00 PM — L.A. Times & PEN America Virtual Ideas Exchange - Reading Between the Lines
Friday, November 4, 2022
3:00 PM — How can stories help us address the climate emergency?
7:00 PM — Alison Cochrun: Kiss Her Once for Me w/ Mazey Eddings
10:00 PM — Susan Dennard discussing THE LUMINARIES
Saturday, November 5, 2022
10:00 AM — Black Romance and Historical Spaces
Sunday, November 6, 2022
12:00 PM — Author Emmi Itäranta Book Talk (Sci-fi & Fantasy, Finnish Literature)
1:00 PM — Waking Beauty: A Virtual Afternoon with Rebecca Solnit & Donna Seaman
4:00 PM — A Reading by Hudson Valley Authors Michael Paul Kozlowsky & Allison Gilbert
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Friday, November 4, 2022
Saturday, November 5, 2022
1:00 PM — Choosing That Fatal Flaw
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
8:00 PM — Mia P. Manansala and Christine Bollow for BLACKMAIL AND BIBINGKA — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, October 31, 2022
7:00 PM — Creature Feature Halloween Horror Writing Workshop — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
6:00 PM — VONA Presents: Writing from a Place of Community by Maurice Carlos Ruffin — starting at $25.00
7:30 PM — Lessons from Screenwriting: Creating Compelling Scenes with Beverly Chukwu — starting at $119.00
8:00 PM — Manuscript Workshop: Writing For Children and Young Adults — starting at $100.00
Thursday, November 3, 2022
4:00 PM — From Worlds to Words with Marcella Haddad — starting at $75.00
7:15 PM — The Other Plot: Life's Journey with Don Maass — starting at $39.00
Friday, November 4, 2022
4:00 PM — Performance Lab: Poetry from Page to Body — starting at $75.00
Saturday, November 5, 2022
10:00 AM — Speculative Fiction as Activism — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — Flash Fiction QuickWrites: 3 Hours, 3 Prompts — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Medium Exchange: Connecting Fiction and Film — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Like a Parent, Parenting Like a Writer — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Finding Your Voice in Nonfiction with Charlotte Gullick — starting at $119.00
12:30 PM — The Leap: A Poetry Workshop via Zoom with Anton Yakovlev — starting at $124.00
4:00 PM — Building Trans-Inclusive Worlds with S.A. Chant — starting at $120.00
Sunday, November 6, 2022
12:30 PM — Poetry and Art: Writing About the Past and the Present with Ruben Quesada — starting at $124.00
1:00 PM — Inspired by Images: Ekphrastic Writing — starting at $90.00
4:00 PM — Historical Fiction 101 — starting at $60.00
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.