Virtual Bookish Events for October 3-9, 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 3, 2022
4:00 PM — Hayley Campbell & Riva Lehrer
6:00 PM — Kamila Shamsie — Best of Friends - with Meg Wolitzer
7:00 PM — Andrew Conte: Death of the Daily News
8:00 PM — A virtual family event with Jordannah Elizabeth, author of "Astrology for Black Girls"
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
12:00 PM — Winter 2023 Librarian Preview: Rachel Hawkins and Mark Oshiro
7:00 PM — A MINOR CHORUS: A Conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt and Alicia Elliott
7:00 PM — Lannan Center Readings and Talks Featuring Seán Hewitt
7:00 PM — Meet the Author: Kimberly Brock
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
10:00 PM — Geoff Mynett's River of Mists: People of the Upper Skeena, 1821-1930
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Wendy N. Wagner and P.L. Watts
10:30 PM — Author Voices with Reyna Grande
Thursday, October 6, 2022
2:00 PM — Alan Gratz - Two Degrees
6:00 PM — Ambassador Andrew Young & Paula Young Shelton - Just Like Jesse Owens
7:00 PM — Illustrator In Residence: One Illustrator's Career Path
7:00 PM — Panama In Black | Kaysha Corinealdi in conversation with Ariana A. Curtis
10:00 PM — Bruce Henderson: Bridge to the Sun
Friday, October 7, 2022
7:00 AM — Emotion and Ethics During Combat in the First and Second World Wars
12:00 PM — Strong Women - Strange Worlds Quick Read
12:00 PM — Virtual Author Reading Featuring Six Women and NonBinary Speculative Fiction Authors
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Sunday, October 9, 2022
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
7:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with Poet Chen Chen
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan
Saturday, October 8, 2022
12:00 PM — Characters and Conflict Writing Workshop
2:00 PM — European authors writing for a US American audience
3:00 PM — Magical Realism: Keeping it Real While Writing the Surreal hosted by Writers' Studio
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
6:00 PM — Ama Codjoe and Ross Gay for BLUEST NUDE — starting at $1.00
8:00 PM — Something in the Heir by Suzanne Enoch — starting at $20.00
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
8:00 PM — Francesca Royster and Hanif Abdurraqib for BLACK COUNTRY MUSIC — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, October 3, 2022
6:30 PM — MTSU Kidlit Writing Workshop with Meg Eden — starting at $124.00
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
1:00 PM — 5 Steps to an Airtight Plot — starting at $25.00
Thursday, October 6, 2022
10:00 AM — Creature Feature Halloween Horror Writing Workshop — starting at $5.00
1:00 PM — Horror Flash Fiction with Marcella Haddad — starting at $75.00
4:00 PM — The Craft of Covid in Fiction — starting at $10.00
7:15 PM — Immersive Point of View Made Easy with Don Maass — starting at $39.00
Friday, October 7, 2022
9:00 AM — James River Writers Masterclass — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Backstory and Flashback — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Art of Immersive Setting — starting at $75.00
Saturday, October 8, 2022
10:00 AM — Crafting Lyric Intensity — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Mythic Story Structures Series: Literary Alchemy — starting at $75.00
10:00 AM — World Building in Fiction — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Writing the Queer Body for Queer Writers — starting at $150.00
10:30 AM — Small Pieces: The Mosaic Memoir — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Drama in the Details: A Day in the Life in Historical Fiction with Sherri L. Smith — starting at $119.00
11:00 AM — Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts — starting at $52.50
12:00 PM — Essay Forms: Shapes as Idea Generators and Revision Guides w Cinelle Barnes — starting at $30.00
12:30 PM — Strategies for Revision: a Poetry Workshop with Justin Wymer — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — The Image and the Verse: How Paintings Are Translated into Poems with Michał Choiński — starting at $99.00
1:00 PM — Your Playful Inner Child: A Muse for Creative Writing — starting at $63.00
2:00 PM — Ecopoetry and Micro-Memoir About the Environment — starting at $70.00
2:00 PM — Embrace the Unknown — starting at $52.50
2:30 PM — How to Speak in Public and Live to Tell the Tale — starting at $30.00
Sunday, October 9, 2022
2:00 PM — Wine & Words: Stealing from the Sommelier — starting at $124.00
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.