Virtual Bookish Events for October 17-23, 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 17, 2022
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
3:00 PM — Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking with Author and Journalist Marianne Eloise
7:00 PM — lyrically luscious Poem Stories w/ Saida Agostini, Dr. Tara Betts, and Teri Ellen Cross Davisand
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
12:00 PM — Author Visit and Book Giveaway with Author Christina Soontornvat
7:00 PM — An Evening with Martha Collins, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, & Nathan McClain
8:00 PM — The Big Texas Read featuring Jill Alexander Essbaum
9:00 PM — David R. Slayton, discussing DEADBEAT DRUID with Shaun David Hutchinson
Thursday, October 20, 2022
4:00 PM — Author Talk with Kat Ellis
5:00 PM — An Evening with Jamie Ford, Author of The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
7:00 PM — BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT: Frederick and Porsche Joseph
7:00 PM — MegaThreats: A Virtual Evening with Nouriel Roubini
7:30 PM — Neon Hemlock: We're Here: L.D. Lewis, Sam J. Miller, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, and Cheri Kamei
9:00 PM — Caris Avendaño Cruz for MARIKIT AND THE OCEAN OF STARS
9:00 PM — YA Horror: Sara Farizan, Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz
Friday, October 21, 2022
3:00 PM — Jackie Morris - The Wild Swans
3:00 PM — Llewellyn's Virtual Author Forum: Why Psychic Skills Are Important to Witchcraft
3:30 PM — Author Talk with Tanvi Berwah
7:00 PM — Award-winning Authors, Tim Johnston and Mathieu Cailler
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Sunday, October 23, 2022
1:00 PM — Literary Modiin October Author Event with Sara Lippmann, Martha Anne Toll and Diana Bletter
For Writers - Free
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
2:00 PM — The Four Paths to Publishing
7:00 PM — Getting Ready for NaNoWriMo 2022!
8:00 PM — Crafting a Great Mystery with Bruce Coffin, M.E. Browning & Christoper D Abbott
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Fisk
Thursday, October 20, 2022
7:00 PM — Fine Tune Your Novel's Query Package to Get to Yes
9:00 PM — On the Craft of Writing: Horror Novels
Friday, October 21, 2022
Saturday, October 22, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Monday, October 17, 2022
6:00 PM — Jocelyn Nicole Johnson "My Monticello" — starting at $5.00
8:00 PM — George Saunders: Liberation Day — starting at $39.00
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
8:00 PM — Amber Tamblyn — Listening in the Dark: Women Reclaiming the Power of Intuition - with Samantha Irby, Amy Poehler, and Bonnie Tamblyn — starting at $35.00
8:00 PM — Vanessa Riley and Denny S. Bryce for MURDER IN WESTMINSTER and IN THE FACE OF THE SUN — starting at $1.00
Thursday, October 20, 2022
9:00 PM — INTERIOR CHINATOWN: author Charles Yu in conversation with writer Bonnie Tsui — starting at $5.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
How To Cook A Book (8 weeks) — starting at $800.00
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
10:30 AM — Workshops for Democracy: How to Write Riveting Scenes — starting at $25.00
1:00 PM — Memoir Bootcamp (3 weeks) — starting at $249.00
5:30 PM — The Music of Prose — starting at $45.00
7:30 PM — Maximize Your Premise for Story Success — starting at $25.00
Thursday, October 20, 2022
7:00 PM — Writing About the Weird with Leticia Urieta — starting at $105.00
7:15 PM — Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop — starting at $79.00
7:15 PM — When Your Book Hates You and Other Challenges to Lasting Creativity with Grace Burrowes — starting at $39.00
8:30 PM — Improve Your Writing in One Hour with Shirin Yim Leos — starting at $25.00
Friday, October 21, 2022
10:30 AM — Contemporary Art Writing — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — So You're Stuck: Now What? — starting at $75.00
6:00 PM — Writing with Perspective: Character Building — starting at $75.00
Saturday, October 22, 2022
10:30 AM — The Art of Multiperspectivity — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Where the Speculative and the Literary Meet: Re-defining Genre — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Sensory Experiences: A Fruit-Focused Workshop — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — The Art of Pacing: Macro and Micro Methods to Keep Your Story Moving with Chaitali Sen — starting at $119.00
11:00 AM — Creature Feature Halloween Horror Writing workshop — starting at $5.00
12:30 PM — Autumnal Generative Intensive with Karen Finley — starting at $124.00
2:00 PM — Creative Nonfiction: The Lyric Essay — starting at $70.00
2:00 PM — Editing Your Speculative Poems with Terese Mason Pierre — starting at $130.00
3:00 PM — From Query Letters to Artist Statements: Mastering Writing About Your Own Creative Work with Courtney Maum — starting at $119.00
Sunday, October 23, 2022
12:30 PM — A Little Class on Form with John James — 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.