Virtual Bookish Events for October 4-10, 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 4, 2021
6:00 PM — Phoebe Boswell, Cyrus Cassells, & Ama Josephine B. Johnstone in Creative Conversation
6:30 PM — Deep Diversity: A Compassionate Approach to Achieving Racial Justice
7:00 PM — Write America Ep. 30: Linda Pastan, Tennessee Reed and Frank Langella
7:30 PM — Café Muse featuring poets Leah Johnson and Kiki Petrosino
9:00 PM — Skylit: Tolstoy Together by Yiyun Li & A Time Outside This Time by Amitava Kumar
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
6:00 PM — Ashley Yeager & Michael Lemonick: Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond -- The Life of Vera Rubin
6:00 PM — Dual Book Launch Event with Tiffany Schmidt & Jen Calonita
6:00 PM — Live & In Conversation: Lynn Crawford & Lora Kirk (cookbook)
7:00 PM — Cristin Bishara and Trish Doller for the launch of VIAL OF TEARS
7:30 PM — Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much--Jen Winston in conversation with Dr. Devon Price
7:30 PM — Long Road to the Circus--A Book Release party with Betsy Bird!
8:00 PM — Brandy Colbert and Christina Hammonds Reed for BLACK BIRDS IN THE SKY
8:00 PM — SEEK YOU: Kristen Radtke
9:00 PM — Book launch for LOVE IN ANY LANGUAGE by Evelyn Kohl LaTorre
9:00 PM — Young Adult authors Aden Polydoros and Katherine Locke in Conversation
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
11:30 AM — Tasha Spillett-Sumner presents I Sang You Down From the Stars
3:00 PM — Brent Weeks & Joe Abercrombie - Q&A and Conversation
4:00 PM — Richard Osman with Jeffrey Deaver
6:00 PM — Authors In Conversation with Director, Producer and Author Tom Vitale with John Birdsall
6:00 PM — KINGDOM OF THE CURSED Launch Event with Kerri Maniscalco and Ayman Chaudhary
7:00 PM — HELL OF A BOOK: Jason Mott in Conversation with Vivian Nabeta
7:00 PM — Janella Angeles with Susan Dennard
7:00 PM — Joshua Ferris: A Calling in conversation with David Bezmozgis
7:00 PM — Poetry of Witness, Poetry of Resistance Series: An Evening with Divya Victor and Serena Chopra
7:30 PM — Joshua Prager, "The Family Roe" in conversation with Mary Alice Williams
8:00 PM — Stephen Trimble | The Mike File: A Story of Grief and Hope
9:00 PM — BJ Cummings: The River that Made Seattle - A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish
Thursday, October 7, 2021
2:00 PM — Afternoon Salon with Kiese Laymon & Wura-Natasha Ogunji
6:30 PM — Jeffrey Harrison Between Lakes
6:30 PM — Tananarive Due | A Twin Cities Book Festival Event
7:00 PM — Amitava Kumar, A TIME OUTSIDE THIS TIME, with David Means
7:00 PM — Dark Academia: A Panel Discussion with Amy Gentry, Layne Fargo, Nina Revoyr, and Ashley Winstead
7:00 PM — Dhonielle Clayton and Kwame Mbalia Discuss Shattered Midnight & Tristan Strong Keeps Punching
7:00 PM — Tell-All Boston 9: We're Doin' (Mostly) Fine! with Jennifer De Leon
7:00 PM — Workshop and Discussion with Casey Gueren and Dr. Shieva Ghofrany for IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING
8:00 PM — RAZORBLADE & CHAINSAW: S.A. Cosby and Stephen Graham Jones in Conversation
9:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Gary Paulsen | HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DAD
10:00 PM — Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle in conversation with Sarah Gailey and Mallory O'Meara
Friday, October 8, 2021
5:00 AM — Red Heaven Q&A with Nicolas Rothwell
10:00 AM — Teen Summit 2021: Crystal Maldonado, Sarah Weise, and Brittney Morris
12:00 PM — Silicon Values: Free Speech, Democracy and Big Tech
4:30 PM — Grievers: adrienne maree brown in conversation with Kiese Laymon
9:00 PM — Ryan Hampton discusses "Unsettled" with Gerald Posner
Saturday, October 9, 2021
2:00 PM — TRISTAN STRONG KEEPS PUNCHING Virtual Event with Kwame Mbalia and Ronald Smith
5:00 PM — STORIES FROM PALESTINE by Marda Dunsky in conversation with Sahar Mustafah
8:00 PM — Author: Hot Off the Press, Filipino and FilAm Literary Reading
8:00 PM — Skylit: Everything Within and In Between by Nikki Barthelmess, with Laura Taylor Namey
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
1:30 PM — Contests, Grants/Fellowships, and Residencies for Authors
7:00 PM — Writing Neurodivergent Characters: A Beginner's Guide
8:00 PM — Writing Humor
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
10:30 AM — How to Give a Great Author Interview
1:00 PM — Inside Writing with Tommy Dean, editor of Uncharted Magazine.
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, October 7, 2021
6:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat on Fiction with Philip Dean Walker
8:00 PM — Writing Poetry
Friday, October 8, 2021
Saturday, October 9, 2021
11:00 AM — Finance Basics for Creatives: Earning, Investing, and Taxes
1:30 PM — Discussion of the Hugo Finalists
1:30 PM — Writing a Great First Line, First Paragraph and First Page With Hank Ryan
Sunday, October 10, 2021
For Readers - Paid
Monday, October 4, 2021
7:00 PM — Author Archer Mayor, Marked Man — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
8:00 PM — Ryka Aoki and John Scalzi for LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS — starting at $1.00
Thursday, October 7, 2021
6:00 PM — Rachel Long and Raymond Antrobus for MY DARLING FROM THE LIONS — starting at $1.00
Saturday, October 9, 2021
2:00 PM — Virtual Book Release + Reading: SMALL TALK WITH MYSELF (2/2) — starting at $5.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, October 4, 2021
6:30 PM — Small but Mighty: The Art of Microfiction with Tina Barry — starting at $165.00
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
2:00 PM — Halloween Horror Writing Workshop — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
1:00 PM — 5 Steps to an Airtight Plot with Tiffany Yates Martin — starting at $25.00
7:30 PM — Boundaries & Strategies for Writing Difficult Stories with Cinelle Barnes — starting at $109.00
8:00 PM — Wordsmith Agent Panel — starting at $10.00
Thursday, October 7, 2021
6:00 PM — Everyone's a Critic — starting at $10.00
Friday, October 8, 2021
10:30 AM — Raising the Stakes in Nonfiction — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Understanding Show, Don't Tell — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Halloween Horror Writing Workshop — starting at $5.00
Saturday, October 9, 2021
10:30 AM — How To Write a Query Letter — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Psychology of Character: Uncovering Motivations — starting at $75.00
12:00 PM — Digging Deep For Buried Goods with Chika Unigwe — starting at $20.00
1:00 PM — Character Archetypes Series Part 2: Female Archetypes — starting at $35.00
1:00 PM — Modern Southern Gothic With Eden Royce — starting at $102.00
1:00 PM — Strange Alchemy: How People, Place, and Conflict Intertwine in Fiction and Memoir — starting at $87.50
3:00 PM — Busting Out of the Picture Book Box, an SCBWI WWA Workshop for Kidlit Writers & Illustrators with Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann — starting at $30.00
Sunday, October 10, 2021
11:30 AM — Children's MG & YA Nonfiction That Reads Like a Novel — a Writing Intensive with Candace Fleming — starting at $30.00
12:30 PM — Craft Class with Tyree Daye via Zoom — 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.