Virtual Bookish Events for October 14-20, 2024
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, Gathr: Host Bookish Events, and Coastal Magic Convention.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Curtis C. Chen and Gemma Files
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Saturday, October 19, 2024
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
9:30 AM — Pen to Paper
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
1:00 PM — From Manuscript to Marketplace: Exposure
7:00 PM — Horror Live Critique!!! Bring Your First Page to get READ by the Sages!
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Fisk and Danny
Thursday, October 17, 2024
2:00 PM — Writers Lunch: Back to Basics -- Punctuation Part II
3:00 PM — Literary Agent Live Q&A
8:00 PM — Writing Fully Realized Characters
8:00 PM — Webinar: Storytelling Marketing for Authors with Lainey Cameron and Lynne Golodner
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
7:00 PM — Travel Writing for Fun and Profit — starting at $60.00
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
1:00 PM — Mastering Trauma Scenes to Improve Your Memoir — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — High-Octane Grammar — starting at $60.00
Thursday, October 17, 2024
10:00 AM — Book Marketing on a Budget! — starting at $115.00
12:30 PM — Chance Meetings Session 6: Daphne A. Brooks on Zora Neale Hurston’s You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays — starting at $40.00
7:15 PM — Trope-Tastic: The Key to Genre with Damon Suede — starting at $39.00
Saturday, October 19, 2024
10:00 AM — Literary Liberation presents KIN KEEPERS Live Storytelling — starting at $5.00
10:00 AM — Life Stories Intensive — starting at $60.00
11:00 AM — Black Women Writer's Write-in — starting at $25.00
12:00 PM — After Birth: Postpartum Narratives — starting at $100.00
12:30 PM — Mything the Self: Using Myth and Fairy Tales to Tell Our Stories with Shanta Lee — starting at $130.00
1:00 PM — Mastering Self Publishing with Deanna Roy — starting at $119.00
7:00 PM —Break My Story - Workshop for Authors, Screenwriters, & Producers — starting at $50.00
Sunday, October 20, 2024
12:30 PM — Hilarity (with Maybe a Pinch of Pain): Theories of Comedy in Poetry — starting at $130.00
1:00 PM — Writing Remarkable Characters in Short Fiction — 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.