Virtual Bookish Events for October 10-16, 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 10, 2022
7:00 PM — meet the author: nathan hale!
7:30 PM — It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
9:00 PM — Mary Robinette Kowal, discussing THE SPARE MAN with Lev AC Rosen
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
5:30 PM — After Life: A Conversation on Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America
6:00 PM — Launch For NIKHIL OUT LOUD by Maulik Pancholy with Jesse Tyler Ferguson
6:00 PM — Muhammad Najem, Nora Neus, & Julie Robine - Muhammad Najem, War Reporter
7:00 PM — "It Won't Always Be Like This" Author Talk with Malaka Gharib & Hannah Bae
7:00 PM — Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology Presented by Autumn House Press
7:30 PM — Jade Is a Twisted Green: Tanya Turton in conversation with Dr. Ikeranda Smith
8:30 PM — Pride and Joy: A Celebration of National Coming Out Day
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
5:00 PM — The Writer's Hotel Virtual Poetry Weekend 2022 Faculty Reading
7:00 PM — Author Talks: Sandra SG Wong
7:00 PM — My Monticello | A conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson and Dr. Akilah Cadet
7:00 PM — Waging a Good War: An Evening with Thomas E. Ricks and David J. Dennis Jr.
7:30 PM — Author Talk with Zibby Owens, author of Bookends, moderated by Abi Morgan
Thursday, October 13, 2022
3:00 PM — Hidden Stories: Illuminating the Marginalized in Historical Fiction
4:00 PM — Ava Chin, “The Way to Mott Street”
6:00 PM — Chat with Author Christine C. Heuner
6:00 PM — Close Reading the Emergency! ft. Dante Micheaux, D. S. Marriott, & Diedrick Brackens
6:00 PM — Lesbian Publishing in the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, and Beyond
7:00 PM — An Evening with Author Tanis MacDonald
7:00 PM — Carol Dunbar: THE NET BENEATH US
7:00 PM — The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
Friday, October 14, 2022
Saturday, October 15, 2022
11:30 AM — Alan Moore with Matt Bell: Illuminations
12:00 PM — A Romance Reader’s Guide to Book Collecting
2:00 PM — Queen City Crime: A Virtual Author Event
7:30 PM — Of Rust and Glass Release: "Fall"
Sunday, October 16, 2022
For Writers - Free
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Thursday, October 13, 2022
12:00 PM — No Time Writer Training
3:00 PM — World Building from What You Know – Prose Workshop
7:00 PM — Illustrator In Residence: Developing Your Style and Voice
Friday, October 14, 2022
Saturday, October 15, 2022
12:00 PM — Law for Writers: Fundamentals of Agents & Publishers
1:00 PM — Write a Novel in a Month - a pre-NaNoWriMo Writers Conference (2 days)
Sunday, October 16, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
7:00 PM — Pen Parentis Literary Salon: Sexuality, with Ami Sands Brodoff, Jennifer Steil and Alice Kaltman — starting at $10.00
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
8:00 PM — Neil Cochrane and Charlie Jane Anders for THE STORY OF THE HUNDRED PROMISES — starting at $1.00
9:30 PM — On Not Being Afraid of Love — starting at $10.00
Thursday, October 13, 2022
8:00 PM — Melissa Urban and Gretchen Rubin for THE BOOK OF BOUNDARIES — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, October 10, 2022
4:00 PM — Creature Feature Halloween Horror writing workshop — starting at $5.00
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
6:00 PM — Writing Dialogue that Works, Workshop Led by Tiffany Quay Tyson — starting at $45.00
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
6:30 PM — Revising and Revisioning: Tools & Techniques to Revise Your Manuscript with Emma Dryden — starting at $25.00
7:30 PM — Who Tells Your Story: Point of View and Voice in Fiction Writing with Greg Garrett — starting at $119.00
Thursday, October 13, 2022
7:15 PM — Seven Pillars of Character with Christopher Vogler — starting at $39.00
Friday, October 14, 2022
10:30 AM — Building Your Memoir's World — starting at $75.00
Saturday, October 15, 2022
10:00 AM — Finding Your Literary Community — starting at $52.50
10:30 AM — Genre-Blending: A Bilingual-Taught Workshop — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing Messy Queer Characters — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — The Components of Novel Structure: Looking Under the Hood of Our Fictional Worlds” with Stacey Swann — starting at $119.00
12:30 PM — “Picnic, Lightning”: Concision, Compression, & Brevity in the Very Short Poem with Patrick Donnelly — starting at $124.00
1:00 PM — Subtext and Subversion a prose Intensive with Allison Wyss — starting at $124.00
4:00 PM — How to Tell the Truth in Your Writing — starting at $15.00
Sunday, October 16, 2022
4:00 PM — Generative Fiction: Spooky Stories and Our Haunted World — starting at $100.00
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.