Virtual Bookish Events for September 14-20, 2020
The Weekly Virtual Bookish Events Newsletter is sent on Sundays and includes the events taking place the following Monday through Sunday. Events are separated into four categories:
For Readers - Free
For Writers - Free
For Readers - Paid
For Writers - Paid
Don’t see your event? I do my best to find as many events as I can, but I always miss some! I don’t add events after the list is posted but please feel free to add links to events in the comments of the post and submit future events via the link below.
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For Readers - Free
Monday, September 14, 2020
6:00 PM — Novel at Home: Aimee Nezhukumatathil with J. Drew Lanham
6:30 PM — Crime Fiction Down South with Tom Mullen, Attica Locke, and S.A. Cosby
7:00 PM — Chris Grabenstein with Jeff Kinney
7:00 PM — Laila Lalami on Conditional Citizens with Edwidge Danticat
7:00 PM — Nick Flynn in conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
7:30 PM — Cafe Muse Online: Stephanie Strickland & Camille-Yvette Welsch
9:00 PM — Melina Davis and Jamie-Lynn Sigler discuss "Olive & Thyme: Everyday Meals Made Extraordinary"
9:30 PM — Skylit: The Edge of the Continent: The Desert by Jacqueline Suskin
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
12:00 PM — Michelle Good: Five Little Indians
1:30 PM — Sufiya Ahmed and Mariam Khan on Noor-in-Nissa Inayat Khan
3:00 PM — Reader Meet Writer: Simon Stephenson
6:00 PM — Authors! with Valerie Tripp
6:30 PM — Pages Bookshop Virtually Presents Sharon Harrigan in Conversation with Kelly Fordon
7:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Susannah Marren and Gigi Levangie
7:00 PM — Dara Kurtz Book Launch
7:00 PM — David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Author of Winter Counts: In Virtual Conversation
7:00 PM — Emily Hashimoto in conversation with Sarah Schulman
7:00 PM — Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam on Punching the Air with Joshua Bennett
7:00 PM — PSB Presents: Carol Hay with Tiziana Dearing, Think Like a Feminist
7:00 PM — Rosie Danan with her debut novel THE ROOMMATE in conversation with Christina Lauren
7:00 PM — Tinderbox: Robert Fieseler in Conversation with Chris Ashwell
7:30 PM — SURRENDER YOUR SONS - Virtual Book Launch with Adam Sass
9:00 PM — Raven Leilani, in conversation with Glory Edim, discusses Luster
10:00 PM — Virtual Event with Lee Child
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
3:00 PM — Robert Macfarlane & Jed Purdy: Underland
4:00 PM — Books on Tap Live: Valerie Tripp
6:00 PM — Aimee Nezhukumatathil in conversation with Margaret Renkl
6:00 PM — LAUNCH PARTY for Lynda McDaniel's 4th mystery MURDER BALLAD BLUES
6:00 PM — Tucson Festival of Books: Maria Hinojosa in conversation with Lorraine Rivera
7:00 PM — Kami Garcia with Gabriel Picolo
7:00 PM — Krishan Trotman Discusses Queens of Resistance at MahoganyBooks
7:00 PM — Uncle Bobbie's Presents: Jessica Marie Johnson "Wicked Flesh"
7:30 PM — Andrea Hairston in conversation with Susana Morris for a Celebration of Master of Poisons
7:30 PM — Radical Translations: Maria Dahvana Headley, Emily Wilson, and Madeline Miller
7:30 PM — Rishi Reddi, author of PASSAGE WEST in conversation with Mala Patel
8:30 PM — Migration Stories: An Evening with Juan Felipe Herrera
10:00 PM — THE DEADLY HOURS with Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Anna Lee Huber, and Christine Trent.
Thursday, September 17, 2020
6:30 PM — IN THE VALLEY: Ron Rash interviewed by Suzanne Van Atten
7:00 PM — 2020 Kweli International Literary Festival: Edwidge Danticat Closing Keynote
7:00 PM — Edwidge Danticat Closing Keynote
7:00 PM — Nancy Pearl and Madeline Miller discuss "The Writer's Library"
7:00 PM — PSB Presents: Mark Oshiro with Ann Davila Cardinal, EACH OF US A DESERT
7:00 PM — Reader Meet Writer: Margaret Kimberley
7:30 PM — Jordan Stump & Imani Perry discuss Marie NDiaye's "That Time of Year"
7:30 PM — Lessons From Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood: A Conversation Between Matthew Cordell and David Newell
8:00 PM — GET LIT with Maria Hinojosa
10:00 PM — Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Jessica Garrison | THE DEVIL'S HARVEST
10:00 PM — Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo discussing Teen Titans Beast Boy
Friday, September 18, 2020
6:00 PM — Mark Oshiro, Kwame Mbalia and Darcie Little Badger for EACH OF US A DESERT
7:00 PM — PSB Presents: Hannah Abigail Clarke with Rory Power and Emily A Duncan, The Scapegracers
7:00 PM — Tiffany Jackson & Bethany Morrow Discuss Grown at MahoganyBooks
7:00 PM — Vince Flynn: Total Power (A Mitch Rapp Novel Book 17) Author Kyle Mills Book Discussion
8:00 PM — Terry Virts In Conversation about How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth
Saturday, September 19, 2020
12:00 PM — Saturday Stories: Picture Book Panel with Colin Meloy, Shawn Harris, & Dave Eggers
6:30 PM — Author Vanessa Lillie Virtual Book Discussion: FOR THE BEST
Sunday, September 20, 2020
4:00 PM — A Virtual Evening with Julie Marie Wade and Julia Koets
6:30 PM — Voicing the Unspeakable: A Reading and Conversation with Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn
8:00 PM — Live Hangout/Q&A with Sci-Fi authors EJ Fisch, G. S. Jennsen, and Tammy Salyer
For Writers - Free
Monday, September 14, 2020
6:30 PM — Tools for Finding a Literary Agent
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
12:30 PM — Brown Bag Lunch Writing Series
1:30 PM — Thriving in a Virtual World – What’s a Writer to Do?
6:30 PM — First Draft: A Literary Social with Anjanette Delgado
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan
Thursday, September 17, 2020
1:30 PM — Tips for Successfully Submitting Your Manuscript: What Agents and Editors are Looking for and Why
8:00 PM — Contracts for Writers or: Why You Should Always Read the Fine Print with Curtis C. Chen
Friday, September 18, 2020
8:00 PM — Pitch Wars Mentor Chat: 9/18/20 Adult
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Sunday, September 20, 2020
4:00 PM — Plotting a Mystery
For Readers - Paid
Monday, September 14, 2020
4:00 PM — Bookmarks Presents Fredrik Backman — starting at $28.00
4:30 PM — WORD Presents: Postcards for Democracy with Tommy Jenkins and Friends — starting at $5.00
7:00 PM — Claudia Rankine: JUST US: A Conversation with Robin DiAngelo — starting at $15.00
7:00 PM — Mark My Words: Kyle Mills — starting at $30.00
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
7:30 PM — Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas — starting at $5.00
7:30 PM — Release party for Sue Miller and her new novel, MONOGAMY — starting at $28.45
8:00 PM — PEN Out Loud: Ayad Ahktar with Ben Rhodes — starting at $20.00
10:30 PM — Richard Yonck: Future Minds—The Rise of Intelligence — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
8:00 PM — Tracy Deonn and Sabaa Tahir for Legendborn — starting at $1.00
Thursday, September 17, 2020
6:00 PM — Deb Richardson-Moore Virtual Book Talk — starting at $15.00
6:00 PM — Fariha Róisín and Zeba Blay for Like a Bird — starting at $1.00
8:00 PM — Virtual Book Launch Party: If You Have Something to Say, Margaret — starting at $10.00
Saturday, September 19, 2020
8:00 PM — Natalie Diaz and Patricia Smith: 2020 McKnight Judges' Reading — starting at $10.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, September 14, 2020
6:00 PM — Making the Personal Universal in Nonfiction (6 weeks) — starting at $380.00
6:00 PM — Novel in Progress (10 weeks) — starting at $620.00
7:00 PM — Introduction to Fiction (6 Weeks) — starting at $210.00
7:00 PM — Master Class: Creative Nonfiction/Memoir (12 weeks) — starting at $630.00
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
10:30 AM — Developing Your Short Fiction (10 weeks) — starting at $635.00
11:00 AM — Introduction to Creative Nonfiction (6 weeks) — starting at $210.00
6:00 PM — Counterintuitive Short Stories: Defying Expectations (6 weeks) — starting at $370.00
6:00 PM — Jumpstart Your Novel (6 weeks) — starting at $340.00
9:00 PM — Weekly Writing Sesh with Lyndsay Hall — starting at $15.00
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
10:30 AM — Writing Motherhood: Nonfiction Intensive (10 weeks) — starting at $570.00
10:30 AM — Writing the TV Pilot I (4 weeks) — starting at $250.00
7:30 PM — A Conversation with David Mura and Patricia Smith for the Class for Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers — starting at $15.00
Thursday, September 17, 2020
10:30 AM — 6 Weeks, 6 Stories (6 weeks) — starting at $370.00
10:30 AM — Developing Your Personal Essay (10 weeks) — starting at $635.00
10:30 AM — Memoir in Progress (10 weeks) — starting at $635.00
6:00 PM — Dreaming On The Page: Live Online Workshop — starting at $75.00
6:00 PM — Fiction I (10 weeks) — starting at $635.00
6:00 PM — Screenwriting for Film & TV II (10 weeks) — starting at $635.00
7:00 PM — Getting Your Idea Onto the Page — starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — Write Your Novel (12 week) — starting at $420.00
Friday, September 18, 2020
10:30 AM — Novel Essentials: Arcs and Endings — starting at $75.00
3:30 PM — Shelter in Place: Writing Where We Are (7 week poetry course) — starting at $160.00
6:00 PM — Productive Procrastination — starting at $75.00
8:30 PM — Magic Realism For Rebels with Lauren Elise Daniels — starting at 69 AUD
Saturday, September 19, 2020
10:00 AM — "How to Give and Receive Writing Critiques" ONLINE with John Pipkin — starting at $109.00
10:00 AM — Crafting Character-Driven Stories — starting at $70.00
10:00 AM — Create a Writing Routine that Works for You — starting at $63.00
10:00 AM — Flash Memoir - Life Stories in Under 500 Words — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Leaping into Middle-Grade Fiction — starting at $52.50
10:00 AM — Novel Revision Series: Dialogue and the Scene — starting at $150.00
10:00 AM — Your Book Starts Here: Learn to Storyboard Your Book — starting at $150.00
2:00 PM — Burn the Boats: A Poetry Workshop — starting at $52.50
2:00 PM — Writing and Yoga: Embracing Our Storied Bodies — starting at $52.50
Sunday, September 20, 2020
1:00 PM — The Culinary Speculative with Nibedita Sen — starting at $105.00
3:00 PM — Finding & Working with an Agent with Literary Agent Andy Ross — starting at $10.00
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.