Virtual Bookish Events for September 18-24, 2023
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
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
12:00 PM — Jewish Authors & Ideas Series: Laura Zigman
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
2:00 PM — A Night of Danish Noir
7:00 PM — Poet John Barr in Conversation with Susan Kinsolving
10:00 PM — Story Hour: K.C. Grifant and Robert Levy
Thursday, September 21, 2023
7:00 PM — Strong Women, Strange Worlds Quick Reads
Saturday, September 23, 2023
3:00 PM — Shared Blood by Luke Wortley Book Launch
Sunday, September 24, 2023
For Writers - Free
Monday, September 18, 2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
8:00 AM — How to take your author selfie with brand photographer Georgina Little
2:00 PM — Gotham Writers Open House: One-hour classes in Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, and Screenwriting
7:00 PM — Gotham Writers Open House: One-hour classes in Fiction, TV Writing, and more
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Fisk and Bess Carnan
9:00 PM — Sunset Poetry Journal: "Word Soup" Generative Writing Workshop
Thursday, September 21, 2023
12:00 PM — From Empty Nest to Enchanted Forest—A Writing Circle
8:00 PM — Genre-Bending Fiction
Saturday, September 23, 2023
1:00 PM — Advanced Capabilities in Scrivener
1:00 PM — Introduction to Rewriting Utopias with Chinelo Onwualu
For Readers - Paid
Thursday, September 21, 2023
8:00 PM — Anderson Cooper — Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune - with Katherine Howe — starting at $34.00
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
8:00 PM — From Subscribers to Superfans: Building an Engaged Newsletter Community — starting at $25.00
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
6:00 PM — Scrivener 101 — starting at $55.50
6:00 PM — Sessions with the Editor: Hippocampus — starting at $85.00
7:00 PM — Interrogating Autofiction with "The Topeka School" by Ben Lerner — starting at $10.00
10:00 PM — SCBWI SoCal Presents Publicity Tips for Authors — starting at $25.00
Thursday, September 21, 2023
1:00 PM — Writer Mind Marketing Mind — starting at $25.00
2:00 PM — Looking Back, Moving Forward: Writing About Grief, Loss & Trauma w/Jessica Handler — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — Ten Ways to Get into Characters’ Heads - How to convey a character's interior world with T.D. Storm — starting at $20.00
7:00 PM — Adding Humor to Your Writing — starting at $30.00
7:30 PM — Plotting for Pantsers with Eden Robins — starting at $120.00
Friday, September 22, 2023
11:00 AM — WriteNOW! Workshop and Conference — starting at $50.00
6:00 PM — Navigating Emotional Corridors — starting at $85.00
6:00 PM — Poetry Workshop: All About Love — starting at $85.00
Saturday, September 23, 2023
9:30 AM — Mapping Strategies for Story Structure — starting at $60.00
10:00 AM — How to Begin a Poem — starting at $55.50
10:00 AM — How to Write a Brilliant Braided Essay — starting at $60.00
10:00 AM — How to Write a Technical Book — starting at $30.00
10:00 AM — Line Breaks in Poetry — starting at $60.00
10:00 AM — Submitting and Publishing Your Writing to Literary Magazines — starting at $55.50
10:30 AM — Worldbuilding in Any Genre — starting at $85.00
10:30 AM — Writing Social Horror — starting at $85.00
11:00 AM — Show and Tell: The Power of Exposition and Interiority with Stacey Swann — starting at $119.00
11:00 AM — We Don't Talk About Cash Flow (No, No): 7 Things Children's Editors Really Care About and 3 Things Writers Can Stop Worrying About — starting at $20.00
12:30 PM — Danger and Daring: Lyric Essay Workshop with Tyler Mills — starting at $130.00
12:30 PM — What a Sonnet Can Do: a Generative Workshop with Denise Duhamel — starting at $150.00
12:30 PM — Picture Book Intensive: A Kidlit Craft Workshop — starting at $50.00
2:00 PM — Decoding the Submission Grinder — starting at $20.00
4:00 PM — Crafting a Kidlit Career: A Conversation with Editor Elizabeth Law — starting at $20.00
Sunday, September 24, 2023
11:00 AM — Natural Meter Crash Course — starting at $60.00
1:00 PM — How to Begin Game Writing with Whitney "Strix" Beltran — starting at $120.00
1:00 PM — How to End a Poem — starting at $60.00
4:00 PM — Self-Care for Writers — starting at $70.00