Virtual Bookish Events for September 27 - October 3, 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, September 27, 2021
7:00 PM — Julietta Singh, author of THE BREAKS, and Gabrielle Civil
7:00 PM — Unfollow Me: An Evening with Jill Louise Busby and Jason Reynolds
8:00 PM — CLA Presents: Claudia Rankine
9:00 PM — Local Author Day feat. David F. D’Orazi and Vicki Childs
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
3:00 PM — BingeBooks Book Club: Live author chat with Jeff Wheeler
6:00 PM — Durst Distinguished Lecture Series: Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Professor Usha Rungoo
7:00 PM — MetroWest Readers Fest Presents...Three Questions: An Evening with Jennifer De Leon
7:00 PM — ABE: Abraham Lincoln in his Times: David S. Reynolds in Conversation with Mallory Howard
7:00 PM — Lakesedge: An Evening with Lyndall Clipstone and Erin A. Craig
7:00 PM — On Reading: Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar on Still Mad with Jamia Wilson
7:30 PM — Gary Cole: Newsboy (A Conversation with Rick Kogan)
7:30 PM — Idra Novey: Those Who Knew in conversation with Joseph O. Legaspi
8:00 PM — Curated Conversation(s): Ricardo Alberto Maldonado with Yvette Siegert
8:00 PM — Elissa Sussman Drawn That Way Launch Event with Maureen Goo
8:00 PM — Martita, I Remember You: Sandra Cisneros in conversation with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
9:00 PM — Jayne Allen, in conversation with Emily Henry, discusses Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
9:00 PM — Roshani Chokshi
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
6:00 PM — Alaa Al Aswany & Omar El Akkad: The Republic of False Truths -- a Novel
7:00 PM — An Evening with Author Michelle Good
7:00 PM — Jayne Allen & Morgan Rogers Discuss Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
7:00 PM — LADYPARTS - A MEMOIR: Deborah Copaken with Sophfronia Scott
7:00 PM — The Case For Basic Income: Elaine Power in conversation with Garima Talwar Kapoor
7:00 PM — This Is How You Vagina | Dr. Nicole Williams in conversation with Hannah Matluck from The V Hive
7:30 PM — Farah Jasmine Griffin, "Read Until You Understand"
8:00 PM — PEN America presents: Maggie Nelson in conversation with Cathy Park Hong
Thursday, September 30, 2021
7:00 PM — MetroWest Readers Fest Presents...ONE Big Community Read: A Conversation with Jennifer De Leon
7:00 PM — Grubbie Debuts: M. Soledad Caballero with Rebecca Morgan Frank, I Was a Bell
7:00 PM — Lee Mandelo - Summer Sons
7:00 PM — Lemon, Love & Olive Oil: An Evening with Mina Stone and Dara Friedman
7:00 PM — On America: Environmental Storytelling
7:00 PM — WILDLAND: THE MAKING OF AMERICA’S FURY with Evan Osnos and Susan Campbell
7:00 PM — Writers on the Rise: Kamaria Shepherd
7:30 PM — LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS and UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR: Ryka Aoki in conversationw ith TJ Klune
7:30 PM — Visiting Writers Series: Phillip B. Williams (poetry)
8:00 PM — YA Author Panel with Michelle Mason, Meredith Tate, Jamie Krakover, and Jennifer Stolzer
9:00 PM — James Queally, in conversation with Michael Connelly, discusses All These Ashes
9:00 PM — Writers Live: Jeff Antonelis-Lapp author of "Tahoma and Its People"
Friday, October 1, 2021
7:00 AM — Going with the Boys: Six Extraordinary Women Writing from the Front Line
7:00 PM — Boomerang / Bumerán: An Evening with Achy Obejas and Richard Blanco
7:00 PM — Brooklyn Book Festival Author Talk: Melissa Lozada-Oliva on Dreaming of You
9:00 PM — Thinking Like a Mountain: Lisa Wells
Saturday, October 2, 2021
2:00 PM — Lemony Snicket | A Twin Cities Book Festival Event
4:30 PM — Colm Tóibín: The Magician
Sunday, October 3, 2021
11:00 AM — Montclair Literary Festival
1:00 PM — Literary Modiin's October Author Event with Sarah Blake, Miriam Cohen & Leah Scheier
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
1:30 PM — Library Marketing for Authors: Discover the underdog market
7:00 PM — Publicity Tips for Authors
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
1:00 PM — Inside Writing with Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, September 30, 2021
1:30 PM — How to Write When it All Goes Wrong
6:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with novelist Tom Lin
7:00 PM — Mistakes New Fiction Writers Make
9:00 PM — Writing Through Difficult Times with Laekan Zea Kemp
Friday, October 1, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
10:30 AM — Developing a Mystery Series with Nancy J. Cohen (Author of WRITING THE COZY MYSTERY)
11:00 AM — Writing Opinion Journalism
12:00 PM — The Three Rs: Researching, ReWriting and Wrangling Your Manuscript
For Readers - Paid
Monday, September 27, 2021
6:00 PM — Phoebe Robinson and Glennon Doyle for PLEASE DON'T SIT ON MY BED IN YOUR OUTSIDE CLOTHES — starting at $27.00
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
9:30 PM — Virtual Book Release + Reading: SMALL TALK WITH MYSELF — starting at $5.00
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
7:30 PM — GrubStreet LitUp — starting at $1.00
Friday, October 1, 2021
8:00 PM — C.S. Pacat and Namina Forna for DARK RISE — starting at $24.08
For Writers - Paid
Monday, September 27, 2021
2:00 PM — Writing Workshop-prompt based generative creative writing any genre, style, form — starting at $1.00
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
2:00 PM — Writing the Ordinary: How to Craft Personal Essays from Everyday Life — starting at $15.00
Thursday, September 30, 2021
2:00 PM — Writing Workshop-Prompt based generative creative writing — starting at $1.00
Friday, October 1, 2021
8:00 AM — 31-Day Fall Writing Circle! — starting at $200.00
10:30 AM — Part of Your World: Character-Focused Worldbuilding in YA — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — So You Want to Be a Writer? — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Unlocking Your Character — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Let’s Talk About Your Writing Career — starting at $35.00
2:00 PM — Embracing Happenstance — starting at $52.50
8:00 PM — Craft Conversation with Sigrid Nunez with Peter Geye — starting at $15.00
Saturday, October 2, 2021
10:30 AM — Novel Revision Series: What’s Your Novel “About”? — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Writing the Humorous Essay — starting at $60.00
11:00 AM — Breaks Make for Better Writing — starting at $35.00
2:00 PM — Beyond Witness: Innovative Forms Towards Accountability with Sara Borjas — starting at $75.00
2:00 PM — Gothic Story Elements — starting at $60.00
3:00 PM — A Mini-Crash Course in the Basics of Screenwriting — starting at $52.50
Sunday, October 3, 2021
12:30 PM — Little Revolutions: Writing the Contemporary Sonnet, a Craft Class with John James — starting at $124.00
4:00 PM — Reading Your Way to Writing Well: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern — 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.