Virtual Bookish Events for September 6-12, 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.

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For Readers - Free

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

• 2:00 PM — GROUND ZERO virtual tour: Best of Books!

• 6:00 PM — Bethany C. Morrow and Dr. Ebony Thomas for SO MANY BEGINNINGS: A LITTLE WOMEN REMIX

• 6:00 PM — Dark and Shallow Lies: An Evening with Ginny Myers Sain and Diana Urban

• 6:00 PM — Lillie Vale presents THE SHAADI SET-UP, with Rachel Lynn Solomon

• 6:00 PM — The Bronx is Reading Presents: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez in conversation with Saraciea J. Fennell

• 7:00 PM — Author Talk: Ana Castillo in conversation with Lupita Aquino

• 7:00 PM — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois with Angela Jackson Brown TAKE 2

• 8:00 PM — Alison Cochrun and Hannah Orenstein

• 9:00 PM — Zoraida Córdova, in conversation with Adam Silvera, discusses The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: How to Wrestle a Girl by Venita Blackburn, with Laura van den Berg

• 10:00 PM — Diana Rodriguez Wallach in conversation with Gretchen McNeil and Chelsea Mueller

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

• 11:00 AM — GROUND ZERO virtual tour: The Book Stall!

• 1:00 PM — Book launch: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

• 1:00 PM — GROUND ZERO virtual tour: The Briar Patch!

• 2:00 PM — After the Sun — Virtual Book Talk with Jonas Eika, Sherilynn Hellberg & Katrine Øgaard Jensen

• 7:00 PM — Afro-Latina Voices and Visions

• 7:00 PM — Ash Van Otterloo & Spooky Middle Grade Friends

• 7:00 PM — Michael Ian Black & Debbie Ridpath Ohi

• 7:00 PM — THE DISINTEGRATING STUDENT with Dr. Jeannine Jannot

• 7:30 PM — Candace Fleming: The Curse of the Mummy!

• 7:30 PM — Kris Ferraro, "Manifesting" with Joel Fotinos

• 8:00 PM — Poetry Reading: Boomerang / Bumerán by Achy Obejas in conversation with Natalie Moore

• 8:00 PM — William Kent Krueger: LIGHTNING STRIKE

• 9:30 PM — Skylit: Not "A Nation of Immigrants" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, with Lena Herzog

• 10:00 PM — David Liss in conversation with Joe R. Lansdale

Thursday, September 9, 2021

• 1:00 PM — GROUND ZERO virtual tour: Rakestraw Books!

• 6:00 PM — George M. Johnson and Jason Reynolds for WE ARE NOT BROKEN

• 6:00 PM — Lincoln Michel & Kim Stanley Robinson: Q&A and Conversation

• 6:30 PM — A History of Hate in Ohio: Then and Now

• 6:30 PM — The Science & Nature Lecture: Sarah Richardson

• 7:00 PM — Grubbie Debut: Judy Bolton-Fasman with Tova Mirvis, Asylum

• 7:00 PM — Martita, I Remember You: An Evening with Sandra Cisneros & Dorothy Allison

• 7:00 PM — Mona Awad, ALL'S WELL in conversation with Bill Clegg

• 7:00 PM — Rajiv Mohabir on Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir with Nadia Misir

• 7:30 PM — Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity--Jill Louise Busby in conversation with Chloe Caldwell

• 7:30 PM — Visiting Writers Series: Tope Folarin (fiction)

• 8:00 PM — Author Reading: SKINSHIP by Yoon Choi

• 8:00 PM — Lille Vale and Ali Hazelwood

• 9:00 PM — Queer YA Writers discuss writing diverse and queer characters in TV & Fiction: Zachary Sergi, Chase Baxter, and Fola Goke-Pariola

• 10:00 PM — Cassandra Khaw in conversation with Seanan Mcguire

• 10:00 PM — Maggie Nelson and Jack Halberstam - On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

Friday, September 10, 2021

• 12:00 PM — Predict + Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing

• 6:00 PM — The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: An Evening with Zoraida Córdova, V.E. Schwab and Leigh Bardugo

• 7:00 PM — Cassandra Khaw in Conversation with Richard Kadrey

• 7:00 PM — Cynthia Dewi Oka and Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Conversation

• 7:00 PM — Kaija Langley with Jacqueline Woodson, When Langston Dances

• 7:00 PM — Kamal Al-Solaylee: Why We Go Back to Where We Came From

• 7:30 PM — Words out Loud Spoken Word/Poetry Series

• 8:00 PM — The NEXUS Days Book Release Party

• 9:00 PM — Achy Obejas, in conversation with Luis Rodriguez, discusses Boomerang / Bumerán: Poetry / Poesía

• Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival

Saturday, September 11, 2021

• 3:00 PM — September 11th and its Aftermath: An Afternoon with Paul Auster, Heather Cox Richardson, Elias Khoury, Caroline Randall Williams, and Jacki Lyden

• 4:00 PM — Rajani LaRocca, The Secret Code Inside You

• 7:00 PM — "COUPLET" Quarterly Poetry Reading Series and Social - 10 Year Anniversary

Sunday, September 12, 2021

• 1:00 PM — THE HAWTHORNE LEGACY Event with Jennifer Lynn Barnes

• 3:00 PM — How to Find What You're Not Looking For Launch Event with VEERA HIRANANDANI

• 9:00 PM — Skylit: A Flag of No Nation by Tom Haviv, with Ben Ratskoff, Sophie Levy & Arielle Angel

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For Writers - Free

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

• 7:00 PM — Writing the Dark Moment

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

• 1:00 PM — Inside Writing with Hugo Award-winning author Ken Liu

• 1:30 PM — How to Write When it All Goes Wrong

• 3:00 PM — Book to Film: Get Your Work on the Screen

• 8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan

Thursday, September 9, 2021

• 1:30 PM — Library Marketing for Authors: Discover the underdog market

• 3:00 PM — Master Amazon Data to Sell More Books with Alex Newton

• 8:00 PM — Anatomy of a (Fictional) Confrontation with Anne Elliott

Friday, September 10, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

• 6:30 PM — Write-In: Craft and Community with Gotham Writers

Saturday, September 11, 2021

• 12:00 PM — Pitch Wars LIVE: Video Chat with Adult Mentors

• 1:30 PM — Everything You Ever Wanted To Ask a Literary Agent with Paula Munier

Sunday, September 12, 2021

• 2:00 PM — Writing Great Query Letters with Janice Hardy

• 7:30 PM — Poetry Class hosted by Writers' Studio--Stamina in Syntax: Expanding the Breath of Thought

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For Readers - Paid

Saturday, September 4, 2021

• 7:30 PM — Megan Rapinoe and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi for ONE LIFE: YOUNG READERS EDITION — starting at $24.00

Sunday, September 12, 2021

• 3:00 PM — Open Mouth Presents: Our Ghosts Stalk the Page with Muriel Leung — starting at $1.00

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For Writers - Paid

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

• 7:30 PM — Writing an Identity Not Your Own with Alex Temblador — starting at $109.00

Thursday, September 9, 2021

• 7:15 PM — Shaping Your Best Characters, Worlds, and Stories with Emma Dryden — starting at $39.00

Friday, September 10, 2021

• 10:30 AM — Setting as Character: How to Bring A Place to Life — starting at $75.00

• 3:00 PM — Everything Can Happen in Interactive Fiction With Phoebe Barton — starting at $75.00

Saturday, September 11, 2021

• 10:30 AM — Animals, Land, & Plants, Oh My! Nature as Metaphor — starting at $75.00

• 10:30 AM — Historical Fiction: A Crash Course — starting at $75.00

• 10:30 AM — How to Submit: Publishing Your Writing with Literary Magazines and Small Presses — starting at $75.00

• 10:30 AM — Writing about Surviving: How to Write Your Truama — starting at $110.00

• 10:30 AM — Writing Dialogue — starting at $75.00

• 11:00 AM — Delicious Words: Telling Stories through Food with Hannah Howard — starting at $109.00

• 12:00 PM — Crossroads: Using Intersectionality to Enhance Personal Narrative — starting at $20.00

• 12:30 PM — How to Write Characters Who Live and Breathe with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond — starting at $124.00

• 2:00 PM — Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: How to Squash Self-Doubt — starting at $60.00

Sunday, September 12, 2021

• 4:00 PM — Writing Short & Sharp: Crafting Flash Fiction — starting at $60.00

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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.