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
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
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!
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 — 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!
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
Thursday, September 9, 2021
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
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
8:00 PM — Author Reading: SKINSHIP by Yoon Choi
8:00 PM — Lille Vale and Ali Hazelwood
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
Saturday, September 11, 2021
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
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
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
Saturday, September 11, 2021
Sunday, September 12, 2021
7:30 PM — Poetry Class hosted by Writers' Studio--Stamina in Syntax: Expanding the Breath of Thought
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
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
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.
Virtual Bookish Events for September 6-12, 2021
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