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, The Shape of a Star Podcast, and WP expert Nate Hoffelder.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Monday, September 26, 2022
8:00 PM — Golden Ax with Rio Cortez & Ariana Brown
9:00 PM — Hafizah Augustus Geter in conversation with Kiese Laymon
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
4:00 PM — Author Talk with Hernan Diaz
4:00 PM — Jeffrey Archer | A Twin Cities Book Festival Event
8:30 PM — Scott Reynolds Nelson: "Oceans of Grain"
9:00 PM — L.A. Times September Book Club: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
9:00 PM — Naomi Novik discussing THE GOLDEN ENCLAVES, with Katherine Arden
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
6:30 PM — A Reading With Meg Eden, James Arthur, And Christopher Kondrich
7:00 PM — Ashley Woodfolk - Opening My Eyes Underwater - with Dhonielle Clayton
7:30 PM — Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution: Kacen Callender in conversation with Mark Oshiro
8:00 PM — Jesse Q. Sutanto with Ali Hazelwood: Well, That Was Unexpected
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Mary Berman and Michael Haynes
10:30 PM — Author Voices with Jessica Hernandez
Thursday, September 29, 2022
2:00 PM — Burning Questions: An Afternoon with Margaret Atwood and Rachel DeWoskin
7:00 PM — Forestfall: An Evening with Lyndall Clipstone and Emily Lloyd-Jones
8:00 PM — Atwater Poetry Project: Alexei Perry Cox & Hoa Nguyen
9:00 PM — Dr. Steven Novella, Bob Novella, & Jay Novella discussing
10:00 PM — CLA Presents: Ocean Vuong
Friday, September 30, 2022
3:00 PM — Jody Gladding and Tawanda Mulalu
7:30 PM — Ghost Eaters: Clay McLeod Chapman in conversation with Rachel Harrison
8:00 PM — Book Club Discussion: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
9:00 PM — OCCUPY GONDOR: Using Speculative Fiction To Interrogate The New Gilded Age
Saturday, October 1, 2022
4:00 PM — Natasha Bowen discussing THE SOUL OF THE DEEP with Namina Forna
6:30 PM — The Magical Writer: QTIPOC Authors Dissect Magic Realism
Sunday, October 2, 2022
4:00 PM — Stories as a Form of Medicine with Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, Leona Prince, and Angela Sterritt
For Writers - Free
Monday, September 26, 2022
9:00 AM — Morning Write-In
7:30 PM — Introduction to Storytelling Varieties
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
9:00 AM — Morning Write-In
7:00 PM — COVID and the Creative Process
8:00 PM — Dynamics of Opposition
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Fisk
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Saturday, October 1, 2022
For Readers - Paid
Monday, September 26, 2022
7:00 PM — Stephanie Garber talks THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER — starting at $27.48
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
9:00 PM — Kerri Maniscalco: Kingdom of the Feared — starting at $24.00
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
12:00 PM — How the Word is Passed: A Conversation with Clint Smith — starting at $35.00
8:00 PM — Brandon Kyle Goodman and Traci Thomas for YOU GOTTA BE YOU — starting at $1.00
Thursday, September 29, 2022
9:00 PM — Adrienne Young — starting at $15.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, September 26, 2022
6:30 PM — Synopsis as Creative Road Map — starting at $35.00
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
8:00 PM — Top Ten Habits of Great Writers with bestselling author Jay Bonansinga — starting at $50.00
Thursday, September 29, 2022
7:15 PM — It's Closing Time: Opening and Closing Chapters with Sheree Greer — starting at $50.00
Friday, September 30, 2022
10:30 AM — Exploring Personal Essay Structures — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — How to Submit: Publishing Your Writing with Literary Magazines and Small Presses — starting at $119.00
6:00 PM — Speculative Series: Genre-Fluid Writing — starting at $249.00
Saturday, October 1, 2022
10:30 AM — How to Properly Preptober — starting at $800.00
10:30 AM — Octavia Butler Study Hall: Writing Magical, Imaginative Fiction — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Part of Your World: Character-Focused Worldbuilding in YA — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Reclaiming the Body — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Starting Your Novel: How to Create an Opening in Dialogue with Your Ending with John Pipkin — starting at $75.00
12:30 PM — The Turn: the Swerve into the Unknown: a Craft Class with Ellen Bass — starting at $75.00
Sunday, October 2, 2022
12:30 PM — Written on the Body with Elana Bell: Generative Poetry Workshop — starting at $75.00
4:00 PM — Q&A: Writing Horror Fiction with Jeffrey Ford — starting at $120.00
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.
This is such an amazing list! You’re Substack is a gift!
Also... who is paying $800 to learn how to do Preptober?!? I can think of so many ways a writer could better spend there money, for example the book written by the Nanowrimo founder which is like $5... lol I can’t even... the prices some people charge for online writer courses is beyond ridiculous. More expensive than a college credit!