Virtual Bookish Events for September 13-19, 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 13, 2021
4:00 PM — Happy Half Hour with Sarah Gailey
7:00 PM — Erin Dej: A Complex Exile - Homelessness and Social Exclusion in Canada
7:30 PM — Café Muse featuring Andrea Carter Brown and Katherine Gekker
9:00 PM — Daniel Barban Levin, in conversation with Selina Fillinger, discusses Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir
10:00 PM — BROM in conversation with T. Kingfisher
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
7:00 PM — Asali Solomon on The Days of Afrekete with Zeyn Joukhadar
7:00 PM — Buki Papillon with Michael Lowenthal, An Ordinary Wonder
7:00 PM — Cuba: An American History: An Evening with Dr. Ada Ferrer & Ana Menéndez
7:00 PM — Kory Merritt with Jeff Kinney
7:00 PM — Nedra Glover Tawwab Discusses Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
7:00 PM — Sy Montgomery, Eileen Garvin, Jackie Polzin & Florence Williams
7:00 PM — The MTH&M and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture present THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN
7:00 PM — The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World with Arthur Herman
7:00 PM — Tina Cane and Mahogany L. Browne for the release of ALMA PRESSES PLAY
7:30 PM — Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World--Leslie Kern in conversation with Evette Dionne
8:00 PM — Open Door Reading Series Online: Julietta Cheung, Hereaclitus Vernon, Joshua Demaree & Rachel Herman
8:00 PM — Michelle Quach Not Here To Be Liked Launch Event with Elise Bryant and VyVy Nguyen
8:00 PM — Rachel Greenwald Smith and Lisa Wells
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
12:00 PM — Gender(s): Kathryn Bond Stockton in a lunchtime conversation with Dr. Lauran Whitworth
6:00 PM — Authors In Conversation with Tech Author Azeem Azhar Moderated by Joaquin Ruiz
7:00 PM — Alaa Al Aswany, THE REPUBLIC OF FALSE TRUTHS with Dinaw Mengestu
7:00 PM — Safia Elhillo in Conversation on HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY
Thursday, September 16, 2021
10:00 AM — Instagram Live with Zibby Owens and Kimberly McCreight
1:30 PM — Govern Like a Girl: Kate Graham with Kathleen Wynne
7:00 PM — Meet the Authors: Battle of the Bands
7:00 PM — Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen | Dr. Inger Burnett in conversation with Minda Harts
7:00 PM — Tiphanie Yanique Closing Keynote - Kweli International Literary Festival
7:00 PM — Writer to Writer: Douglas Kearney & Jennifer Steinorth
8:00 PM — Poetry Reading: Susan Nguyen with Roy G. Guzmán & Jenny Qi
9:00 PM — Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint for NAMES FOR LIGHT with Khadijah Queen
9:00 PM — Writers Live: Kelly Brenner, author of "Nature Obscura"
Friday, September 17, 2021
6:30 AM — Book launch: Sydney Spleen by Toby Fitch
7:00 PM — Cassandra Khaw with P. Djèlí Clark, The All-Consuming World
7:00 PM — Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law: An Evening with Mary Roach and Sam Kean
7:00 PM — Poet Alice B Fogel with L.R. Berger
7:30 PM — Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico: Rafael Ocasio in conversation with Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt
Saturday, September 18, 2021
4:00 PM — Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America--Keith Boykin in conversation with Ted Winn
7:00 PM — T.C. Boyle discusses "Talk to Me"
7:30 PM — Reparations Now!: Ashley M. Jones in conversation with Derrick Austin
Sunday, September 19, 2021
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
1:00 PM — The Writers Bridge Platform Q & A | What Independent Bookstores Wish Authors Knew!
1:30 PM — How to Have a Successful Book Event
7:00 PM — Working with an Editor
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
1:00 PM — Inside Writing with podcaster, TV producer, and World of Lore series author Aaron Mahnke.
1:30 PM — The Texture of Urgency: How to Deeply Engage Your Readers From the First Page to the Last
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Write-In with Sarah Nicolas and Bess Carnan
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Friday, September 17, 2021
Saturday, September 18, 2021
12:00 PM — Pitch Wars LIVE: Video Chat with YA Mentors
Sunday, September 19, 2021
4:00 PM — The Dreaded Synopsis
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
6:00 PM — Kei Miller and Maisy Card for THINGS I HAVE WITHHELD — starting at $1.00
7:00 PM — Alexis Daria and Arianna Davis for A LOT LIKE ADIÓS — starting at $15.99
9:00 PM — Maggie Nelson in Conversation with Danzy Senna — starting at $10.00
Thursday, September 16, 2021
8:00 PM — Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Robert Jones, Jr. for THE ONES WHO DON'T SAY THEY LOVE YOU — starting at $1.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, September 13, 2021
7:00 PM — Reading Your Way to Writing Well: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut — starting at $115.00
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
8:00 PM — Crafting the Query Letter with literary agent Eric Smith — starting at $50.00
Thursday, September 16, 2021
7:00 PM — FROM HEAD TO TOME: Courage to Go Deeper—Finding Your Story's Theme — starting at $10.00
7:15 PM — The Freedom of Mastery with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00
9:00 PM — Writer's Digest Editor and Novelist Jessica Strawser: 10 All-Time Best Writing Lessons From 10 Years of Interviews With the All-Time Best Writers — starting at $20.00
Friday, September 17, 2021
10:30 AM — Omniscience — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Retelling the Classics — starting at $75.00
1:00 PM — Hybrid Publishing 101 with Barbara Linn Probst — starting at $25.00
2021 Agents & Editors Conference (3 days) — starting at $399.00
Saturday, September 18, 2021
9:30 AM — Art as Inspiration — starting at $50.00
10:00 AM — Micro Memoir — starting at $50.00
10:00 AM — Your First (or Next) Novel — starting at $50.00
10:30 AM — Act Like A Writer, Think Like An Editor: Getting Your Manuscript Ready — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — Generative Poetry Seminar — starting at $75.00
12:00 PM — Start Here! Quick Intro to Creative Writing (Section 2) — starting at $10.00
12:30 PM — Danger and Daring: Lyric Essay Workshop with Tyler Mills — starting at $99.00
12:30 PM — The Sound of Finding: A Workshop by Janice Lowe — starting at $124.00
1:00 PM — 2022 Is Your Year for You and Your Book Business — starting at $35.00
2:00 PM — Writing the Unreal: A Speculative Fiction Workshop — starting at $60.00
2:30 PM — Act Like A Writer, Think Like An Editor: The Road to Publication — starting at $75.00
Sunday, September 19, 2021
12:30 PM — Screaming the Unsayable: Investigating Subtext and Dialogue: A Prose Intensive with Tariq Shah — starting at $124.00
12:30 PM — The Joy of Editing with Daniel Lawless & Frances Richey — starting at $124.00
1:00 PM — Villanelle Crash Course — starting at $50.00
4:00 PM — Rise of the Re-Moir: Where Research and Memoir Intersect — starting at $60.00
4:00 PM — Sunday Series with Jubi Arriola-Headley (poetry) — starting at $35.00
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.