Virtual Bookish Events for September 30-October 6, 2024
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, Gathr: Host Bookish Events, and Coastal Magic Convention.
All times are in Eastern so please convert as needed!
For Readers - Free
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
3:00 PM — Danzy Senna discusses COLORED TELEVISION
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
8:00 PM — Live interview w NY Times Best-Selling Horror Author Paul Tremblay
10:00 PM — Story Hour: Somto Ihezue and Lindz McLeod
Thursday, October 3, 2024
8:00 PM — Video Book Club with Emma Barry
Friday, October 4, 2024
12:00 PM — Strong Women Strange Worlds Quick Read
1:00 PM — First Friday Book Talk & Reading with Terese Svoboda
Saturday, October 5, 2024
For Writers - Free
Monday, September 30, 2024
7:00 PM — Author Talks presents author Tim Wendel
7:30 PM — Intensive Editing Masterclass
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
9:30 AM — Pen to Paper
7:00 PM — First-Draft Fall: Plotting & Pacing with author Michael Mammay
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
3:00 PM — Research and Nonfiction Comics with Ellen Forney and Caitlin Cass
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Sarah Fisk and Bess Carnan
Thursday, October 3, 2024
1:00 PM — Become a Part of Author Nation
Friday, October 4, 2024
7:00 PM — Character Goals and Motivations
Saturday, October 5, 2024
For Writers - Paid
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
1:00 PM — What Writers Need to Know About AI — starting at $22.00
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
7:30 PM — Landing Your Dream Pubs: Submitting to Literary Magazines and Journals with Julie Poole — starting at $119.00
Thursday, October 3, 2024
6:30 PM — Writing About Mental Health Topics in Fiction — starting at $60.00
7:00 PM — Popping the Question–What to Ask an Agent When They Offer Rep — starting at $37.00
7:15 PM — Power Revision with Donald Maass — starting at $39.00
Saturday, October 5, 2024
10:00 AM — How to Create Backstory and Flashbacks — starting at $60.00
10:30 AM — How to Write a Novel — starting at $85.00
11:00 AM — On Interviewing: Tips for Storytellers with Margaret Juhae Lee — starting at $119.00
12:30 PM — “In the Haunted Hotel,” Horror Poetry with Jennifer Martelli — starting at $150.00
12:30 PM — Screenwriting: Master Craft Class on the Short Film Form with C.C. Webster — starting at $130.00
12:30 PM — Writing Together: Get Out of Your Own Way and Create with Lynn Schmeidler — starting at $130.00
2:00 PM — Fiction Basics: Characters & Characterization — starting at $55.50
Sunday, October 6, 2024
11:00 AM — See Me Naked: Writing Into the Depths of Pleasure and Delight — starting at $200.00
12:30 PM — The Widening Gyre: Writing on Anxiety with Jane Huffman — starting at $150.00
12:30 PM — Writing Midrash with Alicia Ostriker — starting at $150.00
12:30 PM — Writing Poetry for Children, Teens, Adults: Commonalities/ Differences with Richard Michelson — starting at $130.00
4:00 PM — Send Your Characters on a Road Trip with A.T. Greenblatt — starting at $75.00
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.