Jennifer Caloyeras's Blog, page 10
July 27, 2020
July 29th: Publishing In A Pandemic, A Virtual Event
July 29, 2020 at 4pm PST, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs and Red Hen Press present Beach=Culture: Life’s a Beach: Publishing in a Pandemic, a virtual event hosted by the Annenberg Community Beach House:
What’s it like to publish your first book during a pandemic? Moderated by Kristen Millares Young, join Kristen, Reema Rajbanshi, Deborah A. Lott, Elizabeth Earley, and Anna Dorn as they read from their recently published works and discuss the challenges, triumphs, and unexpected realities of publishing during a pandemic.
July 25, 2020
8/24 Brit Bennett in Conversation with NYT writer Carla Hall
Click here to attend the virtual meetup through the New York Times Facebook page on August 25th at 6pm.
July 16, 2020
July 18th at 12:00 PM Join Lisa Taddeo in conversation with Leila Slimani
Join Green Apple Books as Leila Slimani discusses her new book with Lisa Taddeo on Zoom. To join, click here.
July 18th at 12:00 PM thanks to Green Apple Books.
July 15, 2020
Tin House Summer Writing Workshops
This looks absolutely amazing. Tin House has opened their writing workshops / seminars up to the public. Writers participating include Brandon Taylor, Leni Zumas and Saeed Jones.
“Over the course of the next two weeks (July 12th-25th), over 200 writers will be gathering online to participate in our 2020 Summer Workshop. We will be streaming many of the lectures, conversations, and readings that will be taking place. We look forward to sharing space with you soon.”
July 6, 2020
Jason Reynolds on July 9th 10:30 am
Jason Reynolds is an amazing young adult author. He’s also the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Reynolds offers weekly creative challenges in his “Write. Right. Rite.” video series in partnership with the Library of Congress. Learn more here
June 29, 2020
Riley Sager and Megan Miranda virtual event June 29th, 8PM ET
Join Riley Sager, author of Home Before Dark and Megan Miranda, author of The Girl From Widow HIlls as they discuss their books at a virtual event from Poisoned Pen Bookstore. Click here to register.
June 28, 2020
Deb Spera: Call Your Daughter Home Live on Crowdcast June 30th
On Episode #16 of my book recommendation podcast, Books Are My People, my guest author, Colette Sartor recommended Deb Spera’s novel, Call Your Daughter Home.
Deb Spera will be speaking about her novel on:
Tue, June 30, 2020
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
June 26, 2020
Virtual Book Club Chat - July 8th, 5 PM PST
Join Chandler Baker as she launches the paperback of her New York Times bestselling novel, Whisper Network, with her two fellow Flatiron Reese Witherspoon book club authors, Laurie Frankel’s (This Is How It Always Is) and Yangtze Choo (The Night Tiger). Laurie Frankel’s novel is one of my faves!
LIVE on Crowdcast, Wednesday July 8, 8:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM PST.
June 21, 2020
Bay Area Book Festival #unbound is virtual and free! (mostly)
Unbound is the online incarnation of the annual Bay Area Book Festival, which fills Downtown Berkeley with hundreds of notable authors and tens of thousands of readers. #UNBOUND programs present authors and activists at the top of their game to inform, inspire, console, and engage you. Each program (pre-recorded) has a “premiere” showing, which allows for live audience chat, then remains on the site for free viewing.
Watch authors of a variety of genres speak about a host of interesting topics.
Click here for more info and to register for free library content.
June 16, 2020
Join Max Brooks in Conversation at Book Soup 6/16
My friend, Max Brooks, will discuss his new book, Devolution at Book Soup. Join him through at Crowdcast using this link. Free with registration.
