A month ago we launched The Virtual Book Channel as a way to help writers with new books find readers during an otherwise awful time for publishing. And while it continues to be a work very much in progress, we’re happy to have thus far featured 55 shows—you can take a look here at the conversations (and more!) that have we’ve aired.

Meanwhile, this week on The VBC:

TODAY
2pm: Fiction/Non/Fiction LIVE: Sue Monk Kidd on the value of alternate histories.
3pm: Sheltering: Marie Mutsuki Mockett in conversation with Maris Kreizman.

TUESDAY, 4/21
2pm: Copper Canyon LIVE: A poetry reading featuring James Richardson, Heather McHugh, and Sarah Ruhl. REGISTER HERE.
3pm: Sheltering: Jennifer Finney Boylan in conversation with Maris Kreizman
4pm: Rekindled: David Farrier in conversation with Stephen Sparks.
8pm: Nerd Jeopardy LIVE: Guest starring Deb Olin Unferth and Adrienne Raphael. (Program note: beginning the week of 4/27, Nerd Jeopardy LIVE will be airing on Wednesdays at 8pm.) REGISTER HERE.
8pm: The Antibody Reading Series: Guest starring Mary-Kim Arnold, Marie-Helene Bertino, and C Pam Zhang. REGISTER HERE.

WEDNESDAY, 4/22
3pm: Sheltering: Daniele Trussoni in conversation with Maris Kreizman.
4pm: Rekindled: Gemma Milne in conversation with Heather Parry.

THURSDAY, 4/23
2pm: The Kristen Arnett Show: With special guest Hanif Abdurraqib (Instagram Live rebroadcast.)
3pm: Sheltering: Emma Straub in conversation with Maris Kreizman.
4pm: Personal Space: Maggie Downs in conversation with Sari Botton.
7pm: LIC Reading Series LIVE

FRIDAY, 4/24
10am: The Week in Books: With Book Marks editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee.

Jonny Diamond

Jonny Diamond

Jonny Diamond is the Editor in Chief of Literary Hub. He lives in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains with his wife and two sons, and is currently writing a cultural history of the axe for W.W. Norton. @JonnyDiamondJonnyDiamond.me