Your Week in Virtual Book Events, April 12th to April 16th

Writers Speak with Maaza Mengiste and Namwali Serpell
Monday, April 12, 6:00 pm EDT
Maaza Mengiste (The Shadow King, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze) and Namwali Serpell (The Old Drift) will be in conversation with Claire Messud, about their debut novels and more. Free, with registration.

Inprint Viet Thanh Nguyen Reading
Monday, April 12, 7:00 pm EDT
Viet Thanh Nguyen will give a short reading from his new novel The Committed, followed by a conversation with Houston writer and Inprint Advisory Board member Sarah Choi. Tickets cost $5; register here.

C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold, in conversation with Megha Majumdar
Monday, April 12, 7:00 pm EDT
C Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold, with Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning. Free, via Facebook Live.

Andrew J Graff, author of Raft of Stars, in conversation with J. Ryan Stradal
Monday, April 12, 8:00 pm EDT
Boswell welcomes Andrew J Graff to talk about his debut novel, Raft of Stars, set in 1990s rural Wisconsin. Graff will be in conversation with J. Ryan Stradal, author of The Lager Queen of Minnesota. Free, with registration.

Elissa Washuta at the Get Lit! Festival’s We The Indigenous Panel
Monday, April 12, 10:00 pm EDT
Get Lit! and We the Indigenous have teamed up to bring readings from four authors whose work ranges from poetic prose to personal essays that utilize experimental form. Free, with registration.

Authors in Conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein & Kaitlyn Greenidge
Tuesday, April 13, 6:00 pm EDT
Join Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Kaitlyn Greenidge for a discussion about their latest books, The Disordered Cosmos and Libertie, respectively. Both will answer audience questions. Registration is required.

Rain Taxi Review of Books Presents Nate Powell
Tuesday, April 13, 6:30 pm EDT
Join Rain Taxi for a night celebrating comics in context: in his new anthology of seven comics essays, Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest, graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls “necessary protest.” Free, with registration.

Reader Meet Writer Author Series – The Salt Fields with Stacy D. Flood
Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 pm EDT
Join Stacy D. Flood for a discussion about his latest book The Salt Fields, Black history, writing, and more. Free, via Zoom.

Chris Beha In Conversation With Phil Klay at Parnassus Books
Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 pm EDT
Christopher Beha discusses his novel The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, in conversation with Phil Klay. Free, via Facebook Live.

S. Kirk Walsh In Conversation With Polly Rosenwaike
Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 pm EDT
Literati Bookstore welcomes S. Kirk Walsh to its “At Home with Literati Series” in support of The Elephant of Belfast. She’ll be joined in conversation by author Polly Rosenwaike. Free, via Zoom.

A Scientist Walks into a Bar: Jonathan Meiburg on “A Most Remarkable Creature”
Tuesday, April 13, 8:00 pm EDT
Jonathan Meiburg talks about his new book, A Most Remarkable Creature, which explores the wild and fascinating story of the history, origins, and possible futures” of caracaras, birds of prey that live on the Falkland Islands. Tickets start at $5. Register here.

Shelley Nolden, author of The Vines, In Conversation With Greer Macallister
Tuesday, April 13, 8:00 pm EDT
Boswell hosts Wisconsin author Shelley Nolden for a conversation about her debut historical novel, a story that intertwines the horrific and elusive history of North Brother Island with a captivating tale of love, betrayal, survival, and loss. She’ll be joined in conversation by Greer Macallister, author of The Magician’s Lie. Free, via Zoom.

Gina Frangello In Conversation With Daphne Merkin
Tuesday, April 13, 9:00 pm EDT
Gina Frangello will be in conversation with Daphne Merkin to discuss self-sacrifice, womanhood, and her latest book, Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason. Free, with registration.

Lea Geller In Conversation with Amy Poeppel
Wednesday, April 14, 6:30 pm EDT
Join Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore And Café for the launch of Lea Geller’s The Truth and Other Hidden Things, and the release of Amy Poeppel’s Musical Chairs in paperback. Free, with registration.

Caleb Azumah Nelson—Open Water—Nadia Owusu
Wednesday, April 14, 7:00 pm EDT
Caleb Azumah Nelson will discuss his latest work, Open Water, about Black intimacy and art-making. He will be joined in conversation by Nadia Owusu. Free, via Zoom.

J. Nicole Jones In Conversation with Allie Rowbottom
Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 pm EDT
Greenlight is thrilled to host J. Nicole Jones for her new book, Low Country, an incandescent debut memoir of one family’s changing fortunes in the Low Country of South Carolina. She is joined in conversation with Allie Rowbottom, critically acclaimed author of the memoir Jell-O Girls. Free, via Zoom.

Edgar Reading for the G.P. Putnam Son’s Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Wednesday, April 14, 8:00 pm EDT
Rosalie Knecht at the Edgar Awards roundtable reading for the Grafton Memorial Award nominees, hosted by Boswell’s Books. Free, via Zoom.

Joy Harjo and Layli Long Soldier In Conversation about Living Nations, Living Words
Wednesday, April 14, 8:00 pm EDT
Joy Harjo will discuss Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry. She will be joined in conversation by Layli Long Soldier. Free, with registration.

Hala Alyan & Naomi Shihab Nye w/ music by Simon Shaheen
Wednesday, April 14, 8:00 pm EDT
Palestinian diaspora writers Hala Alyan and Naomi Shihab Nye will discuss navigating identity, displacement, crossing, intergenerational family ties through intimate documentary narratives. The audience will be joined by the renowned composer, oud, and violin player Simon Shaheen. Free, with registration.

“It is time to cross the threshold on your hands.”
Wednesday, April 14, 9:00 pm EDT
West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace brings together poets near and far for an exploration of thresholds in language, gender, generation, and geography. Featured poets include Terry Wolverton, Alyesha Wise-Hernandez, féi hernandez, Alan Pelaez Lopez and Harry Giles. Free, with registration.

Kazuo Ishiguro In Conversation with Madeline Miller
Thursday, April 15, 7:00 pm EDT
Reads & Company is pleased to welcome Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro for a special in conversation virtual event with Madeline Miller celebrating the release of Klara And The Sun. Tickets start at $36, which include a hardcover copy of Klara and the Sun shipped to your home. Register here.

Hanif Abdurraqib: A Fortune for Your Disaster
Thursday, April 15, 7:30 pm EDT
Critically acclaimed poet/writer/essayist Hanif Abdurraqib will be joining poet Tim Seibles in conversation as part of Writers & Books’s virtual Visiting Author Series. Free, with registration.

Powell’s Books Presents Michio Kaku
Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm EDT
Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and New York Times bestselling author of Hyperspace and The Future of Humanity, discusses his latest book, Newtonian physics, relativity, and quantum mechanics. Free, with registration.

California Book Club: Gustavo Arellano and Myriam Gurba
Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm EDT
Join Alta Journal‘s California Book Club for a discussion between guest host Gustavo Arellano and writer Myriam Gurba on her memoir Mean, sexuality, and queer coming-of-age. Free, with registration.

Chris Beha In Conversation With Baseball Legend Bill James
Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm EDT
Christopher Beha celebrates the paperback release of his National Book Award-longlisted novel, The Index of Self Destructive Acts, with the influential baseball thinker who gave the book its title: Bill James, the father of Sabermetrics. Free, via Crowdcast.

archivos del cine salvadoreño con Tierra Narrative
Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm EDT
Tierra Narrative invites three Salvadoran/diaspora poets to write alongside films housed by El Museo de la Palabra y La Imagen in San Salvador—an institution dedicated to collecting and preserving memories of the Salvadoran civil war. Free, with registration.

PNCA welcomes award-winning novelist and poet Ocean Vuong
Thursday, April 15, 9:30 pm EDT
poet and novelist Ocean Vuong reads from his recent creative works. Following the reading, Vuong is joined by faculty mentor and interdisciplinary artist Dao Strom for a conversation. This event is co-hosted by PNCA’s MFA Low-Residency Creative Writing and MA Critical Studies programs and has been made possible by a generous grant from the Collins Foundation. Free, with registration.

WRITE SIDE UP (2.0) by writers club
Friday, April 16, 10:00 am EDT
Write Side Up is a weekly practice of checking-in, communing and commiserating around our artistic craft. It is a learning playground where you engage in generative imagining and embodied grounding. All artists are welcome, especially those who seek an accountability cohort to grow their art practice. Free, via Zoom.

East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks: Kelly Hammond and Kenneth Pomeranz
Friday, April 16, 6:00 pm EDT
Kelly Hammond will discuss China’s Muslims and Japan’s Empire: Centering Islam in World War II. She will be joined in conversation by Kenneth Pomeranz. Free, via Zoom.

Serena Rose Chopra & Luiza Flynn-Goodlett
Friday, April 16, 8:00 pm EDT
Join Serena Chopra and Luiza Flynn-Goodlett for a thrilling conversation about queer community, movement building, and the relationship between poetry and performances. Free, with registration.