We are thrilled to bring you the latest in literary events that have caught our attention. These events encompass a range of free and ticketed registration and are not affiliated with AWP. All times are in ET.

8:30 p.m.— One Book One New Orleans presents Sylvia Plath's Ninetieth Birthday: A Celebration of Her Poetry. You won’t want to miss this virtual event! Award-winning poets Toi Derricotte, Carolyn Hembree, and Kay Murphy celebrate Sylvia Plath's poetry and her ninetieth birthday. T?his event is part of the Words & Music Festival's virtual evening which precedes the multi-day in-person event. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

Thursday, November 17

2 p.m..— Join Glasgow Zine Library as they host Different Worlds and Different Bodies: the Disabled Body in Literature. Canadian author and disability rights advocate Amanda Leduc will be leading the presentation exploring the history of disability in folklore and fairytales. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

3:30 p.m.— The Capilano Review presents Partly Common Language: Roundtable on the Poetics Essay. This roundtable is hosted in celebration of the organization’s final volume of their 50th anniversary glossary series. Featured participants include Nicole Brossard, Stephen Collis, Larissa Lai, Jami Macarty, and D.S. Marriott. The roundtable will feature invigorating discussion surrounding poetic essays and all they encompass. There will be a short Q&A session at the end of the roundtable. Registration is free, and this event will premiere online.

6:30 p.m.— The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents A. J. Verdelle. Award-winning novelist, essayist, and HBCU professor A.J. Verdelle will be present for a virtual reading. A.J. Verdelle is widely recognized in the literary community for her novels Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison and The Good Negress. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

8—9 p.m.— Poetry Foundation presents Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features. Join for another installment of readings from Poetry Foundation’s workshop series, Forms & Features. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

9 p.m.— Join the Independent Publishing Resource Center for a night of poetry and spoken word! November Poetry Practice Space is a monthly gathering for writers, poets, and authors. Be present and discuss all things writing—rejections, acceptances, writing resources, and write together! Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

Friday, November 18

3 p.m. Join the Mechanics’ Institute for The Writers' Lunch: Writing About San Francisco as a Place. Librarian Taryn Edwards will moderate the discussion with writers Gary Kamiya, Edmund S. Wong, and Ann Parker. This event is an extension and further exploration of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read book selection Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

Saturday, November 19

1—2 p.m.— Join Bel Canto Books for another Graphic Novel Book Club event! Come ready to discuss THE 500 YEARS OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE COMIC BOOK by Gord Hill. Can’t make November’s meeting? No worries, this book club holds monthly sessions. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

9 p.m.— Tune in to the Poets from the Filipinx Diaspora Zoom reading for an evening of spoken word celebrating Filipino authors and culture! Artists Karla Comanda, Butch Schwarzkopf, & Tin Lorica will be reading their poetry. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

Tuesday, November 22

12—1 p.m.— Looking to branch out to new media outlets? Diaspora Dialogue presents Introduction to Booktok for Authors, an informative virtual session detailing the ins-and-outs of navigating literary TikTok. Host Cindy Allman will give insight into the BookTok community and demonstrate how authors use this section of TikTok to publicize their books. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

7 p.m.— The Casita Maria Book Club presents The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez. Join to discuss a love story that provides a new resonant definition of what American identity is and what it means to be American. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

Saturday, November 26

9:30 a.m.— The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador presents Editing Fiction from an Embodied Experience - A Workshop with Beth Follett. Get down to the nitty-gritty of editing and discover critical differences between editing and generating text, polishing, and understand how editing surfaces from our embodied experiences. This virtual workshop is recommended for writers with complete manuscripts or projects, or writers who have been recently turned down by publishing houses due to needing more polished work. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

12:30 p.m.— The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has another exciting workshop in store! Publishing Fundamentals for Writers - A Workshop with Bruce Walsh will explore the publishing process from finished book to market publication. Learn about pitch letters, the importance of deadlines, and how to become a dual author and marketer. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

Monday, November 28

9 p.m.— City Lights Booksellers & Publishers will be hosting Courtney Faye Taylor in conversation with Chantz Erolin. Courtney Faye Taylor celebrates the publication of Concentrate: poem, published by Graywolf Press. Taylor’s poems explore racial violence and conflict and how this violence is oftentimes pointed against women of color. Her collection centers upon the tragic murder of Latasha Harlins—a fifteen-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, after being falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice. Taylor is a writer and visual artist who earned her BA from Agnes Scott College and her MFA from the University of Michigan. Concrete: poem has already received high praise and recognition in the literary community with awards from Cave Canem and the National Poetry Series. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

Tuesday, November 29

7 p.m.— You won’t want to miss this! New York Public Library presents the Cormac McCarthy Panel: Our Past is Real. Join to hear about current and upcoming works from esteemed author Cormac McCarthy. Several leading Cormac McCarthy scholars will be in attendance to discuss the author's impact and recent publications The Passenger and Stella Maris. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.

8 p.m.— P&P Live! Presents Ben Mattlin — Disability Pride. Author and disabled journalist Ben Mattlin will be discussing the generation that came of age after the ADA reshaped America, disability culture, neurodiversity, and self-advocacy. Registration is free, and this event will take place online.