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Virtual Events With Bess Kalb, Sarah Smith, and More

As we stay indoors during uncertain times, we’re staying connected with each other and the stories and authors who inspire us. We’re compiling the virtual Penguin Random House book events, author Q&A’s and more that are happening each week (EST), and will be updating this page daily. Even if you miss an event streaming live, please check back here and watch the recordings.

November 2

• An Unlikely Story hosts Jonathan Stutzman & Heather Fox, of Butts Are Everywhere (6PM, Crowdcast)
• Stuart Stevens, author of It Was All a Lie, hosted by Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (9PM, Zoom)

November 3

• Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, hosted by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee People of the Book (2PM, Zoom)

November 4

• Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, hosted by Hamilton Jewish Federation (7PM, Zoom)

November 5

• Asha Lemmie, author of Fifty Words for Rain, in conversation with Lisa See (7PM, Facebook)
• Robert Bailey, author of The Golfer’s Carol, in conversation with Homer Hickam (7:30PM, Zoom)
• Harvey Araton, author of Our Last Season in conversation with Lori Hamamoto (7:30PM, Crowdcast)

November 6

• Sarah Chayes, author of On Corruption in America, hosted by Texas Book Festival (2PM, Crowdcast)
• Steve Inskeep, author of Imperfect Union, at the Texas Book Festival’s Zealots and Abolitionists: A Conversation (3:30PM, Crowdcast)
• Romance Writers Conversation featuring Sarah Smith, author of Simmer Down, and Denise Williams, author of How to Fail at Flirting (9PM, Zoom)

November 8

• Robert Draper, author of To Start a War, at the Texas Book Festival (11AM, Crowdcast)
• Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, hosted by The Braid Jewish Womens Theatre (2PM, Zoom)
• Parnassus hosts Rachel Kenyon & Mary Lundquist, authors of You Know How to Love (3PM, Crowdcast)

November 9

• Texas Book Festival hosts Aimee Bender, author of The Butterfly Lampshade (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Portland Book Festival hosts Carl Hiaasen, author of Squeeze Me (8PM, Event)
• Kentucky Book Festival hosts John Grisham, author of A Time for Mercy (8PM, Zoom)
• Los Angeles Times Virtual Festival of Books hosts Sarah Chayes, author of On Corruption in America (9PM, Zoom)

November 10

• Priya Basil, author of Be My Guest, hosted by Brookline Booksmith Transnational Literature Series (12PM, Event)
• Phil Klay, author of Missionaries, in Conversation with Geoff Norcross of OPB’s Think Out Loud @ The Portland Book Festival (1PM, Event)
• FoxTale Book Shoppe hosts Robert Bailey, author of The Golfer’s Carol (6PM, Zoom)
• Denise Kiernan launches We Gather Together, in conversation with Rocco DiSpirito (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Survival Guide, hosted by Harvard Bookstore (7PM, Event)
• The Radnor Memorial Library, with Main Point Books, presents authors George Anastasia and Ralph Cipriano, authors of Doctor Dealer (7PM, Zoom)
• Squawkin’ Sports featuring Harvey Araton, author of Our Last Season (7:30PM, Zoom)
• Launch of Matched 10th anniversary edition with Provo Library & The King’s English (9PM, Zoom)

November 11

• Storytime for You Know How to Love, hosted by Malaprops Books (10AM, Facebook)
• Books-A-Million hosts John Grisham, author of A Time for Mercy (1PM, Zoom)
• Two Writers Talking: Poetry with Kevin Young and Robin Coste Lewis moderated by Glory Edim (7PM, Zoom)
• Vero Beach Book Center hosts Robert Bailey, author of The Golfer’s Carol (7PM, Zoom)
• Murder By the Book hosts Emily Schultz, author of Little Threats, and Halley Sutton, author of The Lady Upstairs (8PM, YouTube)

November 12

• Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading hosts John Grisham, author of A Time for Mercy (12PM, Zoom)
• LiveSigning with Megan Rapinoe, author of One Life (3PM, Facebook)
• Southern Lit Alliance hosts Ron Rash, author of In the Valley (6PM, Zoom)
• Literati Bookstore hosts Emily Schultz, author of Little Threats (7PM, Zoom)
• Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, PEN America Authors’ Evening and Gala (7PM, Zoom)
• Event for Matched 10th anniversary edition with Porter Square Books (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Prairie Lights Books hosts Wright Thompson, author of Pappyland (8PM, Zoom)
• Deborah Madison, author of An Onion in My Pocket, hosted by Collected Works (8PM, Zoom)

November 13

• Robert Reich, author of The System, hosted by Texas Book Festival (3PM, Crowdcast)
• A Mighty Blaze hosts Aimee Bender, author of The Butterfly Lampshade (4PM, Facebook)
• Wade Davis, author of Magdalena, hosted by Politics and Prose with the Colombian Embassy (6PM, Zoom)
• Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, hosted by Texas Book Festival (6:30PM, Crowdcast)
• Odyssey Bookshop Event with Jane Yolen & Heidi E.Y. Stemple, I Am the Storm (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Parnassus Presents: Denise Kiernan, author of We Gather Together, in conversation with Wiley Cash (7PM, Facebook)
• Third Place Books hosts Wright Thompson, author of Pappyland (9PM, Zoom)

November 14

• Lincoln Forum Symposium hosts HW Brands, author of The Zealot and the Emancipator (2PM, Zoom)
• Deborah Madison, author of An Onion in My Pocket, hosted by Politics & Prose Bookstore (3PM, Zoom)
• Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, hosted by Atlanta Jewish Community Center (8PM, Zoom)

November 15

• Virtual Girly Book Club Retreat featuring Jane Igharo, author of Ties That Tether (1PM, Zoom)