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Virtual Events With Simon Sinek, Ariel Lawhon, 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.

See events that took place 3/23-3/29, 3/30-4/5, and 4/6-4/12.

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April 13

• Nicola Yoon and David Yoon read The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson on IG Live (3PM)
• Random House Virtual Events: Random Pantry with Hugh Acheson, author of Sous Vide (4PM)

• The Wing National Virtual event featuring Valerie Jarrett, author of Finding My Voice (6:30PM)
• Warwick’s presents Ariel Lawhon, author of Code Name Hélène, in conversation with Liz Fenton (7PM)
• Books Are Magic Virtual Livestream Event with C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold (7PM)

April 14

• IG Live Book Launch and Q&A with Gabriela Herstik, author of Bewitching the Elements (12PM)
• Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed launch event for When Stars Are Scattered (2PM)
• Brad Meltzer reads I am Leonardo da Vinci on Facebook Live (3PM)
• Sarah Urist Green, author of You Are an Artist, livestream with John Green, The Guerrilla Girls, and members of Bang on a Can (7PM)

• Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Glass Hotel, Harvard Book Store Crowdcast Event (7PM)
• Live Virtual Book Launch with Brooke Fossey, author of The Big Finish, hosted by Interabang Books and Pixl (7PM)
• David Fajgenbaum, author of Chasing My Cure, book talk with the Free Library of Philadelphia (7:30PM)
• Highland Park Public Library event with Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth (8PM)
• Poisoned Pen Virtual Livestream Event with John Sandford, author of Masked Prey (9PM)

April 15

• Dan Brown reads Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! on Facebook Live (3PM)
• The Ivy Bookshop Presents Madison Smartt Bell, author of Child of Light (6:30PM)
• Sarah Urist Green, author of You Are an Artist, IG livestream with John Green, Lonnie Holley, and T.J. Dedeaux-Norris (7PM)
• Mysterious Galaxy Facebook livestream with Alma Katsu, author of The Deep (7PM)
• Terry McMillan, author of It’s Not All Downhill From Here, Q&A with Barnes & Noble (7PM)

• Joe Hill and Josh Malerman, author of Malorie, in conversation, hosted by Literati Bookstore (7PM)
• Virtual Book Launch of Ordinary Insanity by Sarah Menkedick (7PM)
• A Conversation between Diane Ravitch, author of Slaying Goliath, and Rev. Charles Foster Johnson (7:30PM)
• Robert Reich, author of The System, Town Hall Seattle Virtual Event (7:30PM)
• Virtual Author Conversation with Amy Jo Burns, author of Shiner, and Anica Mrose Rissi (7:30PM)
• Random House Virtual Events: Well Enough: Mental Health / Self Care featuring Celeste Headlee, Tara Schuster, Corinne Sweet, Rachel Cargle (8PM)

• Ariel Lawhon, author of Code Name Hélène, in conversation with Lisa Wingate, author of The Book of Lost Friends (8PM)

April 16

• Random House Virtual Events: Lunch and Learn with Ariel Kaye, author of How to Make a House a Home (12:30PM)
• Poets House Live Stream Event featuring Poet Garous Abdolmalekian, author of Lean Against This Late Hour, with Idra Novey & Ahmad Nadalizadeh (2PM)
• Mary Pope Osborne reads Narwhal on a Sunny Night on Facebook Live (3PM)
• A Conversation with Sarah Menkedick, author of Ordinary Insanity, and Jaclyn by Maternal Motherhood NOW (3PM)
• Random House Virtual Events: Happy Hour with David Lebovitz, author of Drinking French (4PM)
• Lemuria Books Instagram Takeover with Ariel Lawhon, author of Code Name Hélène (6:30PM)
• Dolly Parton “Good Night With Dolly” reads Llama Llama Red Pajama
• Matthew Norman, author of Last Couple Standing, Facebook Group Book Club Takeover (8PM)
• Random House Virtual Events: One World Ideas & Action featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of The Water Dancer, and Heather McGhee in conversation with One World editor-in-chief Chris Jackson (8PM)

• R. Eric Thomas, author of Here for It, virtual event with Town Hall Seattle (10:30PM)

April 17

• Random House Virtual Events: Writer’s Routine with Josie Silver, author of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird (12:30PM)
• Robert Reich, author of The System, featured on Live Talks LA Virtual Event (1PM)
• Simon Sinek‘s book club for Start With Why on YouTube (3PM)
• Twitter AMA for Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky (3PM)
• Cat Deeley reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle on IG Live (3PM)
• Wordplay features Clare Beams, author ofThe Illness Lesson, in Madame Clairevoyant’s Uncharted Territory (3PM)
• Casey Schwartz, author of Attention, A Love Story, in conversation with Franklin Foer hosted by Politics and Prose (7PM)
• David Sibley, author of What It’s Like to Be a Bird, book event with Gibson’s Bookstore (7PM)
• Jon Mooallem, author of This is Chance!, in conversation with Jazmine Hughes for Greenlight Bookstore (7:30PM)
• Sarah Urist Green, author of You Are an Artist, YouTube livestream with John Green, Stuart Hyatt, and Gina Beavers (8PM)

April 18

• ImagineIt Presents: FOLD Lite featuring Sonya Lalli, author of The Matchmaker’s List, Thea Lim, and Canisia Lubrin, author of The Dyzgraphxst, in conversation with Jael Richardson (2PM)
• Random House Virtual Events: Random Pantry with Tieghan Gerard, author of Half Baked Harvest Super Simple (4PM)

April 19

• Random House Virtual Events: Coffee With… Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason (11AM)
• Great Jones Cookbook Club with Adeena Sussman, author of Sababa (3PM)
• Sarah Urist Green, author of You Are an Artist, virtual happy hour with Alec Soth (4PM)