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Virtual Events With Sue Monk Kidd, Frances Cha, 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, 4/6-4/12, 4/13-4/19, and 4/20-5/3.

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Ongoing Events

May 4

• Mondays with Michelle Obama: reading Miss Maple’s Seeds (Facebook)
• Random House Virtual Events: Inside the House featuring Julie Leung and Ashleigh Heaton on trends in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror (12:30PM, Instagram Live)

• Marc Thompson, narrator for The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson, reading (12PM, Instagram Live)
• Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Book of Longings, event with Dallas Museum of Art (7:30PM, Zoom)

May 5

• Katherine Sharpe Landdeck, author of The Women with Silver Wings, in conversation with Kali Martin at the National World War II Museum (11AM, Zoom)
• Random House Virtual Events: Lunch & Learn featuring Catherine Price, author of How to Break Up With Your Phone (12:30PM, Instagram Live)
• Amy Jo Burns, author of Shiner, featured on Reading With Robin (2PM, Facebook Live)
• Wordplay Book Festival featuring Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, authors of Tightrope (4PM, Crowdcast)
• Random House Virtual Events: Random Pantry featuring Lior Lev Sercarz, author of Mastering Spice (4PM, Instagram Live)
• Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, event with Adriana Trigiani (6PM, Facebook Live)

• Lauren Sandler, author of This Is All I Got, in conversation with John Williams of the NYT (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Brady Hammes, author of The Resolutions, in conversation with Brad Listi (9PM, Crowdcast)

May 6

• MASL’s Virtual Book Festival “Books that Bridge MG & YA” Panel with Melanie Sumrow, Barbara Dee, Aida Salazar, Paula Chase, Laurie Morrison, Torrey Maldonado, and Henry Lien (11AM, Event)
• Random House Virtual Events: Writer’s Routine featuring Ruth Reichl, author of Save Me the Plums (12:30PM, Instagram Live)
• Live Q&A with Dog Trainer Zak George, author of Guide to a Well-Behaved Dog (1PM, Instagram Live)
• Reading Women Podcast: C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold (1:30PM, Skype)
• Jennifer Steil live reading of her novel Exile Music (3PM, Facebook Live)
• Andrea Bartz, author of The Herd, in conversation with Alex Steinman, co-founder of The Coven, hosted by Wordplay Festival (4:30PM, Crowdcast)
• Bay Area Book Festival Panel “Of Violence And Hope” featuring Randy Ribay, author of Patron Saints of Nothing (6PM, YouTube)
• Discussion with Susan Meissner, author of The Last Year of the War (7PM, Zoom)
• NYU FOLCS Presents: Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road (7PM, Zoom)
• Random House Virtual Events: Well Enough featuring Rick Hanson, PhD, Sharon Salzberg, and Kalia Kelmenson on keeping the mind well (7:30PM, Zoom)
• Virtual event in partnership with Mysterious Galaxy featuring Andrea Robertson, author of Forged in Fire and Stars (9PM, Facebook)

May 7

• Shelf Life from the Virginia Festival of the Book featuring Jason DeParle, author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, in conversation with Dan Doernberg (12PM, Zoom)
• Learn From Home featuring Danica McKellar author of The Times Machine! (1PM, Instagram Live)
• Poisoned Pen: Event with Jordan Farmer, The Poison Flood (4PM, Facebook Live)
• Random House Virtual Events: Happy Hour featuring Brad Thomas Parsons, author of Last Call (4PM, Instagram Live)
• Q&A with Julie Buxbaum, author of Admission (5PM, Instagram Live)
• Courtney Carver, author of Project 333, event and Q&A (6:30PM, Event)
• Virtual Book Event with Jordan Reid, author of The Big Activity Book for Digital Detox (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Penguin Presents: Laurell K. Hamilton and Will McCaskey, co-editors of Fantastic Hope (7PM, Instagram Live)
• Goodnight with Dolly: Dolly Parton reads from Last Stop on Market Street (7PM, YouTube)

• Magic City Books event featuring David Allen Sibley, author of What It’s Like to Be a Bird (8PM, Zoom)
• Politics & Prose and Girls’ Night In featuring Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here (8PM, Crowdcast)

May 8

• Alli Frank and Asha Youmans, authors of Tiny Imperfections, live Q&A (12PM, Zoom)
• WGBH “Beyond the Binoculars” conversation with David Sibley, What It’s Like to Be a Bird (12PM, Zoom)
• #AuthorFeatureFriday with Lucy Knisley, author of Stepping Stones (1PM, Instagram Live)
• Jenny Sansouci, The Rebel’s Apothecary, in conversation with Integrative Nutrition (1PM, Instagram Live)
• Simon Sinek‘s book club for Start With Why (3PM, YouTube Live)
• John O’Leary, author of In Awe, in conversation with The Great Courses (3:30PM, Facebook Live)
• Samantha Irby, author of Wow, No Thank You., in conversation with Jenny Lawson, author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, for Nowhere Bookshop’s Fantastic Strangelings Book Club (7PM, Zoom)
• “Asian Diaspora Experience” Panel with Randy Ribay, Samira Ahmed, Julie C. Dao, and Tara Sim (7PM, YouTube Live)
• Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face, in conversation with Hannah Bae with PowerHouse Bookstore (7PM, Zoom)
• Exile Music Launch with The Strand: Jennifer Steil in conversation with Celia Laskey (7PM, Facebook Live)

May 9

• The Cat Man of Aleppo event with The Alabama Booksmith featuring Karim Shamsi-Basha and Irene Latham (2PM, Facebook Live)
• Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile, in conversation with Christina Baker-Kline (3PM, Crowdcast)
• Event featuring David Allen Sibley, author of What It’s Like to Be a Bird, and Jennifer Ackerman, and The Bird Way, for World Migratory Bird Day (5PM, Zoom)

May 11

• Mondays with Michelle Obama: reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Facebook)
• Random House Virtual Events: Inside the House featuring Porscha Burke on working with literary icons (12:30PM, Instagram)
• Random House Virtual Events: Random Pantry featuring Ken Forkish, author of Flour Water Salt Yeast (1PM, Instagram)
• Event with Francesco Sedita and Prescott Seraydarian, authors of The Pathfinders Society: The Mystery of the Moon Tower, hosted by White Whale Bookstore (4PM, Zoom)
• Robert Reich, author of The System, event with Harvard Bookstore (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Ben Katchor, author of The Dairy Restaurant, in conversation with Tenement Museum President, Morris Vogel (7PM, YouTube Live)

May 12

• Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, author of Fiber Fueled, in conversation with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (12PM, Facebook Live)
• Samantha Downing, author of He Started It, at Mystery Lovers Bookshop (2PM, Zoom)
• Karen Abbott, author of The Ghosts of Eden Park, in conversation with The Great Courses (3PM, Facebook Live)
• Random House Virtual Events: Random Pantry featuring Marissa Mullen, author of That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life, and editor Clio Seraphim (4PM, Instagram)
• Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, event with World Affairs Council and Interabang Books (5PM, Zoom)
• Third Place Books presents the virtual launch event for Tornado Brain, with Cat Patrick, moderated by Jane McGonigal (5:30PM, Zoom)
• Helen Ellis, author of Southern Lady Code, with Lemuria Books (6:30 PM, Instagram Live)
• Chris Stang and Grant Reynolds, authors of How to Drink Wine, talk about wine (7PM, Zoom)
• New Canaan Library event featuring Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road (7PM, Webinar)
• Emily M. D. Scott, author of For All Who Hunger, in conversation with Nadia Bolz-Weber, author of Shameless, and R. Eric Thomas, author of Here for It, copresented by Greenlight Books, St. Lydia’s Church, and Judson Memorial Church (7PM, Zoom)
• Discussion and Q&A with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, authors of Tightrope, at Montclair Literary Festival (7PM, Zoom)
• Midtown Scholar Event Amy Jo Burns, author of Shiner, in conversation with Christina Baker Kline (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Virtual Event with Brian Kilmeade, Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers (8PM, Zoom)
• Random House Virtual Events: Virtual Commencement featuring Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart’s Cookie Perfection, George Saunders, Congratulations, By the Way, Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It, Donovan Livingston, Lift Off, Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore, Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect, David Brooks, The Second Mountain, and Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life (8PM, Zoom)

May 13

• Here Magazine IG Live with Amy Jo Burns, author of Shiner (2:30PM, Instagram Live)
• Politics and Prose Live! event featuring Lawrence Wright, the author of The End of October (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Warwick’s Couch Surfing Book Tour featuring Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke in conversation with Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here (7PM, Zoom)

May 14

• Random House Virtual Events: Writer’s Routine featuring Andrea Bartz, author of The Herd (12:30PM, Instagram)
• Learn From Home featuring Danica McKellar, author of The Times Machine (1PM, Instagram Live)
• Bethany Saltman in conversation with Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon (6:30PM, Crowdcast)
• Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here, in conversation with owner of the Ivy Bookshop, Emma Snyder (7PM, Facebook Live)
• RH Virtual Events: One World Ideas x Action featuring Ibram X. Kendi, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, and senior editor Nicole Counts (8PM, Zoom)
• Adrienne Lawrence, author of Staying in the Game, in conversation with Carmen Rios (9PM, Instagram)

May 15

• When The Babies Came to Stay Story Time with Christine McDonnell and Jeanette Bradley (11AM, Crowdcast)
• #RHCBArtSchool with Max Lang, author of Grumpy Monkey (1PM, Instagram Live)
• Dr. Kari Nadeau, author of The End of Food Allergy, with Food Allergy Research & Education (3PM, Facebook Live)
• Next Chapter Booksellers presents a conversation with Maria Reva, author of Good Citizens Need Not Fear (7PM, Zoom)
• Penguin Presents: Kerby Rosanes, illustrator behind Worlds Within Worlds (7PM, Instagram)
• Sarah Urist Green, author of You Are an Artist, Politics & Prose Live (7PM, Crowdcast)

May 16

• Lewes Public Library in conversation with Susan Meissner, author of The Last Year of the War (5PM, Zoom)

May 17

• BookPeople event with Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here (5PM, Zoom)

May 18

• Meera Lee Patel, author of Made Out of Stars, featured in Create and Cultivate (12PM, Instagram)
• American Civil War Museum event featuring Rachel Lance, author of In the Waves (6:30PM, Zoom)
• Liz & Lisa in Conversation with Kimmery Martin, author of The Antidote for Everything (7PM, Zoom)
• Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here, in conversation with Judy Blume (8PM, Crowdcast)