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Virtual Events With Jodi Picoult, Alexis Henderson, 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.

September 21

• RH Virtual Events: Inside the House with Elizabeth Mendez Berry, VP & Executive Editor of One World (5:30PM, Instagram)

• Jared Yates Sexton, author of American Rule, event with Midtown Scholar Bookstore (7PM, Zoom)
• Arvin Ahmadi, author of How It All Blew Up, in conversation with Adib Khorram, hosted by McNally Jackson Books (7PM, Zoom)

September 22

• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs event featuring David Nasaw, author of The Last Million (12PM, Zoom)
• Commonwealth Club featuring Ken Follett, author of The Evening and the Morning (3PM, Event)
• Bishop Michael Curry, author of Love is the Way, in conversation with Jon Meacham, author of His Truth is Marching On, at Parnassus Books (5:30PM, Zoom)
• David Wright, author of The Captain event (6PM, Crowdcast)
• McIntyre’s featuring Craig Johnson, author of Next to Last Stand (7PM, Zoom)
• Anthony DePalma, author of The Cubans, event with Books & Books (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Candice Iloh, author of Every Body Looking, event hosted by Books Are Magic (7PM, Zoom)
• Arvin Ahmadi, author of How It All Blew Up, in conversation with Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli, hosted by Porter Square Books (7PM, Crowdcast)
• An Evening with Jodi Picoult, author of The Book of Two Ways, in conversation with Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half (8PM, Zoom)
• Chelsea Clinton, author of She Persisted in Sports, with Ibtihaj Muhammad, hosted by Vromans (8PM, Crowdcast)

September 23

• RH Virtual Events: Writer’s Routine with Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Sabrina & Corina (5:30PM, Instagram)
• Boston Athenaeum event featuring Colin Woodard, author of Union (6PM, Event)
• Reads and Company event featuring Craig Johnson, author of Next to Last Stand (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Craft with Denise Kiernan, author of We Gather Together, and Kate Andersen Brower (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Shalom Auslander, author of Mother for Dinner, event with Powerhouse (7PM, Event)
• Arvin Ahmadi, author of How It All Blew Up, in conversation with Blair Imani hosted by Politics & Prose (7PM, Zoom)
• Madi Sinha, author of The White Coat Diaries, and Kristan Higgins, author of Always the Last to Know (7PM, Zoom)
• Tattered Cover event featuring Craig Johnson, author of Next to Last Stand (9PM, Event)
• Chelsea Clinton, author of She Persisted in Sports, with Maia Shibutani, hosted by Changing Hands (9:30PM, Zoom)

September 24

• Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club, with Harlan Coben (12PM, Facebook)
• 92nd St. Y event with Zadie Smith, author of Intimations (6PM, Event)
• Words in Progress Interactive Writing Workshop with Sammi LaBue, author of Words in Progress (6PM, Zoom)
• Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop event featuring Craig Johnson, author of Next to Last Stand (6:30PM, Zoom)
• Candice Iloh, author of Every Body Looking, event hosted by Schomburg Center Literary Festival (6:30PM, Zoom)
• Thuzio Presents David Wright, author of The Captain (6:30PM, Zoom)
• Penguin World Book Club featuring The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (7PM, Zoom)
• Arvin Ahmadi, author of How It All Blew Up, in conversation with JP Brammer hosted by BookPeople (8PM, Zoom)
• Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill, event with NYU Virtual Reading Series (8PM, Zoom)
• Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, event with Jewish Women Archive (8PM, Zoom)

September 25

• Candice Iloh, author of Every Body Looking, in conversation with with Nic Stone (12PM, Instagram)
• Arvin Ahmadi, author of How It All Blew Up, in conversation with Hannah Azerang (7PM, Zoom)

September 26

• Greenlight Bookstore Story Time featuring Veronica Chambers and Rachelle Baker present Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb (11:30AM, Zoom)
• Virtual Storytime with Miri Leshem-Pelly, author of Penny and the Plain Piece of Paper (1:30PM, Crowdcast)
• Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club, in Conversation with Mark Billingham (2PM, Facebook)

September 28

• Stuart Stevens, author of It Was All a Lie, SALT Talks Virtual (1PM, Zoom)
• P&P Live! featuring Jasper Fforde, author of The Constant Rabbit, in conversation with Richard Osman (4PM, Zoom)
• Random House Virtual Events: Inside the House with Julie Leung (5:30PM, Instagram)

• Mysterious Galaxy event featuring Jim Butcher, author of Battle Ground (9PM, Zoom)

September 29

• Politics & Prose presents Nick Hornby, author of Just Like You, in conversation with Sarah Vowell (4PM, Zoom)
• Bishop Michael Curry, author of Love is the Way, in conversation with Al Roker at Malaprop’s Bookstore (6PM, Zoom)
• Live Q&A with The Street Profits at Bookends Bookstore featuring WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment (6PM, Zoom)
• Broadside Bookshop event featuring Jennifer Taub, author of Big Dirty Money (7PM, Zoom)
• Midtown Scholar Bookstore event featuring Nikita Gill, author of The Girl and the Goddess (7PM, Zoom)
• Random House Book Club Happy Hour with The Margot Affair (7:30PM, Zoom)
• Barbara’s Bookstore event featuring Jim Butcher, author of Battle Ground (8PM, Crowdcast)
• Sarah Chayes, author of On Corruption in America, event with Wisconsin Book Festival (8PM, Crowdcast)

September 30

• Murder by the Book hosts Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library, and Jasper Fforde, author of The Constant Rabbit (2PM, Facebook)
• Jennifer Taub, author of Big Dirty Money, in conversation with Helaine Olen (5PM, Zoom)
• Random House Virtual Events: Writer’s Routine featuring Toni Jensen, author of Carry (5:30PM, Instagram)
• Barnes & Noble event featuring Jim Butcher, author of Battle Ground (7PM, Facebook)
• Parapalooza Event with Bookmarks NC featuring Lee Conell, The Party Upstairs, Denise Williams, How to Fail at Flirting, Cathy Marie Buchanan, Daughter of Black Lake, Alexis Henderson, The Year of the Witching, Asha Lemmie, Fifty Words for Rain, Liz Moore, A Long Bright River, Shannon Pufahl, On Swift Horses, Madi Sinha, The White Coat Diaries (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Craft with Denise Kiernan, author of We Gather Together, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips (7PM, Crowdcast)
• #LeerNosUne Live: Next Generation Rising featuring Torrey Maldonado, Jenny Torres Sanchez, and Jose Pimienta (8PM, Zoom)

October 1

• Maggie Doherty, author of The Equivalents, in conversation with Katrina Forrester (12PM, Zoom)
• Robert Reich, author of The System, event with The Progressive Forum (1:30PM, YouTube)
• Random House Virtual Events: Meet the Bookstagrammer featuring Mari of @allegedlymari on Latinx Heritage Month and #ReadingForEquality (5:30PM, Instagram)
• Random House Virtual Events: One World Ideas x Action featuring with Dr. Anya Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson, editors of All We Can Save (5:30PM, Event)
• The Streicker Center presents Jane Fonda, author of What Can I Do? (6:30PM, Zoom)
• Edward Melillo, author of The Butterfly Effect, in conversation with Ian Shin (7PM, Zoom)
• Ken Follett, author of The Evening and the Morning with Dallas Museum of Art (8PM, YouTube)

October 2

• C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills is Gold, will be moderating for Marilynne Robinson (8PM, Event)

October 4

• Brooklyn Book Festival: Transcending Grief featuring Ilana Masad, All My Mother’s Lovers, Sigrid Nunez, What Are You Going Through, and Joyce Carol Oates, Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars (12PM, Crowdcast)
• Carl Hiaasen, author of Squeeze Me, and Nick Hornby, author of Just Like You, event with Books & Books and Miami Book Fair (2PM, Crowdcast)
• Southern Festival of Books: Women’s National Book Association presents Coffee with Authors featuring C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills is Gold (3PM, Event)
• Politics & Prose Live – David Nasaw, author of The Last Million (5PM, Zoom)
• Brooklyn Book Festival: Waking Up From The American Dream featuring Eula Biss, author of Having and Being Had (7PM, Zoom)