As we stay indoors during uncertain times, we’re staying connected with each other and the stories and authors who inspire us. For those of you who may have missed some of our virtual Penguin Random House author Q&A’s, book events, and more, here is a recap of last week’s (5/4-5/9) events and their recordings.
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)