Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week:
FEBRUARY 23: O.C. Writers’ All-Genre Critique Group is an opportunity for writers to get and give feedback on participants’ work-in-progress. The program takes place at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom. Meetings are free and open to the public. The group is currently full. To be added to the waitlist, send an email to group leader Cee Cee Wakefield at info@oc-writers.com.
FEBRUARY 23: Book Carnival will host a virtual event with culinary cozy mystery authors Maria DiRico (Long Island Ice Tina), Tina Kashian (Mistletoe, Moussaka & Murder), Libby Klein (Wine Tastings Are Murder), and Daryl Wood Gerber (A Sprinkling of Murder) at 5 p.m. For Zoom information, visit www.AnnesBookCarnival.com/Events.
FEBRUARY 23: Southern California Writers Association’s Pub Shop will feature “Creating Your Author Mailing List and Newsletter,” an online presentation at 4 p.m. by authors Karen S. Walker and Diana Pardee. $15 for nonmembers. Registration required. www.southerncalwriters.org/pub-shop-craft-shop.
FEBRUARY 23: Lit Up! Orange County will feature readings from and conversations with authors Debra Holland, Beth Yarnall, Alina K. Field, along with Madeline Tighe Margarita and Chris Lentz at 6:30 p.m. The online event is free. Registration required. www.facebook.com/litupoc.
FEBRUARY 25: O.C. Writers’ weekly Roundtable discussion group, featuring writing and publishing business topics, takes place from 10:30 to noon on Zoom. Meetings are free and open to the public. To receive Zoom access information, email Roundtable leader Casey Dorman at info@oc-writers.com.
FEBRUARY 25: The Huntington Beach Friends of the Library will feature mystery author Matt Goldman to discuss his novels at 4 p.m. as part of its free online author events series. https://www.fotlhb.com.
FEBRUARY 25: Foothill Ranch Library Writers Support & Critique Group Zoom meeting. Read your work and be prepared to provide critique to others. This free group meets weekly from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Contact stella.carruth@occr.ocgov.com for more information and for the Zoom invite.
FEBRUARY 28: O.C. Sisters in Crime monthly meeting will feature “Creating Franchise Characters,” an online presentation by mystery author and creative writing professor Tod Goldberg. The meeting begins at 3 p.m. Check the website for more information. ocsistersincrime.org.
We do our best to present up to date information, but it would still be wise to double-check before attending.
For more, visit our LITERARY CALENDAR, the area’s most comprehensive listing of events for writers and publishing creatives in Orange County. To submit information for an event, visit our SUBMISSIONS page.