Virtual Author Events, October 5-11 All times Eastern. Monday, October 5 Michael Ian Black, A Better Man, 8pm at Left Bank Books Tuesday, October 6 Michael Parker, Prairie Fever, 7:30pm at the Thomas Wolfe Prize Speech Michael Ian Black, A Better Man, with Maria Konnikova, 8pm at Powell’s City of Books Wednesday, October 7 Connor Towne O’Neill, Down Along with That Devil’s Bones, with Bree Newsome Bass, Ethan Kytle, and Blain Roberts, 7:30pm at Center for Fiction Reid Forgrave, Love, Zac, with Mirin Fader, 8pm at Riverstone Books Thursday, October 8 Nguyen Phan Que Mai, The Mountains Sing, with Kristen Harmel and Hazel Gaynor, 11am at Reading with Robin Jill McCorkle, Hieroglyphics, with Brendan Mathews, 12pm, Virginia Festival of the Book Connor Towne O’Neill, Down Along with That Devil’s Bones, 4pm at the Queen’s Public Library Reid Forgrave, Love, Zac, 7:30pm at Greenlight Bookstore Julia Alvarez, Afterlife, 8pm, Hennepin County Library Talk of the Stacks Michael Ian Black, A Better Man, 8:30pm at Southern Festival of Books Friday, October 9 Peace Adzo Medie, His Only Wife, with Kiley Reid, 6pm at Books & Books Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls, 6:30pm, at Southern Festival of Books Jill McCorkle, Hieroglyphics, with Ron Rash, 8pm, Iowa City Book Festival Sunday October 11 Connor Towne O’Neill, Down Along with That Devil’s Bones, With Ashtin Berry and Alice Randall, 3pm at Southern Festival of Books A Better ManAfterlifeConnor Towne O'NeillDown Along with That Devil's BoneHis Only WifeJaquira DíazJill McCorkleJulia AlvarezLove ZacMichael Ian BlackMichael ParkerNguyen Phan Que MaiOrdinary GirlsPeace Adzo MediePrairie FeverReid ForgraveThe Mountains SingPrevious ArticleOur TWO (2!) Reese’s Book Club PicksNext ArticleDear Reader: A Letter from Peace Adzo Medie