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2025 BK Authors Annual Members Meeting
This 60-minute meeting will include updates about BK Authors, Inc., a look at 2026, and updates about Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Trust at a Distance: A FreshInk webinar with David Horsager & Peggy Kendall
When teams go remote, trust is often the first casualty. Poor communication, missed expectations, and weak connections can quietly erode performance.
Join David Horsager and Dr. Peggy Kendall, authors of Trust at a Distance, for a session on how to intentionally build trust in the hybrid and remote workplace.
BookPlan 2026: How to Launch, Market, and Sell Your Nonfiction Book
A three-day online workshop to help you engage your existing network, reach new readers, earn media attention, and reach thousands of people with your book.
Cranky Editorial Guy Webinars
Stay tuned for the announcement of our next Cranky Editorial Guy event!
2026 BK Authors Retreat
Gather with us on October 9–12, 2026, at the Marianist Retreat Center in St. Louis for four days of connection, learning, and discovery. Registration is open!
BookPlan 2025: How to Build Your Author Platform and Sell Your Nonfiction Book
Traditional methods of book marketing—PR campaigns, social media marketing, big-name endorsements—don’t work. Let us show you what does.
Improvisational Writing Series
When was the last time you experienced the sheer joy of writing? Improvisational writing is designed to take the work out of writing, leaving only the delight of creativity. Each 2- or 3-minute exercise starts with a common prompt, and then everyone starts writing without paying attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, logic, or all the other “rules” that have been used to take the fun out of writing. The BK Author group invites you to a series of no-cost Zoom-based sessions, designed to make writing fun again.
Fresh Ink: “The Price of Nice” with Amira Barger
We’ve all heard it: “It costs nothing to be nice.” But what if niceness is costing us more than we realize? In this FreshInk webinar, award-winning executive and professor Amira Barger will share insights from her book “The Price of Nice,” revealing how our cultural obsession with being agreeable keeps us silent, compliant, and stuck.
BookPlan 2024: How to Market Your Nonfiction Book
Join us April 3–5 for a 3-day online event where authors and marketing/publishing professionals from the Berrett-Koehler community share strategies and tactics for launching your book, reaching your audience, and expanding your impact.