Remember when you were a kid and comics were awesome? Well they still are. Actually, they're much better now. If you don't already know that then you need to come to the next Meetup. We're going to use this group to explore all genres for comics, trade paperbacks, and graphic novels and then discuss them over a few drinks.

I propose we read a large selection of the novels in Balzac's La Comédie Humaine ( Human Comedy) series. Specifically, a few from each category Balzac identified in his grand but unfinished project: Etudes de Moeurs au XIXe siècle (Studies of Manners in the 19th Century) - including the various "Scène de la vie..." Philosophical Studies Analytical Studies

Meet other local Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers! Gather to network, exchange ideas, and socialize with others who are interested in writing about Sci-fi, fantasy, and other types of speculative fiction (SF)! - Have your writing critiqued in a positive, supportive atmosphere. - Get answers to your burning questions about writing. - Share your own knowledge and insight with other aspiring writers. - Guest speakers some months, including novelists and editors! You can bring a work you …

  Jersey City Writers is a community of dedicated scribes who seek to develop and explore their craft by interacting with other writers. We inspire and support each other to be the best writers we can be in a fun and open social setting. We meet every Tuesday from 6 to 8 pm at the wonderful Beechwood Café & Market on Grove St in Jersey City.  All genres are welcome. Sip coffee and eat a brownie while we encourage you to finish your play, your novel or your short story. Stop by and bond with o …

Hello: I am an English professor who has studied and taught literature of the Caribbean Diaspora. I have a passion for fiction novels in particular and would like to find other people who are interested in reading and discussing a range of books from the English, French, Spanish and Dutch Caribbean. We will also explore literature by people of Caribbean heritage (Afro-Caribbean, British-Caribbean, Canadians of Caribbean heritage, and so on). The idea is to gain a sense of the breadth and richnes …

I would like to provide a forum through which of serious and committed writers working in literary fiction can meet and possiby form writers groups.  The particular literary focus, here, is, stories or novels in which the conflict emerges from and/or bears a thematic relationship to the character of the protagonist(s).  My experience with writers groups is that there are many different kinds of readers and writers, and that one's development as a writer benefits from fellow writers who share a s …

The Write On! Workshop Series is dedicated to helping aspiring writers of all levels develop their craft and explore all publishing opportunities including digital books. Workshops in poetry, novel writing, memoir writing and blog writing will be offered on demand as long as 10 or more writers enroll.

Although gay men now live in the everchanging digital age, few things compare to reading books the way we were taught. How relaxing is it to step away from the computer and lose yourself in a good novel, play or article? Enough blogging, men. Let's read. Let's discuss. Let's explore.

The Boonton NJ Writers Group is an established critique group seeking to add a handful of new members. Our members attend regularly and therefore develop an intimate understanding of each others' work - be it a short story, memoir, novel, or script. Although we love and admire poets, we don't critique poetry. The group meets twice a month on Wednesdays at 8 PM at the Empire Diner in Parsippany. Due to the format of this group where we review three writers often lengthy submissions every other we …

The Queens Literati is a safe haven for avid readers who find themselves searching for a new book or an intelligent literary society. Maybe you're tired of joining group after group, reading the same kinds of uninspired young adult novels that leave you feeling... well, childish. Maybe you're looking for the opportunity to read a challenging book and follow it up with an insightful discussion. Maybe you're a recent Queens transplant looking to make new friends in the area. Maybe the sudden appea …

Hello! To give you a taste of our group, this is a list of our recent books: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Looking forward to meeting you soon! Allison

A book club to discuss (mostly) fiction books. Men & women of all ages welcome!

This group is being formed to help introduce the book I recently published in Europe and now making available in the US called "9/11: The Accusation - Bringing the Guilty to Justice" by Dr. Slobodan Mitric, world director of Reserve Police International (RPI) , founded in the seventies in Tuscon, Arizona by US Major General Raymond Healey. The book was launched at BookExpo America 2011 at the Javitts Center here in NYC by myself and WAC member from the Netherlands, Iwanjka Geerdink, from May 24- …

We will be reading and discussing Pulizer Prize winning novels, while enjoying a nice glass of when in a Brooklyn Wine Bar. The book for the first meet up group will be Lonesome Dove. For future meet ups we will come up with a list of options to vote on for the next Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Do you make web comics? Or maybe yr just a fan of web comics. Either way, this meetup is an opportunity to meet and network with other web comics people!!!

Do you like vampire books? Read and discuss different vampire novels-both classics and newer books. Possibly also non-fiction works about vampire legends. Anyone who likes vampire novels like Anne Rice , L.A. Banks , Laurell K. Hamilton or Charlaine Harris and others should join. At the end of each meetup we will decide what to read next.