A Sunday afternoon, a glass of wine, a few snacks, a fantastic piece of playwriting, and a group of avid play readers who like to have fun!  What could be better? East Bay PlayReaders is a group for amateurs who are theater lovers and would like the social experience of group reading. The group is open to anyone, and actors can join, but the purpose is to bring in non-professionals who want to be a part of a playreading, without theater experience. The venue we have chosen is in Alameda, CA. , b …

About the East Bay Book Club The East Bay Book Club is a very dynamic group of individuals who share one thing in common: an enthusiasm for books. Each month, members read a particular book, chosen by the whole group or by the Organizer, and meet to share observations, insights, and personal thoughts about it. Meetings are devoted to various genres, both contemporary and classic. Although the club is based in Berkeley, CA, book readers from any geographical area are welcome to join. The club's …

Join the Biz-erkeley Book Club. We meet on the third Thursday of each month at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA.

Hi! I'm brand-new to San Francisco and after trying out three writing groups, I decided that it might be fun to start one of my own. A bit about me: I am a graduate student in marriage and family therapy. I write mostly poetry, but also dabble in fiction. When I was living in New Hampshire, I was a member of a group called Feeding the Writer, and I found that it's format really worked well. I was thinking it might be fun to try it out here in SF, with some modifications based on the preferences …

Show and Tell meets Book Club

Welcome! We are a co-ed group that discusses non-fiction business related books on a monthly/bimonthly basis on Sunday afternoon at in the Marina district in San Francisco. Check out our current list of potential books candidates in the Message Board section of the website. Members nominate books & vote online. Come with questions & thoughts to share! The specific meeting dates are chosen based on the member's availability for certain dates.   For more information, here's a link to our page at B …

A place to share tips and tools for independent publishing on screens. How to publish your work on ebooks, or on iPads, or tablets, or phones, or desktop screens. Mostly book and magazine-like content, but anything with words as well as images. Come tell us what is working for you, and what has not worked.

… The goal is to gather in an ongoing way with a core group of regular people to build a community of readers, develop friendships, share some great writing and have fun. Experienced readers and people just discovering poetry are all welcome! Please note this is a reading group of published poems and not a writing group. Writing is a great endeavor too, but that's a different thing. This is really for people for whom reading poetry has a meaningful place in their lives. Time and day of the week an …

… Authors Go Public events include keynotes, panels, and Ignite-style speakers on subjects ranging from digital publishing to author platforms and converting blog readers to book buyers. AGP meetups are scheduled in San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma throughout 2012-13. Our agenda includes forming local "ePub Clubs" which are small groups of people who work closely together to move their publishing forward. This includes all forms of ebooks for all forms of e-readers, including Kindle. ePublishing is …

Welcome to our Meetup! The book club is structured around reading and discussing one non-fiction book each month, typically on the second Sunday of the month but rescheduled as needed based on holidays or other special events. Meetups are facilitated by the organizer (or an occasional guest) to provide structure and direction to the discussion. All members are encouraged to provide their opinions, and all opinions are valued and respected. At the end of the meeting members will vote on a list of …

… Note to Meetup members:  so that readers can get a true feel for our group, we periodically ask folks to remove themselves if they contact us but don't go on to become active participants. Overall Vision As writers, we know about being shy. Rest assured you’ll be in friendly company. Our aspiration is to create a safe place to share our writing, experiment, occasionally fall on our faces, and figure out what works and what doesn’t – as writers, as givers of feedback, as group participants. Hopef …

So what's the worst part of most book groups? Being forced to read a book you simply don't want to read. And what's the best part: getting all those great book recommendations! In this meet up, we're going to dispense with the book *reading* and go straight to the recommending ... and we'll do it with a game I call the "Book Auction". Each participant brings 2 of their favorite books (1 fiction, 1 non-fiction) -- these can be books off your shelf, or new purchases from a store. At the door, ever …

For readers of the Online Community Report or others interested in the topic of online community management, online social networking applications and online group collaboration. We discuss tools and strategies to enhance participation on various online communities that we support.

This is a Meetup based on A Course in Miracles.  Come on in and share!  Everyone is welcome.  From Wikipedia: "A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a self-study curriculum that aims to assist its readers in achieving spiritual transformation. The book describes a purely non-dualistic philosophy of forgiveness and includes what are meant to be practical lessons and applications for the practice of forgiveness in one's daily life. The introduction to the book contains the following summary, "Nothing rea …

We are citizens of the world living in the Bay Area. We are creative. Writers, poets, painters, readers, researchers. We love to create with our minds and hands. We meet once a month in my home and eat, drink , talk, bring our art to share and create a loving supportive community.

… Writing quality suffers and confuses readers when repeated errors (examples: comma splices and misplaced semi-colons) are in the mix. And really, is a comma necessary before the “and” preceding the final word in a list? Oh, and what exactly are the parts of speech?   Join the group and let's get answers together. Sessions will cover basics of correct tense and punctuation use, parts of speech, correct word choice, spelling rules, and more! When you know the rules, you then know why you choose to …