The Write Thread is a small, friendly and supportive group of creative people living around the world.  It is an unusual meetup group as it is designed as both an online venue and as a means to connect up occasionally in face-to-face meetups. Can't stop writing? The Write Thread message board is a venue for friendly discussion, writing prose, poetry, posting your music blog, whatever. Post your writing, chapter by chapter or line by line, or join in our absurd micro-fiction challenge by posting …

Be transported into another world under the spellbinding magic of some of the UK’s top storytellers. Escape the politics and spin doctors by relaxing in a wealth of tales of life that our cast of storytellers have in store for you. Written and televised media dominate our world of storytelling – rediscover the original oral tradition at The Tea Box!

Girly Gatherings is a group of women in their 20s and 30s who live or work in and around the Reading/Berkshire area. We're all all keen to make friends, meet new people and try new things- after all nothing beats a chat and a laugh over a glass of wine with good girlfriends! We love nothing better than meeting up for girly gatherings- we've done everything from ceroc dancing, cocktail making and cupcake decorating to live comedy and dinners out, with a few drinks along the way! We have some reg …

Ever wondered what the author was thinking when they wrote a novel? We have created a meet up just for those who want to meet the author and then read their book with the knowledge of the objective and goals. Welcome to The Tea Box’s new Noveltea Book Club – a unique new way of meeting to discuss some of your favourite books from our local community of Authors – with niche to best-selling books on the agenda over the term. The Author will Introduce you to there book and then two weeks later afte …

Let's eat and drink at great venues, meet new friends who live nearby and enrich our minds at the same time!  This group has a local focus and is designed for people living in the vicinity of Hampton Court/Teddington. We'll read one book a month and then meet up at a regular time to discuss it. We'll meet at an interesting, new local restaurant, pub or café, or at people's homes if they're willing to make it festive with a few snacks and drinks! Book selection will rotate among the members, and …

Although called Caversham Critics, this book group is open to all friendly Reading based fiction lovers. We shall explore old and modern classics, contemporary fiction, and perhaps even pretend to be judges by comparing our notes on the shortlists for the big literary prizes. We meet monthly in a pub in central Reading. We are a friendly bunch and we generally stick around for some post-book banter and a few drinks too. So don't be shy: if the club sounds like your cup of tea, don't hesitate, jo …

Hello Everyone, I've started this book club because I'd like to read a bit more and also meet some new people. I've never been in a book club before so the first meeting may involve winging it a bit :-) I think we can all look forward to meeting new people and discovering some books we might never have otherwise picked up. The group is primarily aimed at 25 to 45 year olds who enjoy reading books that typically appear in top 100 lists. We may do a few classics however the aim is to enjoy rather …

This area of the world is a great place to live for Austen fans - with the city of Bath nearby as well as famous film locations from her works within reach. You might have read all her novels or watched some of the recent adaptations. You might have strong opinions on which of them is best - and plenty to say about the characters too. Or maybe you like the Regency era itself - that since the cravet and the bonnet fashion has gone downhill. If only it was possible to promenade or attend an as …

A book group based at the Veged Out Cafe in Fletcher's Walk in Birmingham city centre. At the moment we are meeting on the third Saturday of the month at 12. The cafe serves wonderful vegetarian and vegan breakfasts. Each month we choose and read a book and then meet up to talk about it- simple as that! We're a friendly and diverse bunch. Everyone is welcome!

Calling all you ladies in Richmond, Twickenham, Whitton and Hounslow. Anybody not included in this list is also very welcome! Are you writing secretly at home? Do you want to be published? Do you feel alone in your passion for literature, arts and creativity? Do you want to meet other women who share a similar passion for books and writing? Then let's meet and share our experiences. Let's help each other get published. With support and new friends we can motivate each other. Writers of all genre …

I am new to all of this - but don't let that put you off...I live in the Amersham area and was struggling to find any groups that met regularly that were in my immediate local area - so here I am creating my own! Not having been in the area too long, I am just looking for the opportunity to meet some new people and take 'any excuse' to get out socialising in some of the areas mentioned. The meetups will be relaxed and informal, but a good chance to get a variety of people together. If I get much …

This is a club for reading and writing in London and surrounding areas. We will meet regularly to exchange books and literature, we will have writing workshops and the organizer will share information with everyone in the group.

If you love historical fiction, why not join the Bristol and South West branch of the Historical Novel Society? It is open to members and non-members of the HNS and there's no obligation to join the Society. There's no charge for meetings (although a small admin/venue hire charge might have to be made). Activities could include book group reads, talks from local writers and historians, visits to sites of literary/historical interest, writers' circle, writers' workshops etc. The HNS is a literary …

This group is for people who love to write, from short stories, poetry, to novels. This is a group for people who want to network and have a fun evening. Talk about their work and can share it with other members of the group, we will have writing sessions

If you enjoy writing and want to share your work with others, this is your group. If you don't enjoy writing but feel the need to get stuff out of guts and pen, this is your group. If you enjoy reading and listening to other people's creations, this is your group. If you're too shy to show your work or fear criticism, don't worry, this is your group. You can come up with material in any language, as long as you speak English too. You can come empty handed with just your curiousity. Poets, playwr …

A friendly book club open to all. A chance to meet new like-minded lovely people in the area, and to read a wide variety of books and try new genres etc. All those who attend have a chance to choose the next books that we tackle, which keeps the list very varied. It is a very relaxed meetup involving lashings of tea and wine, and we are a group comprising mixed opinions, ages, gender... We meet the last Wednesday of the month in Usk (The Three Salmons Hotel), and occasionally in Llangybi (The Wh …

The Reading Room offers you the opportunity to feel enriched through the academic study of Literature in a comfortable and homely environment. Professional, scholarly seminars and lectures are delivered by lecturers passionate about their subject. Courses take place at Greenbank, a beautiful Devon country house. Here you will explore texts from engaging and stimulating new perspectives, take part in discussion with new people, and form ideas you perhaps hadn’t considered before. The Reading Room …