Looking for like-minded folks who dig super-contemporary fiction and are dying to start a book club! If you read newer stuff like Murakami, Junot Diaz, Jonathan Franzen, DFW, Dave Eggers (also the best of non-fiction) let's talk. Meetings will be once a month in the Ukrainian Village / blue line area. Guys and girls 25-40ish who are serious about reading and want awesome book club selections, please join!

A book club for mystery lovers! We will read new authors as well as the classics. Explore what makes a great mystery. Socialize and have fun.

What better way to start 2012 than to read books set in Chicago! We meet up locally – surrounding Woodridge, Downers Grove, Lisle, Bolingbrook, Naperville, Darien, Lemont area – for the book discussion. Whether it be a café, lounge...what a way to spend a few hours for a book discussion, build friendships, and consume a bite to eat and a drink as well!  So join us! :)

¡OJO! Este grupo es para lectores comprometidos, activos, y voraces.  El Círculo de Lectores Chicago fue creado para discutir libros contemporáneos populares en español. Eso significa que nos enfocamos en novelas recién publicadas (últimos dos o tres años) en español (nada de traducciones) de toda América Latina y España.  El objetivo es divertirse, leer una variedad de libros populares y utilizar el español.  Nos reunimos en restaurantes conectados con el libro escogido (ambient …

This is a chance for artists of all sorts in the West Suburbs of Chicago -- whether your medium is expressed visually, verbally, sonically, or some combination -- to cross-pollinate, gather ideas and energy, and find inspiration, consolation and encouragement. The hope is to gather regularly as a group, creating opportunities to organize smaller klatches, as well as opportunities to find like spirit and lasting artistic relationships. We may even be able to organize readings, performances and sh …

This is an organized workshop for seasoned writers. I have an MFA in Creative Writing and am working on multiple projects. I teach and write novels, short stories, screenplays, stage plays poetry and essays. We will cover all of these genres with hands on writing assignments in class. In addition we will do ancillary reading to reinforce examples of good writing in each genre.

Have you been looking for a place to share musings on your latest novel? Would you like to meet more people in Chicago's literary community? Are you curious to hear others opine on their recent reads? Fabulous -- welcome to the Open Book Club! The Open Book Club meets monthly for casual conversation followed by discussion questions moderated by Open Books staff. All are welcome and there is no monthly commitment. Come read with us! Second Tuesday of each month at 6 pm at the Open Books store. FR …

Anyone willing to give a thoughtful, honest, yet respectful, critique is welcome. All topics, genres and forms are welcome (Ex. chapter of a novel, short story, play, screenplay, poem, article, essay, etc.). Those concerned with poverty, and / or human and animal rights and welfare, and similar issues (i.e. social justice), are especially encouraged. The works critiqued, in this group (both Chicago and Evanston), are generally by dedicated, serious writers, though all writers are welcome. T …

Naperora Writers Group is in the Naperville/Aurora area and meets every other Tuesday. We are writers critiquing writers in a friendly, constructive, relaxing setting. Members are expected to read up to 20 page excerpts from co-members posts and provide detailed critique at the following meeting. PLEASE READ THE GROUP PAGES...

… So if you need motivation to get started, set a writing schedule, keep at it, or finish that novel, this group is for you. We meet on Thursdays and occasionally on weekends on the north side of Chicago.  Feel free to come to work on your novel, play, short story, poem, or just journal or use a writing prompt. Writers of every level and genre are welcome. Bring your laptop and your ipod and we'll all buckle down and get some writing done silently for an hour and a half. Then we'll close our lapto …

I've just moved to Evanston from Southern California and woulld love to start a book club for women aged 40-65. I have a great meeting place, and would love to meet new friends, read some great novels, and possibly share some great wine. If you are interested please contact me at christine.mcquinn@yahoo.com

We've had a modernist fiction book club going since May 2011, with a lot of good discussions, and could use a couple more regulars. In the past, we've read novels by Joyce, Malraux, Kafka, Wright, Mishima, Faulkner, Nabokov, Unamuno, Ellison, Hamsun, Woolf, Biely, and Gide.