A group for writers of speculative literature: science fiction, fantasy, horror and related genres.

***WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED to new members, though you can click on 'Join the group' and will be put on our waiting list.*** Please note, we are a group of published and unpublished authors, serious about the craft and working towards publication in Novel/Novella length fiction. This is a group for local Spec-Fic Novel Writers. (We range from Sci-fi, Urban fantasy, historical, Alternate History, High\Quest, Young Adult, paranormal, romance, and erotic romance) We will no longer be accepting membe …

Join us if you are interested in broadening your horizons. We'll be reading fiction one month and non-fiction the next.

Tucson Writers Forum.  Writing in Tucson Arizona?  We strive to encourage and support a diverse group in all genres including...novel, short story, memoir, screenwriting, poetry, non-fiction... Are you writing the next great American novel? Do you have the Julia Childs gift with recipes? If it's How-to, or Where-to-go, you're welcome to join our group. As our membership grows, we can group together by genre or needs. Some may elect to form small novelist or short story critique groups. There wil …

Get your writing mojo here! This is an all-inclusive, supportive, and non-judgmental group focused on honoring all writing journeys, levels, and  goals. We're just here to help get those words on paper (or screen), inspire each other, and celebrate storytelling! This is a welcoming group for writers of all breeds—published, unpublished, NY, small press, self-published, professional-minded and amateurs (in the best, most honorable sense of the word meaning those who write for the pure and noble l …

My husband is balder now, thanks to my love of classic fiction and my inability to keep quiet about it. In an effort to maintain marital peace (and perhaps to keep a few threads of hair attached to his poor head), I decided to start a book discussion group centered on classic novels. The purpose of the group, then, will be to dive into the worlds created by some of history's most famous authors: Steinbeck, Twain, Austin, Dostoevsky, and, of course, Dickens, just to name a few. If you also enj …

This is a book club aimed at reading good literature, non-fiction, and other material that is thought provoking.

The Tucson Writers Workshop & Meetup group is a community that supports and encourages its members by sharing knowledge, information and feedback about the writing life and the business of writing. Our evolution as a group and the success of both the workshops and the regular meetups is based on a pro-author/writer ethos, and is a strongly motivating and intensely rewarding experience from any standpoint. The art and craft of writing can be learned in many ways, but is often a lonely pursuit. Ho …

What we are and our identity: Central Phoenix Writing Workshop – East Valley Writing Workshop – West Valley Critique Group **Please click here if you would like to know how to start a new meeting in our groups** The writing workshops and groups under my sponsorship are a group of community based writing organizations. Our purpose is to stimulate writing literacy, interest, and excellence through meetings, friendships, and peer critique. - We serve open style critique groups as our mainstay, with …

Meet kindred book lovers on Tucson's east side! Fiction or non-fiction, paperback or hardcover, you'll read a new book every month. Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends!

Join other readers as we discover and learn about life and ourselves through collective reading! Fiction or non-fiction, paperback or hardcover, you?ll read a new book every month. Come to laugh, share stories and build some new friendships!

This is a book club for those women in Queen Creek and San Tan Valley. All ages are welcome. I'm tired of driving to Mesa, Gilbert or Chandler to go to a book club. So this is for all of us readers who want something close to home. I read fiction and non-fiction but ideas for good books are always welcome. If you want a break from being a mom or working please come join our group. Once I get some members we can decide together when is the best time to meet up.  We will also then choose our first …

A great group of avant-garde women who want to read and talk about challenging literature - fictional and non-fictional. This is NOT your chic-lit group. We read classics like Rand, Lewis, and Twain. We read moderns like Friedman, Friedan, Robbins, and even Rowling. All for FUN. We're clever, raucous, valiant, and not afraid to use a dictionary!

Arizona Mystery Writers, a nonprofit, has been meeting monthly for many years. About 20 people come to each meeting, at El Parador Mexican Restaurant, 2744 East Broadway Blvd., on the second Saturday, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. We hear fascinating speakers and learn about and practice the craft of writing mystery. $20 includes lunch. Pay at the door. Please RSVP by noon Wednesday before the meeting to have a lunch ready for you. Speakers are detectives, PI's, forensic experts, FBI agents, and experien …

Welcome Steampunk enthusiasts of all stripes! Whether you are a mad inventor in his desert workshop, a fashion maven behind the hat shop counter or a new adventurer fresh off the airship, we are delighted to meet you and hope you will embark with us on our many perambulations around Tucson. Join us each month for our events and outings. Whether we are meeting for a cup of tea or helping to create a tinkerer's latest invention, we are always keen to find that next grand adventure in the good com …

Meet up group for Geeks over the age of 25. If you can have a discussion about the value of a noble sacrifice by Han Solo in Star Wars, if you are aching for the new season of Venture Brothers, if you are playing Skyrim RIGHT NOW, if you like zombies, RPGs, Comicon and Wil Wheaton... you belong with us!

We are a group that loves to get together in a thematic way over books and movies. Our meetups currently happen twice a month and consist of one meetup where we discuss a book and another meetup where we watch a movie that is based on a book. For this second meetup of the month you have the choice of reading the book and watching the movie or discussing just based on watching the movie. (I always like to do both, read and watch, but the choice is yours! :)) Some of our meetups happen in restaura …

We are N.E.R.D.S.! We bring people from all walks of life and interests together with one common goal: to nerd out!

This group was formed by fans of the fiction and philosophy of Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Our goal is to provide a forum for sharing ideas, examining literary works by Rand and others, discussing current issues from a philosophical perspective, and interacting with other intellectually motivated individuals.

Jedi have been around way before the 1977 blockbuster movie Star Wars. Jedi are held to high standards in that self discipline, and virtuous acts. The Jedi strive to be at peace with a world that is revolving around itself. This group is an open group to any person regardless of race, religion and/ sexual preference. Az Jedi Temple will strive to learn about the ways of the Jedi and incorporate those ideals and philosophy in the world around us. Through discussions and mediation and training you …