This is a group open to any woman that wants to read and socialize. We will read fiction novels and gather for girl talk about the book. The Iris Compass Foundation believes there's always time for a good book!

If you love anything to do with Harry Potter and anything related, then this is the group for you! We discuss the books, movies, actors, and characters. Any member with a HP collection can arrange to show it off during a meeting. Book discussions go in sequence with the first meeting starting with HPSS/PS. Coming in costume is encouraged but not required - let's make use of those RenFair and Halloween costumes more than once a year! Renaissance, Medieval, and Harry Potter related clothes only …

Welcome stranger! Since you’re here why don't I tell you a little about what we are all about? This group is intended for anyone to be involved in activities or events with like-minded people. We will list public events, allowing new people to meet other members in a safe environment. Group events will be available to all group members and up to 2 guests. Private events that are meant only for group members of a specific track will also be created to bring together a more specific meeting. There …

We meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM. Check the calendar link for the current location. All writers of poems, songs and stories, long or short, are welcome to sit in. Bring a guest, or not, along with your writing. Or bring nothing at all. The price is the same, FREE. Come to a Writers Meetup to review work, trade literary tips, make friends, and have fun! All writers -- and should-be writers -- are welcome!

Kid Lit is open to those wanting to write or illustrate everything from cardboard books to young adult themes. It is a serious and caring feedback group for those ready to accomplish their goal of being published writers. In addition, we would like to encourage more illustrators to join our ranks and not only come to any of the regularly scheduled meetups, but also to start new ones focusing on the art and business of children's book illustration. The group meets every two to three weeks. Each m …

Artificial intelligence, robots, neural networks, driverless cars, houses that talk,  things that think, medical nanomachines in our blood stream, and all the rest. Join us in building robots, romping around the holodeck, and exploring the technological future.

Greetings, This is a meetup group where horror, suspense, and fantasy fans in the Greater Nashville area can socialize and make new friends while enjoying a variety of related group activities. Appreciation of both domestic and foreign horror/suspense/fantasy/ movies will be a focus of this meetup. Trips to haunted houses, group readings and discussions of themed books/short stories, ghost tours in the area, performing arts, the paranormal, horror and fantasy conventions, attending writers' sign …

This is a group for lovers of cinema, who would like to choose from  U.S. and international films, classics of different eras, including Hollywood Golden Age and more recent films, legendary or not well known, contemporary or occassional Silents, reflecting different genres, including--but not limited to--drama, thrillers, comedy, science fiction, and more. Please make suggestions for films, and if you have a love, for instance, of certain genres, directors, actors and want to see them on the sc …

Welcome! If you're interested in reading and discussing classic literature written by dead people (with an occasional still-living contender for a place in the canon), please join. We'll be reading everyone from Thomas Hardy to Mark Twain and discussing why these authors continue to be so popular years after their death. By looking not only at the text, but also film and stage adaptations and the following that has grown up around it, we will come away with a richer understanding of the work-- …

A book club for women whose 40s are in the rear view mirror! Will read a wide variety of books that will be determined by the book club members. Would like to rotate monthly meetings between the homes of the members.

This group will read all types of books. We will meet in Nashville at a restaurant for a meal and discussion once a month. If you love to read and want to meet more people like you, join this group! Sometimes we might do "reading-related" activities, such as Salon615.  And if there's any book you really want to read, feel free to suggest it or even schedule an additional meetup of your own! (You don't have to live in West Nashville to be in this group.  We have members from all over Middle Tenne …

We talk about books - all types. In a comfortable place, we gather to discuss our latest pick. All are welcome. Even if you didn't get a chance to read the story we appointed, still come and enjoy the fun and food and friendship.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. --Daniel J. Boorstin Welcome to Books to Get You Talking, a reading group dedicating to exploring and discussing the world around us through the people who write about it. This group's focus is (for the most part) on memoir and non-fiction books, on topics from religion to politics to foreign culture, with a strong emphasis on understanding as an impetus for …

This group is for all singles in their 30s and 40s which would like to meet other like-minded geeks to go do geeky stuff with (movies, trips, discussions, etc.)