The North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop is a monthly live writing workshop for speculative fiction writers. See our main website at http://www.ntsfw.com

Love to read?  Love to spend time in a book store? Are books practically a line item in the family budget? If your answer is "yes," come meet your people. Two years ago, we began with three readers as the McKinney Fiction Book Club with our first book - Cutting for Stone, a novel by Abraham Verghese. We loved it with a great and fiery passion and have been on a quest to find contemporary literature just as good ever since. Along the way we started a Classics series.  Then we added some book-and …

Learn how to get an agent, editor, publisher, ghost writer, and other writing industry persons. Meet other local Science Fiction Fantasy Writers! Gather to network, exchange ideas, and socialize with others who are interested in sci-fi fantasy writing!

This group was created to provide TSFA members, ConDFW fans, and attendees more times to meet outside of the convention, to sustain the community that has been built up during the convention over the years. What would you like to see, attend, do? Please let me know!

Here's the deal: Every other week, we meet up and randomly pick a "seed" sentence from a newspaper, website, sign, fortune cookie, whatever. Then we write for thirty minutes, using that sentence as the first in the story. After thirty minutes, anyone who is so inclined can read his story out loud and we can discuss. There's a bunch of research that creativity is often sparked by "constraints" (in this case, using a pre-determined sentence) so the intent here really is to spark your creativity. I …

Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club! If you have a addiction for books you are more than welcome to feed it here. Fiction or non-fiction, paperback or hardcover, it doesn't matter as long as you love to read. Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends! Very relaxed casual atmosphere.

Read a good book lately and want to share it with others? Do you prefer poetry, plays, or classical literature? Are you frustrated by the current political atmosphere and would like to discuss various political commentaries? Or are you a sucker for reading science, computer technology, or other research articles? How about autobiographies, biographies, or historical nonfiction/fiction? I believe there is something to learn in everything; I love to read and to discuss stories, philosophies, and i …

This writers group will be made up of amateur to professional writers who will learn from each other and progress together. I hope to set up a mentor program and start groups according to genre and ability. We welcome all mediums, including poetry, fiction, script/screen plays, science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction. Some meetings will just feature a safe place to relax and write, and some will be set up for critiques, brain-storms, and workshops. I want to offer a unique experience of friend …

This book club is for people who like to read science fiction. We meet once a month (every fourth Wednesday at 7:00 pm) at the Half Price Books on the southeast corner of 75 and Northwest Highway. We meet at the tables at the back of Black Forest Coffee in Half Price Books. Look for the red and white Meetup sign. The succeeding science fiction book selection is chosen by popular vote by the attending members of each meetup. Please keep your RSVP up-to-date. If this is your first visit to a meeti …

We are a group of serious writers of mostly Texas history on subjects from the native Indians to the cattle trails , about the first European Spanish to the swamps of San Jacinto. And we also love historical cookbooks of the ethnic foods of Texas pioneers of all races--Indian, Spanish, Mexican Anglo pioneers, Germans, Checs, Etc.. We meet other writers and share our successes and find answere as to why we are not successful. We gladly help each other to suceed. We network with editors, illustrat …

A group for romance, mystery, science fiction/fantasy readers and authors in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. We do a monthly tea at a tearoom around the metroplex, alternating east and west sides, as well as trips to Denton and Duncanville, plus our fabulous Holiday Tea. If you read and love to discuss your books and authors, this is a great group with lively on-line discussion as well as the opportunity to meet in person. We also meet on the first Tuesday in Fort Worth and the third Wednesday …

This group is for readers, and eaters who are interested in meeting new friends and trying new venues.  We will be diverse in our meetup locations.  It seems most of us are in Tarrant County and have been meeting in Fort Worth and Arlington.  It works best for us.  We have selected books for the next several months PLUS has some fun outings scheduled too.  If you like to read, eat and have fun, this is a great group!  We have gone to movies and plays as well. You can find us on Facebook.  Fictio …

This is a group for women to meet and discuss best-selling fiction (with a little chick-lit from time to time) while socializing with new and old friends in the Uptown area. We'll be meeting one evening a month to drink wine, eat a nice dinner (if you wish) and enjoy some laughs while we discuss our latest book. So take a break from your jobs, leave the family at home, and come join a great group of women once a month for some (hopefully intellectual) conversation and fun!

This group explores writing opportunities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; forms critique circles; and shares writing resources and talents for personal improvement and the greater good.  We welcome writers of all skill levels, including beginners, and our work spans a wide variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, journaling, grant-writing, business-writing, news writing, creative nonfiction, ekphrastic writing, and other types of composition.  Our meetings are nonjudgemental events in which …

Good books, good food, good conversations! We're a small group of readers that likes to explore new things. Each month we choose a book and a restaurant to try, and we like to keep it diverse. Recent reads include The Etched City, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, and Anna Dressed in Blood. Our topics range wildly, sometimes related to the book, sometimes not. Think we're a good fit? Give us a try.

Chapter Chix is a reading group comprised of Christian ladies gathering monthly for fellowship and the discussion of books. The genre of our monthly book selections consists of fiction (mostly historical fiction) and non-fiction biographies. Chapter Chix is open to new members by invitation only.

The North Texas Writers Network is dedicated to improving the writing skills of members. Our active members write both fiction and non-fiction, at all levels of expertise. Please check our calendar for meeting details. During our meetings, we will discuss a topic dedicated to the craft of writing. Following the discussion, we offer peer critique sessions.

Come join us for a fun field night of SciFi Movies and Games. We chat and talk in the forums at http://www.scififx.com and we get together and talk once a month about everything SciFi, and apparently we also have a few more weird members that like the Muppets!

If you have a Nook or Kindle and love to read, this is the group for you! We will be going beyond the traditional book reading and turning the books into multi-character podcasts at an authors request. The work we do will be FREE and for exposure only but im working on other incentives as well. You can be a regular for multiple books or stop at one. The choice is yours! So join us as lets spin a twist on some already great literature. You must be open to read from any genre (fiction, sci fi, fan …

Meetup together on tv/movie events and conventions. Organize special events. Play Sci-fi games together: regarding Star Trek and Sci-fi..

This group is designed to create social events for Dallas/Fort Worth area fans of Doctor Who (and its spinoff series like Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures). This is for fans of the old series as well as the new series, recent discoverers and long-term devotees. Activities may include program viewings, potluck dinners/get-togethers, theme parties, trivia nights, etc., all designed to encourage positive interaction between local Whovians. The possibilities are as endless as our imaginations …

The Dallas Atheist Book Club is a place for freethinkers (atheists, agnostics, skeptics, secularists, etc.) to read and to engage in lively discussion about books relating to atheism, freethought, science, history, governance, biography, psychology, philosophy, and some fiction. We try to meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM for the book review. This is usually followed up with a social gathering at a local restaurant or bar for dinner and drinks at 9:00 PM. We also occasional …

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Cult Film Fanatics, a home in the Dallas/Forth Worth area for Movie Addicts to celebrate their love for the unconventional! You may be asking yourself how do I know if I'm a cult film fanatic, well let me ask you these questions: Do you watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show and find yourself doing the audience participation stuff at home and not realize you are doing it until others stare at you? Do you want to own a Fushigi only because it reminds you of Labyrinth …

This group is for anyone who loves happily ever afters (with a whole lot of struggle). The books that warm our hearts and burn our panties. This group is to know there are more authors than the ones on the New York Times best sellers listing. Me personally, I'm tired of not having friends that read. I'd like to meet people who read what I do and are willing to share their thoughs and offer suggestions to new authors, fictional boyfriends and all around great love story.

***WEEKLY GROUP*** is successful only if those attending participate. PLEASE RSVP EVERY WEEK. If you have a story to tell, a poem to recite, some spoken word to be heard, this is the group for you.  This weekly show is about the art of the written and spoken word.  It allows you to find your voice and let your creative freak flag fly. No experience necessary.  All welcome. Each week you will hear a new story, a poem or spoken word piece from various people like yourself who are writers, poets, a …

This is a group of twenty and thirty-somethings in the Dallas area that love to read! We read and discuss all types of books - fiction, nonfiction, new and old... Books are chosen by the group members every few months so there is always something interesting to look forward to!  We meet the first Monday of every month at various hot spots around Dallas, usually a wine bar or coffee shop. Hope you can join us! **If you have any questions, please check out the Frequently Asked Questions section of …

Writers and readers of any genre, but fantasy and science fiction in particular, getting together on a weekly(or bi-weekly) basis to discuss their projects. Let's get together and offer encouragement and advice over coffee or cocktails. Whether you need a sounding board for you ideas, or just someone to motivate you to keep writing, this is the group for you. And if you don't write, but would love to be an alpha reader and someone to bounce ideas off, you are welcome too. All are welcome, but me …

Meet fellow Sci-fi/Fantasy Fans! Come to a local Sci-fi/Fantasy Meetup to have fun talking science fiction and fantasy in literature, media, gaming and art. Go to local conventions, signings, readings, movies, museum shows, science lectures and more!