… This group will consist of women who enjoy reading urban fiction novels, by African American Authors. ex. Tracy Gray, Gloria Mallette,  Keith Lee Johnson, and Victoria Christopher Murray, and there are many others. This group will be our monthly outlet from the hustle and bustle of everyday STRESS. We will all have a chance to contribute to the selection of books that we choose to read.  This group may be good for you if.... when you finish a GOOD book, you wish you could talk to someone else ab …

  Writing Hemingway/Fitzgerald   We are a group of serious minded writers focused on publishing our work;  socializing takes place outside the meetup time. Members rarely miss a meetup.   We keep in small groups where everyone knows your name and you are an integral part of the discussions.  Nobody is meant to feel like they are a beginner or an outsider. We are one of the few groups that meet at an urban writers colony in Manhattan.  This gives us exposure to many successful writers who publish …

The Speculative Collective is a writing critique group formed in 2008, which caters to all varieties of speculative fiction writing. Our group meets once monthly to share our science fiction, fantasy, or even more unusual writing with each other.  Work is posted in advance, and then critiqued at the meetup by everyone in the group, from those just starting out to the more experienced, published writers in our group.

“At midnight on Friday the 13th, CinemaForce Command created a shadow meetup group dedicated to enjoying the paranormal in arts & entertainment. This unit was named CinemaForce PM (Paranormal Missions).” – from the CinemaForce Chronicles. If you like movies that have supernatural monsters, twisted villains, dangerous aliens, suspense, fear, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension, then the weird and disturbing world of CinemaForce PM — The NY Paranormal Movie Meetup Group is for you …

This book club is devoted to reading and discussing nonfiction books- biographies, history, travel, economics, current events, and more. Meetings are held once a month for our friends coming from not just the city but the greater metro NY area. Nonfiction lovers of all ages are welcome. Come join us for rousing discussions and lively debates!   Each month, we select a category of nonfiction to read, all members are welcome to make book suggestions in the chosen category, and then the recommended …

The Breakdown: We read good books. We're looking for other intellectually curious, like-minded 20somethings (a vague guideline) in Astoria (another vague guideline) to read them with us, share some food, drink, and sweet convo. The Criteria For Choosing Said Good Books: Magical language (with a healthy dash of magical realism), fresh voices (love a debut) irreverent to painfully relevant, growing up, growing old, dying, coming back to life, urban culture to Southern idyllicy, savory books that y …