Do you like high-brow conversation? Then our group is not for you! We are a small, informal, non-fiction book group who meet roughly every couple of weeks and (in theory) discuss one book a month. Although a lot of it is just drinking beer and catching up. Non-fiction does in fact cover loads of topics - not just science!!! Virtually anything goes, from biographies to wars, or psychology to herpetology (just joking about the psychology). We meet every other Tuesday at around 8pm in the Blue Blaz …

This group is for anyone who thinks the world is full of interesting stuff to be chatted about over a drink with other people! - Monthly non-fiction book club - Going to lectures/talks, then to the pub for a chat - Watching and discussing documentary films This group is for everyone, so the meetups will be around ideas and issues we can all enjoy talking about, without having a Phd in that area! The nonfiction bookclub will meet on rotating days about every six weeks. See scheduled meetups for d …

Are you fed up with superficial talk taking place in loud pubs, where you can't hear what your friends are saying? Are you yearning for intellectual stimulation and an exchange of thoughts? Do you enjoy thinking about things deeply and share your ideas with others? Are you striving to learn more about what it means to be human? Then, this group might be exactly what you need... The purpose of this group is to attend lectures, debates and exhibitions, to watch documentaries and to have in-depth …

A very good debate I recently had with a high-ranking Christian representative inspired me to launch this Meetup group. Most debates between Christians and Atheists are either highly philosophical ("What made existence come into existence?", "What triggered the Big Bang?", "Can we ever prove/disprove the existence of God?") or articulated around scientific inconsistencies in the Bible (miracles, as Christians would argue,) - In my experience though, these debates don't lead anywhere. In this Mee …

Welcome to The Zeitgeist Movement, a social movement advocating a transition into a Resource-Based Economy, a system designed for true sustanability, where decisions that affect society are arrived at through scientific methods, based upon maintaining the wellbeing of all humanity and our shared environment. The Zeitgeist Movement is not a political movement. It does not recognize nations, governments, races, religions, creeds or class. Our understandings conclude that these are false, outdated …

Edinburgh Creative Writers Club meets every Monday in Pulp Fiction Books, located at 43 Bread Street, on Mondays. Most people bring something to read and the range style/form, is wide. We've heard poetry, short stories, children's stories, flash fiction, scripts, novels, even ideas ..... and have had discussions over all sorts of things (some even writing related!) including submitting to agents/publishers and dealing with writer's block. Equally you can bring someone else's work, maybe a belove …

The Weston A Price Foundation challenges politically correct nutrition and the diet dictocrats, promoting wise traditions in food, farming and the healing arts. We challenge, amongst other things, the belief that cholesterol and saturated fats are deadly toxins. We promote consumption of grass fed, organic or biodynamic animal products, and other nutrient dense foods, aiming to link consumers with local farmers and artisan producers. We also promote many nourishing traditions that …

Astral Projection Retreats is run by the Dynamic Consciousness™, a not-for-profit organisation that runs free astral projection retreats in Scotland. By providing simple and easy-to-use techniques, our focus is on keeping things practical, with the aim to allow people to have personal and direct experiences in astral projection, lucid dreaming, consciousness and more, thereby expanding the perception of life and existence. What is Astral Projection? Astral Projection happens at the point of s …

A group of creative writers who publish their work in a cooperative. We meet upstairs in Spoon (opposite the Festival Theatre in Nicholson St, Edinburgh). We have regular meetings working in whatever way seems productive to develop the work of any writers who bring along their work, their troubles, or their ideas. We are a publishing cooperative, producing the best of author's work in printed and online anthologies, with any profits being returned to the authors, editors, and administrators. We …

Thursday evenings free? Us too! We're meeting every Thursday at Pulp Fiction Books (43 Bread St, near The Point Hotel). The group is limited to six players per night for the first game (currently Against The Dark), and then a second group of six plus GM may add another game later on. Time is from 7pm to 10pm, roughly, with coffee and cakes and pizza available at reasonable prices at their cafe. New players always welcome when there's room!

Thank you for your interest in Edinburgh's Got Soul choir. The Edinburgh's Got Soul choir workshops are run twice a year February and September. They are held on Tuesday evenings 6.30-8pm at  St. Catherine's Convent, 4 Lauriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 9HH. Influences include Angie Stone, Lauryn Hill and Mary J Blige amongst many others. The best way to guarantee a place in the choir is booking your place in advance. Places are secured on a 'first come first served' basis. Sadly we do have to tur …

Welcome, Edinburgh Expats! What is our main purpose? To enable expats - of all nationalities - to make more friends and connections; enjoy varied social events; and adjust and integrate successfully to life in Edinburgh! See the sister site to get an idea :  www.meetup.com/expats-malta Who should join us? Generally I suspect newcomers to Edinburgh who want to make new friends, settle in more quickly and start to enjoy all that Edinburgh has to offer, as well as established expats who want to …

This a group for people who are interested in the Tarot to get together and chat about all things tarot and to do readings for each other (a great way to learn). We aim to be a relaxed and friendly group and we welcome beginner to expert! Cost £4 There will be tarot packs available to practice with but feel free to bring your own. There will also be lots of tarot books to use and these will be available to borrow, there will be a £5 deposit but obviously you get that back when you return the boo …

The Edinburgh Photography Group is open to all who wish to learn photography and photoshop. Our meetups are fun and geared towards learning some cool and creative techniques. OUR ORGANISERS Our organisers are recognised experts in their field with many years teaching experience behind them. Stuart Low: Stuart is a professional Photoshop instructor and a specialist in sfx, sports and landscape photography. He has had many works published in books and magazines. Awarded in the 2012 Landscape Phot …

This group is for anyone interested in reading and discussing great books. We'll mostly read contemporary fiction, but a few classics and non-fiction titles will probably appear on our bookshelf too. So, if you enjoy a great book, a cup of coffee, comfortable chair, and good company discussing books on the week-end, please join us. For my world-wide book club members and friends: we are ready for you if you want to join us on Skype!! :) Beata

Do you enjoy reading non-fiction but hardly ever get round to it because the challenges of everyday life make it difficult to take the time? Would you like to share your views on a book, in depth, chapter by chapter, with other people who have read the same book? Most book clubs seem to meet about once a month and discuss a different book every time they meet. This doesn't seem to work for everyone. If you want to read a book in depth, and not like Woody Allan, who, after reading War and Peace i …