We are a start-up group looking for new members to form a young women's book club in south Austin. The full identity of this group will be formed as new members join. We are looking for women in their 20s and 30s who enjoy reading good books of various genres and want to expand their usual reading preferences. We noticed that there are many women's book clubs in Austin, but most of them are central and north of the city. Being women who live south of Ben White, we wanted to start a group that me …

Love books and love women? Not necessarily in that order? This club is for lesbians who love to read and want to meet over wine and coffe and food to talk about great reads and anything else that may come up! Books chosen not necessarily limited to lesbian content, and open to suggestion and consensus. A library card is not required to gain admittance, but it might help~ We meet one Sunday morning a month in a public place like Central Market or Russell's Bakery.  Let's take this out for a spin …

Who Am I? I wanted to make this group because I am so busy with kids and work that I am neglecting my favorite hobby: READING! Who Should Join? If you are a mom with young kids who loves to read and wants to make some close friends through the coming years, then this is the place for you!  I narrowed the area to Cedar Park/Leander so that none of us would have too far to drive.   You're welcome to join from other areas if you're willing to come up here for the meetings. What About The Books? T …

Looking for a fun, laid back book club without the drama of Poisonwood Bible or the heaviness of War & Peace? Like to read for fun and want to expand your horizons of the almost endless Thriller and Mystery books and authors? Lisa Scottoline, James Patterson, Walter Mosley, Ted Bell, have heard the names but never read their books. By submitting to peer pressure maybe you can find a new great author to follow. Let's go with books written within the last 50 years. Discover new books, authors and …

Meet Austin artists who make and bind journals, blank books, and photo albums by hand, using a variety of media. Learn bookmaking techniques, share ideas, artwork, and skills. austinbookworkers.org

We are a book discussion group for women in the Lakeway and Bee Cave area. We meet monthly to discuss the group's selection (always open to suggestion). Our goal is to broaden our literary horizons, share thoughtful conversation, and inspire lasting friendships.

Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club! Fiction or non-fiction, paperback or hardcover, you'll read a new book every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends!

This is Austin's only bookclub dedicated to classical literature from all different eras. Have you wanted to read Huckleberry Finn and be able to discuss it with other nerds? Or actually read the books you were assigned in high school English? Maybe you are curious as to who this Kurt Vonnegut guy is? Or a movie is coming out based on a book and you want a head start. We will vote on books from ALA list of classic, must-reads, banned book lists, Time's 100 greatest novels, etc.... This bookclub …

Join other 20- & 30-something ladies for a monthly brunch meet up to discuss the book of the month! Looking for a fun, laid back book club without the drama of Poisonwood Bible or the heaviness of War & Peace? We will read classics but more Emma less The Bleak House. We will read current but Mr. Pettigrew's Last Stand over weepy Jodi Picoult . Or how about mixing it up even more? Chick lit, fun fantasy and even mystery/thriller the books are endless hopefully the fun will be too. The book club w …

Are you addicted to Mysteries?  If so this is the group for you.  MB&IP is over four years old and has very consistent and dedicated members.  We like to keep the group at 10 members so we can have meaningful discussions. We are currently full, however, we will keep your name on the Pending List until an opening occurs. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at Neworld Cafe on Far West Blvd, at 6:30 PM.  Since we do occupy the cafe's tables for a couple of hours, as a courtesy we arrive a litt …

An Austin book club that brings together a group of people who enjoy fantasy and science fiction books, movies, and television. The club engages in a variety of activities, including book discussions, moviie/tv viewing (ie. Game of Thrones), and...well...pub-going, hence the parentheses around 'book' in the club name.

Are you comfortably out of your teens (perhaps by a decade or more) but still love to read YA? Do you want to meet and discuss YA books with other people like you? Join us for the new combined YA@Heart / Young at Heart book group.  We've merged a local YA book club with the Young Adult for Adults Meetup. We will typically meet to discuss a YA book on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. We look forward to sharing our inner teenagers with you.

If you love great books, talking about great books and authors, and sharing and learning about new authors over good coffee, good food & good wine- this is the meetup group for you! I know there are plenty of book clubs in Austin, am in fact a member & event organizer of a great one already, and it inspired me to start another book club for Austin Women! I'm hoping to have a one Saturday afternoon a month meetup about the book voted on, and maybe throw in a few extra meetups a month just for fun …

We're a book club primarily, reading contemporary fiction and some YA or whatever else we vote for each month!  We like good food and book discussions and try to combine the two as often as possible.  But we're also an Alamo Drafthouse sing-alongs, costume drama parties, movie nights, plays, concerts, Bookpeople events, whatever else you can think of, club. I've been in Austin about two years, and this club has been a (social) life-saver.  I've made amazing new girlfriends, and I can't wait to m …

We meet to discuss nonfiction books in a wide variety of genres--science, history, memoir, politics, and beyond! Members can suggest books at any time and we'll vote on three options a month before each meeting. Currently the club meets on the last Wednesday of every month, but if there's a consensus around another time we can make a change. The location varies from meeting to meeting and venue ideas are always welcome! Books we've previously read: June 2013 - "There's a Word for It: The Explos …

Beer.... cookies.... and books, life's simple pleasures. We read all types, we take all types. Aim to keep things light and fun. Bring your book recommendation to the meetings. The next book we're reading is listed immediately below under the "Our Next Meetup" heading. Future books are also posted below.  Past book discussions are posted under the "Past Meetups."  No membership fees, all I ask is that we try to make a purchase at our meeting location so we can justify the use of their space. Loo …

How our food is made, where our food comes from and what our food does to us, taps into a lot of the pressing political issues and challenges of the 21st century, like peak oil, globalization, worker's rights, environmental and health issues. This book club is dedicated to reading and discussing the work of authors that write about food and whose books relate to political issues of our life time. We meet about every six weeks on a weekend day at Book People Downtown. Please bring your book and n …

Looking for new friends who share the same interests? We love to read a wide variety of books, and we love good wine! Do you? Let's get together to discuss a monthly book selection, drink some wine, and enjoy each others' company.

This is the place where motherhood and books meet. This group is for moms who have a passion for reading but can't seem to find the time or extra energy required to enjoy a good book. We'll read everything from fiction to baby development books and have fun while doing it.

A contemporary fiction book club in Austin that will focus on current and recent authors such as: Haruki Murakami Ian McEwan Julian Barnes Khaled Hosseini Richard Russo... and many more. A monthly meeting with a lively book discussion and socializing with food and drink. Looking for anyone that has a joy of reading and discussing books and that would like to meet others with the same interest.

I just moved to Round Rock/Austin and left all of my girlfriends and my book club behind in Columbia, Missouri. So, I wanted to start a new book club here. We'll meet once a month or once every six weeks for dinner or potluck and discuss a favorite bestseller, classic, or non-fiction book. This is a great way to have some "girl time" once in a while. I hope this will be a place to meet new friends and share a few laughs. 8/29/10- 12/15/2011-  My husband and I are going to live abroad for sever …

The mission of The Secret Place Book Club is to motivate, encourage, and support women of every walk of life. To inspire women to discover or rediscover the Secret Place, in order to reach for and embrace the greatness that God has deposited in them. The Secret Place use books as a catalyst to provoke deeper thought which ignite to surface long forgotten dreams. In hopes that dreams will become vision (What you See); vision will become plans (What you Do); and plans will become reality (Your cre …

A meetup for members of PaperBack Swap (www.paperbackswap.com) in the Central Texas (Austin and environs) area. We'll meet, get to know each other, swap books, discuss books, life, the universe, and everything, and in general have a grand time!

Powerful and Feminine by Rachael Jayne Groover is the subject of this meetup group. We will create a space where those of us reading this book can come together, practice the 35 exercises, and share in Circle to awaken the Divine Feminine in ourselves. You can join at anytime, as this book does not have to be read in order for you to be able to benefit from it. This is a WOMEN ONLY group. To learn more about Rachael Jayne Groover and the Art of Feminine Presence go to www.theyinproject.com

Welcome to a wonderful book club dedicated to learning, growing and sharing about the parenting adventure. Hosted by Lisa Smith and Hawthorne Montessori School. Open to all interested parents in the Austin area. We will meet once a month and discuss a different book or article relating to parenting. It's a great way to build your community and support in your effort to be the best parent you can be.

This is a group for individuals interested in reading science related topics and lively discussions. We also thought we'd read a little sci fi now and then as science is fueled by imagination, isn't it? We started this group to socialize and meet fellow book lovers. We're looking forward to meeting all of you--

Discussion and integration the principles and techniques of Sarah Susanka’s inspiring book the not so big life (see description below). We will be spending approximately one month on each chapter. "The bigger-is-better idea that triggered the explosion of McMansions in home design has spilled over to give us McLives. In her bestselling Not So Big House series, Sarah Susanka showed us how to change the way we live by adjusting the physical space we inhabit. Now, in The Not So Big Life, Sarah take …

A study of God, Jesus, the purpose of life, angels, love, prayer, suffering, hope and faith based on the Urantia Book. A glorious outlook on "life after death" is presented.  Every progressive human being should be on a path to God-consciousness.  Only individuals stuck in their ways are in danger of spiritual stagnation. Spiritual love is from God, and Jesus is the most inspiring individual who showed us the love that God has for us all.  Jesus enjoyed a sublime and wholehearted faith in God. H …