Inspired by a recent story in the Wall Street Journal, about a long-running reading group in which the members read books aloud -- 35 or so pages a meeting -- they've read Dickens, Milton, Tolstoy, Faulkner, the Brontes, Eliot, Austen. In addition to the book we're reading (our first is The Transit of Venus), we've begun meetings by reading other short pieces or poems.

After three years of reading Hemingway and his peers, the Hemingway Book Club is changing. Starting in 2013, the group will choose books from the Modern Library's list of top 100 20th Century English language novels. Please join us as we discover and reread some of the best works of the modern age. http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/

This book club will cover great literary works such as Hemingway, Dickens, Shelley, Bronte, Milton, to more recent authors like...humm...let me think--okay---let's face it, English degree = reading lots of dead authors. But really, let's read some great classics, and a little new stuff too. :) This group is aimed at 25-35 year-old people (give or take a few years) who like to get together over drinks or a meal and have critical discussions about the classics. Please read on to find out how we r …

En Voz Alta, un grupo de hispanohablantes (principalmente avanzados), es un Círculo Literario, en español que se reune semanalmente para leer, en voz alta, un libro escrito por un autor latino. Leemos juntos, de portada a portada. Es una buena oportunidad para  conocer mas a cerca de los autores y la historia de sus paises; y conversar sobre la literatura con gente como usted-- Todo con el objectivo de fomentar el conocimiento de la literature, la lengua y la cultura hispana en un ambiente amist …

Welcome to the Latin American & Spanish Book Club! More than a club, this is a space for people who find pleasure reading literature from Latin America and Spain. We will read non-fiction, fiction, articles, chronicles, essays, poetry, short stories and novels. The only requirement is that it is in Spanish. We have native and non-native Spanish speakers from all over the globe. Our goal is to provide interactive discussions in Spanish to native and non-native speakers to help them learn and beco …

Calling anyone interesting in joining a new book group. The group will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at All Souls Unitarian Church (19 Jay Street) in New London. There will be a $1 fee to cover meetup cost. All are invited to bring something to munch or drink that will serve six. I'm a high school English teacher who has always longed to be part of a vibrant book club, and meet other book lovers in the process. In my "Book It' fantasy, we read contemporary fiction, best-se …

Our passion is teaching English to immigrants...and learning English from experts! Join us to study English in a loose, closely knit group, among friends. Not your regular classroom setting, but caring and sharing. Here is a post about the literature classes that I posted in my blog in May of 2011. It has links to the text and a bit about them.

So here's the deal: Let's get together once/month over food or drinks to discuss a work by a Nobel Prize Winner. The books will tend to be thought-provoking, so we should have some pretty engaging and passionate discussions. You don't need to be an English major -- just open-minded, friendly, and willing to get dirty with some heavy-duty literature. This is a new MeetUp, so I'll definitely be open to suggestions regarding the best way to organize our meet ups. Here's what the current plan is: Ea …

June is a month a page of blocks on paper the 16th of June a block on a page under pages of blocks on a calendar that says we will have spring though its cold and chilly and time marches on and the 16th of June arrives before I do muddy and green and unread. Every year Bloomsday arrives and I haven’t read the damned book, but this year I will crack the nut, but I don’t have to crack it alone, and neither do you.  Let’s read Ulysses together, all those words strung together like a necklace of ice …

Всем привет! Если Вас интересует полноценное общение или Вы хотите попрактиковаться в Русском языке, приглашаем Вас в нашу группу. Также если вы желаете систематического обучения, мы будем рады помочь This is an opportunity to practice Russian conversation, and discuss and study the grammar. The topic may vary according to what people are interested in talking about. Members of all levels are welcome, from absolute beginners on up. Remeber: Practice is the most important part of language learn …

Do you love literature and perhaps music and art as well--but somehow you’ve never really “got” poetry? Would you like to learn to get the joy from poems you get from other works of art without going through English Lit 101 again? If your answers are yes I can help. It started with a friend whom I met in discussion groups of Joyce’s Ulysses and Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. He loved literature and music (he was a Jazz musician and is very knowledgeable about classical music as well). Yet, …