Book Clubs San Francisco

singles poetry night | Ages 25+

[singlespoetrynight.eventbrite.com](singlespoetrynight.eventbrite.com) Get your ticket on Eventbrite to confirm your spot, this event is promoted on other platforms. Walk-ins welcome! Join us for a chill singles poetry night at Oasis Fusion Kitchen in San Francisco! If you’re 25 or older and love poetry or just want to meet some cool people, this is the spot for you. The event kicks off on Friday, June 5th at 7:00 PM. Come ready to share or write your favorite love poems with other singles or just listen and vibe with others. It’s all happening in person, so bring your energy and enjoy a night of words and connections. ✨ Event Details ✨ 📅 Date: Friday, June 5th
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM - Check in with your host (Mingle, Grab a drink, bite to support the venue, drinks and food are not included in the ticket) 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM - Singles will be grouped and rotated to write some poems (writing is optional) 8:15 PM - 8:45 PM - Share your love poem 8:45PM - 9:00PM - Mingle
📍 Location: Oasis Fusion Kitchen (4826 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94112) ✨Additional Details✨ * Street parking is available * Dedicated Host * Poetry Ice Breakers * Writing and sharing is optional * Walk-ins welcome

2nd Saturday "Not quite a book club" in the Richmond District

Show up having read a book\* you want to talk about. Get a beverage and/or food inside the cafe. We will probably meet outside in Bazaar Cafe's back garden.\*\* (The garden is accessible through an alley. There is a door to the alley next to the register inside. You can also go directly to the back garden from the street via the alley entrance on the right side of the right Cafe window.) Once you've spotted the group, we will introduce ourselves and have a brief period of chit chat. Then we will go around our group each talking about the (different!) books we read. Afterwards, you are welcome to stick around and chat. If you have a physical book you are done reading and want to offer other folks in the group, you are welcome to do that, but there is absolutely no obligation to do so. \*Any book! Could be a graphic novel, or non-fiction, or fiction, or a mystery or a romance novel or SciFi or Fantasy! \*\*If it is raining or a really bad air day from wildfires, it may be too crowded inside Bazaar Cafe to find a table, although it was raining during a few meetings early last year and the Bazaar cafe folks helped me stake out a table. In the event of rain and no space inside, I will probably move the event a few blocks away to Ilana Coffee or Royal Ground Coffee on Clement. I will message the group if we meet inside or if the location moves to another coffee shop.

Book Club Too - turn the page with us!

Book Club: "Verity" by Colleen Hoover

"Verity" is being adapted into a movie starring Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett - let's read and discuss the book by Colleen Hoover before the movie comes out! There are currently several copies available at the library so it should be easy to get. The meeting location is TBD, but will be in the Burlingame/San Mateo area. We'll decide after the May meeting! Everyone will be waitlisted initially. Priority will be given to previous attendees of the book club and regular members of the group. For details on attendance & waitlist, please see the "About us" description for the group. **Book Summary - "Verity" by Colleen Hoover** Publication Year: 2018 Page Count: 336 Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.

Books Not Bans presents Queer Book Cocktail and Reading Hour

Hangout + Silent Writing

Hangout + Silent Writing is the backbone of the group. This is where both build a community of writers and also take time to connect with our writing. **At 1pm:** People will start gathering in the coffee shop. This is an opportunity to meet other writers, introduce yourselves, and just chat it up! Discuss your writing or your favorite book or why your bus ride was extra interesting today. (What else inspires our writing than the stories we witness?) **At 1:30pm:** We will begin an hour of silent work. This is when we pull out laptops or notebooks or whatever and begin working. Whether you're working on a novel or a screenplay or a piece of flash fiction, this is your chance to dedicate one solid hour to just engaging with it. Before the hour starts, I will call everyone's attention and do a round of check-ins where we share our intentions for the hour. **At 2:30pm:** The hour of silent work is over! I will call everyone's attention again and we will check-out by sharing how the hour went for us. After check-out, people may choose to continue working away. If you're really in the groove, I encourage this! Otherwise, people may go back to chatting and discussing their writing, etc. You may also decide to head out if you have other Sunday activities to get to. **Location:** We will be meeting at the Wave Art Collective in Lower Haight. They have both indoor and outdoor seating so plan accordingly. On Sundays, they graciously open up their space to the community. They run a small coffee shop and invite pop-up food vendors. I can guarantee there will always be coffee, but I cannot guarantee what food will be there. Everyone is encouraged to purchase what they can to help support the Wave Art Collective!

Literary Devices: Writers and Hackers for Noisebridge!

San Francisco Writers Workshop collaborates with our hacker friends to raise funds for everyone's favorite local makerspace: Noisebridge! Several of our best authors will produce stories/poems/word-based constructs. Each will share their literary product with a hacker, who will respond with a device/app/gadget/doohickey inspired by the writing. On the night of the event, audience members will vote for the device that best complements the assigned writer's piece. The winning hacker will receive a prize of dubious value! Expect delicious snackies, and other fun additions: in the past we've included a fun raffle!

June 2026 Book Discussion: The Girl With A Thousand Faces

The votes are in, and the winner is The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean! Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of The Book Eaters comes The Girl with a Thousand Faces, a Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong that meshes ancient myths and local legends into a haunting story of ghosts, grief, and women who will not forgive. When Mercy Chan washes up on the shores of Hong Kong with no family, no money, and no memories, the only refuge she finds is the infamous, ghost-infested slum of Kowloon Walled City. Since then, she has rebuilt her life, working for the local triad as a ghost talker and dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt the district. The filthy gutters and cramped alleyways of Kowloon have become her home. But the past Mercy can’t remember isn't done with her. An unusually powerful ghost has infested Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. It claims to know Mercy—and secrets from her past that are best left forgotten. As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realize that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.

June Meeting: Zadie Smith - Grand Union

**Recommended Stories:** * The Lazy River * Two Men Arrive in a Village * Kelso Deconstructed Excited to dive into this collection, which was a narrow second to Octavia Butler in the last poll. See you soon! **For First-Timers:** We recommend reading at least one story, but feel free to read as little or as much as you'd like! Discussion is open, informal, and we try to focus on the recommended stories listed above. **About the Author:** Zadie Smith (born 1975) is a critically acclaimed British novelist, essayist, and professor. Born in North London to an English father and a Jamaican mother, Smith has become a leading voice in contemporary literature, celebrated for her sharp cultural commentary and exploration of identity.

East Bay Women's Book Club June Meetup: The Lion Women of Tehran

Hello, fellow female readers -- The book for the June Meetup is The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali For those of you who are new, I will send out the address to my house by Monday, June 15. Looking forward to gathering together and discussing the book. Bonnie

2nd Saturday "Not quite a book club" in the Richmond District

Show up having read a book\* you want to talk about. Get a beverage and/or food inside the cafe. We will probably meet outside in Bazaar Cafe's back garden.\*\* (The garden is accessible through an alley. There is a door to the alley next to the register inside. You can also go directly to the back garden from the street via the alley entrance on the right side of the right Cafe window.) Once you've spotted the group, we will introduce ourselves and have a brief period of chit chat. Then we will go around our group each talking about the (different!) books we read. Afterwards, you are welcome to stick around and chat. If you have a physical book you are done reading and want to offer other folks in the group, you are welcome to do that, but there is absolutely no obligation to do so. \*Any book! Could be a graphic novel, or non-fiction, or fiction, or a mystery or a romance novel or SciFi or Fantasy! \*\*If it is raining or a really bad air day from wildfires, it may be too crowded inside Bazaar Cafe to find a table, although it was raining during a few meetings early last year and the Bazaar cafe folks helped me stake out a table. In the event of rain and no space inside, I will probably move the event a few blocks away to Ilana Coffee or Royal Ground Coffee on Clement. I will message the group if we meet inside or if the location moves to another coffee shop.

Lecturas y Conversaciones con Robin, el 16 de junio

Thanks to HELA for letting me share this MeetUp page! In "Lecturas y Conversaciones," we read and and have semi-structured discussions of moderately challenging short works of fiction, in Spanish. Anyone of any level who wants a friendly, non-competitive space to practice and learn is welcome. \-\-\- ¡Hola, tod@s! **[English translation is below this note.]** Encontraremos martes, el 16 de junio, a las 6pm a Crêpes on Cole, en la esquina de las calles Cole y Carl, San Francisco. Leeremos un otro cuento de una autora puertorriqueña, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, con el titulo, "Los Invasores." Puede descargarlo con este [vínculo](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/privkonsrvzahka6ls61c/Los-Invasores-Arroyo-Pizarro.pdf?rlkey=gjms7ji43vr8ihzcwm5tpcmj6&st=b20i074u&dl=0). Dígame si tenga algún problema con la conexión. No necesitas pagar nada. Si tenga algo problema, por favor mándame un correo electrónico a czukor2002@yahoo.com, y te lo enviaré por email. ¡Espero verlos a todos el 16 de junio! \-\-\-\- We'll meet on Tuesday, June 16th at 6pm at Crêpes on Cole, at the corner of Cole & Carl Streets, SF. Our story this time is another by the Puerto Rican author, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro. You can access it using this [link](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/privkonsrvzahka6ls61c/Los-Invasores-Arroyo-Pizarro.pdf?rlkey=gjms7ji43vr8ihzcwm5tpcmj6&st=b20i074u&dl=0). (You may need to paste it into your browser.) You will not need to pay for anything. Email me if you have any problems with the download. See you on 6/16! En comunidad, Robin