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

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.

Read in the park: 4th meetup

Grab your book, a blanket, and come read with us in Golden Gate Park 📚 ​Read in the Park is a laid-back, in-person gathering for people who love books and good company. No agenda, no book club assigned reading, just show up with whatever you're currently reading and spend a couple of hours outside with like-minded people. ​Our first event brought together 20+ readers and it was honestly everything. So we're doing it again. ​**What to bring:** ​→ Your current read - physical book, Kindle, or audiobook → A blanket or something to sit on → A jacket! SF weather is unpredictable and Golden Gate Park can get windy → Snacks if you want *** ​**What should I expect?** ​2:00 PM → Arrive, find a good spot, get settled 2:00–3:00 PM → We read! Settle in, get cozy, enjoy the park 3:00–4:00 PM → Conversations - get to know each other, share what you're reading or listening to, swap book recommendations, and chat about genres you love 4:00 PM → Wrap up, linger, make new friends *** ​**Who's invited?** ​Anyone who loves books, being outside, and meeting good people. Lots of folks came solo to our first event, don't be shy, you'll fit right in! *** ​**What about parking?** ​Golden Gate Park on a Saturday can get busy! We recommend arriving by 1:30–1:45 PM if you're driving. Free street parking is available in the area but spots fill up fast. Public transit is also a great option. *** ​**Will this event be photographed?** ​Photos and short video clips may be taken for promotional purposes. By attending, you consent to being photographed. If you'd prefer not to be in photos, just let us know when you arrive and we'll make sure to respect that!

May 2026 Book Discussion: Aftertaste - Daria Lavelle

The results are in! The book we'll be reading and discussing for our May meetup is: Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle. ***Summary***: Konstantin Duhovny is a haunted man. His father died when he was ten, and ghosts have been hovering around Kostya ever since. Kostya can’t exactly see the ghosts, but he can taste their favorite foods. Flavors of meals he’s never eaten will flood his mouth, a sign that a spirit is present. Kostya has kept these *aftertastes* a secret for most of his life, but one night, he decides to act on what he’s tasting. And everything changes. Kostya discovers that he can reunite people with their deceased loved ones—at least for the length of time it takes for them to eat a dish that he’s prepared. He thinks his life’s purpose might be to offer closure to grieving strangers, and sets out to learn all he can by entering a particularly fiery ring of Hell: the New York culinary scene. But as his kitchen skills catch up with his ambitions, Kostya is too blind to see the catastrophe looming in the Afterlife. And the one person who knows Kostya must be stopped also happens to be falling in love with him. Set in the bustling world of New York restaurants and teeming with mouthwatering food writing, *Aftertaste* is a whirlwind romance, a heart-wrenching look at love and loss, and a ghost story about all the ways we hunger—and how far we’d go to find satisfaction. Lavelle’s debut is a multi-course tasting menu of a book that will sate, delight, excite, comfort, and inspire even the pickiest of readers.

“THE BOY AND THE HERON” @ New People Cinema

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.

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Oakland Gay Online Speed Dating

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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.

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!

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.