The Single & Childfree Network

For our first event, we're reading A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot. We picked it as our first book because it's a story that's been on everyone's mind this year, and few books open up such a rich, honest conversation right from the start.

How it works
Read the book beforehand, at your own pace, in whatever format works for you. We meet up, order a drink or coffee, and talk about what stood out, what surprised us, and what it brought up for us personally. No pressure to have finished it or to have deep literary insights ready; showing up and being curious is enough.

About the event
A book club for readers who want the discussion to go past "did you like it."
We pick a book each month, meet to talk about it over drinks or coffee, and inevitably end up talking about everything else too. All genres get a turn eventually, whatever sparks a good conversation.

Our community
This event runs under the Childfree and Single Network, so yes, our group name kinda says "ladies." But this book club is LGBTQ+ friendly through and through, and that very much includes gay, bi, and trans people. If you love books and good conversation, the group name shouldn't be what keeps you out.
Come with opinions and leave with a new stack of recommendations.

About Coffee and Yap
It's a meetup for women in midlife who still have room in their lives for new friendships, even though making friends as an adult can feel oddly harder than anyone warned us.

No agenda, no icebreaker games, just coffee and genuinely good conversation that goes wherever it wants to go.

Some weeks it's career talk, some weeks it's nothing in particular; either way, the point is showing up and talking to people who get it.
Coming alone is completely normal, and honestly one of the best ways to meet new people, especially if you're new to the city and still building your circle here.
Come as you are, and leave with someone new to text.

Our community
This event runs under the Childfree and Single Network, so yes, our group name kinda says "ladies." But this event is LGBTQ+ friendly through and through, and that very much includes gay, bi, and trans people. If you love books and good conversation, the group name shouldn't be what keeps you out.
Come with opinions and leave with a new stack of recommendations.

Come argue about the meaning of life; stay for the coffee.
This is a group for reading essays and book chapters that make you rethink something you were pretty sure about, and then arguing about it with people who read it differently than you did. No PhD required, opinions and hot takes strongly encouraged.

How it works
Our first session is all about shaping the group together; what we read, how often we meet, and what format actually works for everyone. From the second session on, we'll dig into essays or chapters chosen together, read them beforehand, and spend the meetup unpacking them over good conversation.
If you have opinions about free will, ethics, or why everyone's definition of happiness is slightly wrong, you'll fit right in.

Our community
This event runs under the Childfree and Single Network, so yes, our group name kinda says "ladies." But this event is LGBTQ+ friendly through and through, and that very much includes gay, bi, and trans people. If you love books and good conversation, the group name shouldn't be what keeps you out.
Come with opinions and leave with a new stack of recommendations.