Women Writers

IG: https://www.instagram.com/toughmindsbjj Whatsapp: https://wa.me/85266168972 加入我們的女士自衞術初班，踏上轉變之旅。學習針對自衛情況量身定制的基本技巧，賦予您珍貴的技能和信心。由經驗豐富的導師帶領，課程著重於巴西柔術的實用應用，強調以技術和槓桿作戰，而非力量。在支持和鼓勵的環境中，建立地面格鬥、脫身和降服技巧的堅實基礎。不論您是完全新手還是有些經驗，這門課程旨在提升您的自衛能力和整體健康。踏入巴西柔術的強大世界，立即與我們一起展開您的旅程！ 逢周六 4:30pm - 5:30pm 試堂價: HK$150 (如即日報堂可免試堂費) 報名及查詢 Whatsapp: 66168972 Join our Women's Self-Defense Beginner Class to embark on a transformative journey in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). Learn essential techniques tailored for self-defense scenarios, empowering you with invaluable skills and confidence. Led by experienced instructors, this class focuses on practical applications of BJJ, emphasizing leverage and technique over strength. Develop a strong foundation in ground fighting, escapes, and submissions in a supportive and encouraging environment. Whether you're a complete novice or have some experience, this class is designed to enhance your self-defense prowess and overall fitness. Embrace the empowering world of BJJ and start your journey with us today! Every Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm Trial class price: HK$150 (Trial class fee waived with immediate enrollment) Sign up & Enquiry: Whatsapp: 66168972

Reading with friends is fun! Let’s grab a coffee and enjoy reading together. This is a silent book club session so feel free to bring whatever books you’re reading. **Schedule** 10:00-10:15: Say hi and briefly share something about the books we are going to read 10:15-11:15: Silent reading time 11:15-11:30: After reading chat * Please buy at least one drink to support the venue * If you’re late, please join the silent reading session first. We can catch up when the session’s over. :D) * You can identify the group by spotting people with a book 📕. **PS:** If there's a last-minute change of venue due to inconvenience, the most updated information will be posted in the event's comment section. **PS2** We’re introducing a new RSVP rule for our bookclub due persistent last minute cancellations: If you change your RSVP to "No" less than 24 hours before the event or do not show up on the day, you won't be allowed to join the next one. Of course if you have a valid reason, DM me. Looking forward to a lovely night of reading.

The aim of the class is to try out and learn a variety of movements and some of the principles behind them In order to keep or regain our youthful abilities, and build strength and adaptability in a range of environments The class is made up of a combination of bodyweight movements and simple but challenging partner situations, which combine to create a great workout and elicit a variety of reactions, to help us learn and tune into the body Class fee is 100HK Class is for all levels, feel free to message Ben if you have any questions! Meet at the Culture Plaza, Tamar Park at 5.30, finish around 6.30, just before sunset : )

Hello, enthusiastic filmmakers of Hong Kong! Come and get to know creative people in your local area who share a love of films and the filmmaking process. Our first get-together in the Year of the Horse will be at Ferry Bar, Wan Chai. We will have an informal chat about our experiences and goals, projects or potential projects that we are working on or would like to get started, and films of any genre that we like (or dislike). No experience is necessary, all are welcome, and questions are always encouraged.

Dear all, Let’s get together and discuss our impressions of the monthly book. Curious to hear the different ways you interpretated the book and how / if you will implement the new thinking into your day to day life.

✨️🏸Happy Singles Doubles (Men's and Women's)✨️ Location: Hong Kong Ball: RSL Supreme Fee: Depends on the number of participants (split equally among participants,e.g., Total $59 2 people = $30@) (Extra administrative fee: $20) Number of Participants: Max 6 (Men: Junior High or below, Women: Happy to near Elementary) a) Participants must bring their own rackets, and registration is only open to members of this group☆ b) Members who have never participated before will have priority registration, while those who have participated can be placed on the waiting list. If no one registers within 2 days of the event being posted, the waiting list will be filled according to the order of registration. Interested parties please join to our \*\* [Whatsapp Group ](https://chat.whatsapp.com/HMlnphc00YPBQZoFXdSRcv?mode=gi_t)to register! The goal is to have fun playing ball; please don't be sullen or act like a coach. If you have friends who want to have dinner together, you can join after playing badminton time.

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Reading is important because it develops your mind and gives you excessive knowledge and lessons of life. 開卷有益！大家最近有冇讀到一啲好書呢？不如出黎分享下讀書心得呀？參加呢個讀書活動，分享好書，分享喜悅。😊 有興趣參加可以WhatsApp我：95182994

**General idea:** Join us for a relaxed people-drawing-people activity over coffee or a drink. Both newcomers and experienced participants are welcome to join. **💰 Price** : Only pay for your drink! We don't charge a fee. **✅ Guidelines**: * Bring your own paper, pencil, drawing tablet etc ✏️ * Greet the host(s)! * Buy yourself a drink (tea, coffee, sodas, etc) * Find a seat and start drawing your surroundings (especially the people). 📣 **Join our socials!** Follow [our official Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/people_drawing_people/) for event photos **@peopledrawingpeople** Grow the event by sharing your own drawings and tag us! 📸 **Photos** Hosts will also take descriptive shots of the event and your drawings to promote this meetup to new members outside. If you prefer not to appear in photographs just let them know. **[ Optional activities ]** For variety we may suggest optional activities which you can choose to participate in or not. These include volunteering as a model for the group, or partnering up with people for longer model/artist exchanges, skill sharing, etc.

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros. 10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Saturday!

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Sunday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at noon on Sundays. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 12:00 - quick intros. 12:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 1:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 1-1:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Sunday!

Greetings writers! Come down and join your fellow wordsmiths for one hour of uninterrupted writing time in the upper level of the Market District Supermarket in Upper Arlington. The main entrance of the shopping center opens onto stairs/elevator leading up to the 2nd floor cafe section where we will have a table displaying a sign with the Shut Up & Write logo. Writing is largely a solitary craft. Practicing with others in a community setting may be the thing you need to fire your own routine. We’ll meet on Wednesday evenings, starting the clock at 6:30, following a brief period of introductions. This is solid writing time and all inclusive. Any project is acceptable, be it fiction, non -fiction, work or homework assignment. All is welcome and will remain private to you. The market boasts a Starbucks, a full service bar and various affordable food options. Parking is plentiful, free Wifi is provided as well as outlets for charging your devices, though they are somewhat limited, so plan accordingly. Show up as early as you like, or stay late. This group tends to socialize some, both before and after the alloted time, but this is not mandatory to you. Feel free to come and go as you please and late arrivals are welcome. The cafe may be noisy on occasion so headphones/ earbuds are reccommended as you see fit. Please try to RSVP if possible so that we may grab enough seats for all—the venue can be busy at times. Feel free to message me privately wth any questions and/ or concerns you may have. Happy writing!

**We are expanding our creative programming opportunities with Queer Quills, a quiet writing and sharing space. Queer Quills features some prompts, supplies and friendly faces to help get some inspiration or feedback for your writing. Hope to see you there!**

Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3262835](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3262835) Location: [Knotty Pine Brewing](https://www.knottypinebrewing.net/) [Menu, scroll to the bottom](https://www.knottypinebrewing.net/menus-1) Book summary: Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice" -- the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow, she finds the resolve to speak, however she can--in a whisper, in song, in broken English--until she is heard

**Our March pick is *God of the Woods* by Liz Moore.** **This month’s novel is an award-winning literary mystery that blends family drama with psychological suspense. It explores women’s voices and relationships while delivering an exciting, eerie, and deeply suspenseful story. The book is 576 pages in print or 14 hours and 35 minutes on audiobook.** Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.