What we’re about
A group for romance, mystery, fantasy readers, women's fiction, and authors in the North Texas area. We do a monthly tea on the second Saturday plus our fabulous Holiday Tea. If you read and love to discuss your books and authors, this is a great group with lively online discussion as well as the opportunity to meet in person.
Meet the Authors each Wednesday night at 7 pm CT on Zoom.
We meet for in person book clubs
• Second Saturday in North Dallas. Message for an invite.
• Fourth Tuesday in Frisco . Dinner at 6 pm, meeting at 7 pm
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As a reminder, if you RSVP for a tea or any sponsored event with a fee (not a donation suggested) you are required to make arrangements to pay if you cannot attend or send a replacement. All of our restaurant venues require full payment for the number we reserve so it's important no one is left with a huge bill.
There are NO membership dues or fees for joining us.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Video Book Club with Susan C. SheaLink visible for attendees
Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Susan C. Shea (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=24228), author of MURDER AND THE MISSING DOG (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=131932). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 5/8/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-shea.eventbrite.comEvening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Susan C. Shea (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after party
Take advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Susan C. Shea loves fine art, interesting food, all things France, the beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area she lives in, and her two orange tabby cats. She writes three mystery series that arise out of her likes: a French village mystery series that debuted in May 2017; the Château in Burgundy series that launched in 2023; and the Dani O'Rourke mysteries set in San Francisco. All of her series have collected high praise from reviewers. She's a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She blogs with 7Criminal Minds and speaks frequently at book events. - Video Book Club with Jeff ZentnerLink visible for attendees
Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Jeff Zentner (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=39740), author of COLTON GENTRY'S THIRD ACT (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=131975). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 5/15/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-zentner.eventbrite.comEvening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Jeff Zentner (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after party
Take advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jeff Zentner is the author of New York Times Notable Books The Serpent King and In the Wild Light, as well as Goodbye Days, Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee, and his forthcoming debut for the adult market, Colton Gentry’s Third Act. Among other honors, he has won the ALA’s William C. Morris Award, the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award twice, the Muriel Becker Award, the International Literacy Association Award, and been longlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal. He’s a two-time Southern Book Prize finalist; and was a finalist for the Indies Choice Award. He was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and an Indies Introduce pick. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. Before becoming a writer, he was a musician who recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Debbie Harry. He lives in Nashville.He became interested in writing for young adults after volunteering at the Tennessee Teen Rock Camp and Southern Girls Rock Camp. As a kid, his parents would take him to the library and drop him off, where he would read until closing time. He worked at various bookstores through high school and college.
He speaks fluent Portuguese, having lived in the Amazon region of Brazil for two years.Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Susan C. Shea (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=24228), author of MURDER AND THE MISSING DOG (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=131932). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 5/8/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-shea.eventbrite.comEvening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Susan C. Shea (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after party
Take advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Susan C. Shea loves fine art, interesting food, all things France, the beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area she lives in, and her two orange tabby cats. She writes three mystery series that arise out of her likes: a French village mystery series that debuted in May 2017; the Château in Burgundy series that launched in 2023; and the Dani O'Rourke mysteries set in San Francisco. All of her series have collected high praise from reviewers. She's a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She blogs with 7Criminal Minds and speaks frequently at book events. - Video Book Club with Amy AndrewsLink visible for attendees
Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Amy Andrews (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=11618), author of THE OUTBACK HEAT SERIES (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=133488). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 5/22/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-andrews.eventbrite.comEvening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Amy Andrews (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after partyTake advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Amy is an award-winning, USA Today best-selling, triple RITA nominated Aussie author who has written eighty contemporary romances in both the traditional and digital markets and sold over 3 million books.
Her books bring all the feels from sass and quirk and laughter to emotional grit to panty-melting heat. She loves frequent travel, good books and great booze although she’ll take mediocre booze if there’s nothing else. For many, many years she was a registered nurse. Which means she knows things. Anatomical things. And she’s not afraid to use them!In 2019 she was given life member status by Romance Writers of Australia, an organisation she has been heavily involved with for over twenty years.
She’s lives in the pretty little coastal town of Yeppoon where she gets to stare at the ocean all day.
- Video Book Club with Amy AndrewsLink visible for attendees
Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Amy Andrews (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=11618), author of THE OUTBACK HEAT SERIES (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=133488). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 5/22/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-andrews.eventbrite.comEvening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Amy Andrews (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after partyTake advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Amy is an award-winning, USA Today best-selling, triple RITA nominated Aussie author who has written eighty contemporary romances in both the traditional and digital markets and sold over 3 million books.
Her books bring all the feels from sass and quirk and laughter to emotional grit to panty-melting heat. She loves frequent travel, good books and great booze although she’ll take mediocre booze if there’s nothing else. For many, many years she was a registered nurse. Which means she knows things. Anatomical things. And she’s not afraid to use them!In 2019 she was given life member status by Romance Writers of Australia, an organisation she has been heavily involved with for over twenty years.
She’s lives in the pretty little coastal town of Yeppoon where she gets to stare at the ocean all day.