Your people are out there.
We know because they’re already here.
“ The Writing
community
that’s reshaping
Austin’s
creative scene”
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had the Inklings; Virginia Woolf had The Bloomsbury Group; Hemingway had smoky Paris cafés; the Beats had midnight rendezvous.
Great writers need great people.
We started in January 2024 with a simple goal: build the writing community we couldn’t find.
Austin was full of talented people, but nowhere to gather. The online writing groups felt like ghost towns. The workshops were either too precious or too pretentious. We didn’t want a course. We didn’t want a guru. We wanted a table. A place where writers could show up, sit down, and get to work together.
So we made one.
What began as a few meetups in coffee shops has turned into a full-fledged creative community.
We now host
monthly book clubs,
weekly writing sessions,
salon-style dinners,
and creative sprints that attract writers from every corner of the city.
Our members include
novelists, essayists, screenwriters, poets, playwrights, journalists, and people who are finally finishing something they started ten years ago.
If you've been writing alone, you're not the only one. That’s why we exist. To write. To finish. To find your people.
Curious?
If you’re ready to dive deeper, become a member and join us for more intimate gatherings, tailored especially for those looking about elevating their craft.
Featured Writers
Anuradha Pandey
From: Gainesville, Florida
Project: Radically Pragmatic on Substack
Favorite Books: Anything by Brandon Sanderson, Meditations, and The Bhagavad Gita
Inspired By: Dance, Philosophy, Classical Music, Indian Aesthetics
Natalia Loya
From: Tucson, Arizona
Project: Long-form Fiction
Favorite Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Inspired By: Flamenco Guitar, Distance Running, Stoic Philosophy, St. Augustine’s Confessions.
Zac Solomon
From: Orlando, Florida
Project: Building ATX Writing Club, + writing a short non-fiction book.
Favorite Book: East of Eden, or A Farewell to Arms
Inspired By: Noma, Japan, Brunello Cucinelli, The “Before” Trilogy, 1920’s Paris
Jeremy Striffler
From: New York, New York
Project: Quick Quick Slow, Long-form fiction
Favorite Book: The Swimmers
Inspired By: Martin McDonagh plays, Modern Art, Honky-Tonks, hikes, travel.