literary circle
Authors' social group
A literary circle is a group of writers, critics, and intellectuals who associate with one another, sharing ideas and influencing each other's work.
The term suggests both social connection and artistic exchange: She moved in the same literary circles as Hemingway and Stein.
Literary circles often form around magazines, salons, or geographic centers like Paris in the 1920s.
- Bloomsbury GroupEdwardian artistic-literary collective
- coterieExclusive social circle
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- round tableEqual-status meeting format
- critiquesEvaluative analyses of work
discussions · conveners · anthologies · members · salons · readings · Enlightenment · Left Bank · coffee house · bluestockings · manifestos · Harlem Renaissance · mentors · peers · essays · periodical · protégés · café
- book clubsbook clubs, book club, reading groups, discussion groups, book discussion
- book culturereading, reader, book lover, bookworm, bibliophile
- discussionsdiscussion, discussions, forum, talks, roundtable
- intellectual gatheringssalon, symposium, colloquium, seminar, forum
- book eventsbook signing, author visits, book launch, author visit, author reading
- Art Scenesart scene, New York art scene, art colony, artist colony, art world
literary circlefan club
Organized group of devotees
casual readers · fandom · mass audience · book club · general audience
literary circlephilistines
Uncultured, materialistic people
anti-intellectuals · hunting club · gambling ring · lowbrows · the masses
literary circlescientific community
Organized body of researchers
trade association · sports league · athletic club · business network · gaming community