The ‘Critical reading, critical writing’ course is an online class taught by Galley Beggar co-director and Guardian journalist Sam Jordison. Places will be limited to 20 people per class, and the course will run for a six-month period, with six classes to a course (running for two hours per session). For the summer / winter 2022 course (Class 2), the selected titles are:

• 9 August 2022 (19:00 - 21:00), Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried

• 13 September 2022 (19:00 - 21:00), Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

• 11 October 2022 (19:00 - 21:00), Denis Johnson, Jesus’ Son

• 8 November 2022 (19:00 - 21:00), Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia

• 13 December 2022 (19:00 - 21:00), Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

• 10 January 2023 (19:00 - 21:00), Beryl Bainbridge, Master Georgie

After booking, a welcome email will be sent to you, with further information.