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 Autumn/Winter 2023/2024 course (beginning August 2023), the selected titles are:

• 29 August 2023, Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

• 3 October 2023, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit Of Love

• 07 November 2023, Bram Stoker, Dracula

• 05 December 2023, Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

• 09 January 2024, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains Of The Day

• 06 February 2024, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway

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