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 January-June 2026 course, the selected titles are:

13 January 2026, Wendy Erskine, The Benefactors

10 February 2026, Octavia Butler, Kindred

10 March 2026, Edna O’Brien, Country Girls

14 April 2026, Dorothy L Sayers, Gaudy Night

12 May 2026, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16 June 2026, Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

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