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 2024 course (beginning October 2024), the selected titles are:

22 October 2024, Stephen King, Misery

26 November 2024, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes

7 January 2025, Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy

7 February 2025, Meena Kandasamy, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

11 March 2025, Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

8 April 2025, Elizabeth Taylor, Angel

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