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 winter / spring 2021 course (beginning January 2021), the selected titles are:

• Tuesday 3 August 2021 (19:00–21:00) – Muriel Spark, A Far Cry From Kensington

• Tuesday 31 August 2021 (19:00–21:00) – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

• Tuesday 28 September 2021 (19:00–21:00) – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

• Tuesday 26 October 2021 (19:00–21:00) – Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

• Tuesday 23 November 2021 (19:00–21:00) – Eric Newby, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

• Tuesday 21 December 2021 (19:00–21:00) – Virginia Woolf, Orlando

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