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 September 2023), the selected titles are:

• 05 September 2023, Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

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

• 14 November 2023, Bram Stoker, Dracula

• 13 December 2023, Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

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

• 13 February 2023, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway

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