I spent another very enjoyable two hours online with the other participants in this class, led by chief Galley Beggar, Sam Jordison, discussing Edna O’Briens sensational debut novel from 1960 – The Country Girls. Before I get started on the discussions, here are links to the first two sessions’ write-ups. The Country Girls was a Read More
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Kindred by Octavia Butler – Galley Beggar Critical Reading Class #2
It was our second session at the Galley Beggars Critical Reading Class moving from contemporary Belfast in Wendy Erskine’s The Benefactors to a modern classic of timeslip fiction, Kindred by Octavia Butler. We started off with Chief Galley Beggar Sam Jordison giving us some biographical background on Butler and about the drafting of the novel Read More
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine – Galley Beggar Critical Reading Class #1
Last week was the first session of the Galley Beggar Press Critical Reading class I signed up to in the summer, discussing The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine. Chief Galley Beggar Sam Jordison led and moderated the discussion. It was an interesting evening and the two hours sped by, probably the first time I’ve spent that Read More
Critical Reading Class
Something I’ve wanted to do for ages is an evening class in critical reading. The Oxford Uni Lifelong Learning course ‘Contemporary Critish Fiction’ sounds wonderful based on novels by McEwan, Mantel, Ishiguro and Zadie Smith, but at 10 hrs a week study over 10 weeks it’s more time than I can commit to while working Read More
