• Expand your knowledge and literary repertoire, and develop your skills as a creative and confident reader.
• Read extracts from dozens of classics of literature.
• 6 modules of pre-recorded lessons.
• 6 literary action steps.
• 4 extra literature activities accompanied by video lessons.
• Check out the tiers available for this course, including access to all literary workshops and one-on-one literary guidance!

• Learn about Jane Austen's life, writing career, early writings, published novels, critical reception of her works, the role of women writers in the 19th century, and more!
• 4 modules of pre-recorded lessons.
• 4 quizzes and links to further reading.

• Explore Mary Shelley's classic of literature Frankenstein in 7 lessons.
• The creation story, the context of Romanticism, the narrative style, the monstrous, the human and the posthuman, the female Gothic, science fiction and scientific contexts.
• A perfect opportunity to read or re-read this fascinating book!

• Do you want access to all 4 B&C literary workshops in 2024?
• Get them all at a discounted price!
• April - Sherlock Holmes and Detective Fiction
• July - Edith Wharton and New York's Gilded Age
• October - The Doppelganger: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• December - J. R. R. Tolkien and Letters from Father Christmas

• Enrich your reading experience and expand your literary repertoire by reading short stories written by a wide range of authors - one short story per week during 5 weeks!
• Each week you'll receive the story in PDF with a literature activity (introduction to the author and questions for you think and questions to think deeper).
• At the end of the week you'll receive a link to watch a literature video lesson about the week's story!
• 5 weeks - 5 destinations - 5 short stories - 5 literary activities - 5 video lessons = a magical literary immersion!
• Private community to share thoughts and ideas.

• In this literary workshop we'll talk about detective fiction, the character Sherlock Holmes, and we’ll read Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet (1887), the story that marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson!
• We will meet live online via Zoom on 6 and 13 April at 11:00 (CET).
• These workshops are part of The Creative Reader Academy, and therefore free for the students of this course. More info here.
• Non-members of the Academy can purchase a workshop separately for €22.00 each. There are 4 workshops per year. 
• Workshops are hosted live but recording of the sessions is also available.

€22.00

• Embark on a literary journey through the captivating world of Victorian literature with our in-depth online course, focusing on the timeless classic Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë.
• 4 live discussion sessions via Zoom on Mondays at 5:00pm (CET). Recording available.
• Connect with fellow literature enthusiasts in a vibrant online community, sharing perspectives and exchanging ideas that add new dimensions to your understanding of the novel.

• Learn about Charles Dickens' writing career, his relationship with Christmas and what led him to write Christmas stories.
• Learn all about Christmas traditions in England prior to and after Charles Dickens, and how the arrival of a German queen influenced the way Christmas was celebrated in Victorian England.
• Learn about Dickens' five Christmas books and the Christmas stories published in his literary magazines.
• A magical literary journey to celebrate the holiday spirit!

• This is a free 3-part masterclass. 
• Learn how to choose books wisely.
• What are classics of literature? Why is it important to read them?
• Explore Italo Calvino's 14 definitions of a classic book.
• Explore the 4 levels of reading.
• How can you read more and more widely?