The World Through Literature

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Booking will close on Monday 26th January 2026 at 12 noon.

Due to limited resources, we are UNABLE TO ACCEPT LATE BOOKINGS after this date.

This course will be held in Room 2S02 of the Dalhousie Building of the University of Dundee.

A book club with a difference. Each week a different tutor presents a work of literature from across the genres and facilitates a lively discussion. Literature offers us an alternative view of the world or an escape into the imaginations of the fiction writer and the poet. It creates characters we love or hate and challenges our perceptions.

The works which the group members are asked to read in advance and will be discussed are:

Week 1 - 29th January 2026

Tutor: Benjamin Parris

Work: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Week 2 - 5th February 2026

Tutor: Katie Donnelly

Work: Saints and Sinners by Edna O'Brien

Week 3 - 12th February 2026

Tutor: Garry MacKenzie

Work: Killochries by Jim Carruth

Week 4 - 19th February 2026

Tutor: Sarah Coakley

Work: We Do Not Part by Han Kang

Week 5 - 26th February 2026

Tutor: Keren MacPherson

Work: What Maisie Knew by Henry James

Week 6 - 5th March 2026

Tutor: Andy Jackson

Work: Selected Poems by Sharon Olds

Discussion questions devised by the tutors will be emailed out to class attendees on signing up for the course.

Course code: 09 212

Enquiries should be sent to: lifelonglearningdundee@gmail.com

As a volunteer organisation with limited resources. we try to respond to queries as quickly as possible. Please bear with us.