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  1. Writing middle grade fiction: a taster
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 31 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Neil Arksey
    Middle grade fiction now has a profile higher than ever before. Find out more about this rich and exciting category of fiction for young people and develop your own ideas for middle grade stories.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  2. A taste of philosophy
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 26 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Karl White
    Have you ever wondered what philosophy is? What do philosophers talk about? Can they tell you the meaning of life or is it just jargon and navel gazing? Come along and find out.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  3. Film studies taster
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 13 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Paul Sutton
    Learn how to evaluate and discuss films while enjoying a working example of a City Lit Film Studies class. In this class we will view and explore clips from a number of films, including popular remakes, enabling us to consider and compare themes and techniques from differing filmmaking countries. There will be a chance to review – in brief – film courses at City Lit (September - December 2025).
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  4. Literature taster
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 6 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Patricia Sweeney
    Do you want to explore how to go about understanding a poem? How to do a close reading of a work of fiction? Come and find out what makes a literature class at City Lit so special.







    The course also presents an overview of our upcoming literature offering in fiction, poetry, drama and literary non-fiction.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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