Do you like reading? Is Spanish your favourite language? If the answer is yes, join this reading group. Over six monthly meetings read and discuss different short stories. This gives you the opportunity to practise Spanish and discuss the work in a relaxed atmosphere. You will discuss the stories in small groups to gain confidence. You will have the necessary skills if you have completed 'Spanish 2 or 3' or equivalent.

Short stories to be read in advance of the class, all are available online for free, except for one, which will be used for sessions 4 and 5 (two stories in the same book). Questions will be provided three weeks in advance to give you the opportunity to prepare. Class discussion and the tutor will help with vocabulary and expression. The short stories for discussion are: 1. ‘Dos palabras’, Isabel Allende, https://lecturia.org/cuentos-y-relatos/isabel-allende-dos-palabras/23958/ (14 October) 2. ‘Laguna’, Manuel Rojas, https://lecturia.org/cuentos-y-relatos/manuel-rojas-laguna/639/ (11 November) 3. ‘Te digo más…’, Roberto Fontanarossa, https://lecturia.org/cuentos-y-relatos/roberto-fontanarrosa-te-digo-mas/17470/ AND ‘Papa Noel duerme en casa’, Samanta Schweblin, https://lecturia.org/cuentos-y-relatos/samanta-schweblin-papa-noel-duerme-en-casa/25403/ (9 December) 4. ‘Sólo vine a hablar por teléfono’, Doce cuentos peregrinos, Gabriel García Márquez (13 January) 5. ‘El verano feliz de la Señora Forbes’, Doce cuentos peregrinos, Gabriel García Márquez (10 February) 6. ‘No lo invento’, Emilia Pardo Bazán, https://lecturia.org/cuentos-y-relatos/emilia-pardo-bazan-no-lo-invento/26356/ (10 March).